The Book of British BalladsSamuel Carter Hall Douglas, printer, 1844 - 152 sidor |
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Sida 18
... heir , cum heir , ye freely fee'd , And lay your head low on my knee , The heaviest weird I will you read , That ever was read to gay ladye . ' O meikle dolour sall ye dree , And aye the salt seas o'er ye ' se swim ; And far mair dolour ...
... heir , cum heir , ye freely fee'd , And lay your head low on my knee , The heaviest weird I will you read , That ever was read to gay ladye . ' O meikle dolour sall ye dree , And aye the salt seas o'er ye ' se swim ; And far mair dolour ...
Sida 49
... heir of Linne , And heere , good John , is thy money . ' And he pulled forth three bagges of golde , And layd them down upon the bord : All woe begone was John o ' the Scales , Soe shent he cold say never a word . He told him forth the ...
... heir of Linne , And heere , good John , is thy money . ' And he pulled forth three bagges of golde , And layd them down upon the bord : All woe begone was John o ' the Scales , Soe shent he cold say never a word . He told him forth the ...
Sida 50
... heir of Linne ; ' Farewell nowe , John o ' the Scales , " sayd he : Christs curse light on me if ever again I bring my landes in jeopardie ! And through the key - stone of the vault They 50 THE BOOK OF BRITISH BALLADS .
... heir of Linne ; ' Farewell nowe , John o ' the Scales , " sayd he : Christs curse light on me if ever again I bring my landes in jeopardie ! And through the key - stone of the vault They 50 THE BOOK OF BRITISH BALLADS .
Sida 51
... that bloody warden , Oppressor of low and high , If ever again his lieges complain , The cruel Soulis shall die . ' By traitorous sleight they seized the knight , Before he rode or ran , She sighed the name of Branxholm's heir , Say , 51.
... that bloody warden , Oppressor of low and high , If ever again his lieges complain , The cruel Soulis shall die . ' By traitorous sleight they seized the knight , Before he rode or ran , She sighed the name of Branxholm's heir , Say , 51.
Sida 52
... heir ! Thrice welcome , ' quoth Soulis , ' to me . The youth that loved her dear . Now , be content , my bonny May , And take it for your hame ; Or ever and aye shall ye rue the day , You heard young Branxholm's name . ' O'er Branxholm ...
... heir ! Thrice welcome , ' quoth Soulis , ' to me . The youth that loved her dear . Now , be content , my bonny May , And take it for your hame ; Or ever and aye shall ye rue the day , You heard young Branxholm's name . ' O'er Branxholm ...
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Sida 71 - I'm the chief of Ulva's isle, And this Lord Ullin's daughter. — And fast before her father's men Three days we've fled together, For should he find us in the glen, My blood would stain the heather. His horsemen hard behind us ride ; Should they our steps discover...
Sida 71 - I'll forgive your Highland chief. My daughter ! Oh ! my daughter...
Sida 60 - Few sorrows hath she of her own. My hope ! my joy ! my Genevieve ! She loves me best, whene'er I sing The songs that make her grieve.
Sida 34 - Wi' the auld moon in her arm; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap, It was sic a deadly storm; And the waves cam o'er the broken ship, Till a
Sida 61 - And saved from outrage worse than death The lady of the land ; And how she wept and...
Sida viii - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids, that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chaunt it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Sida 150 - Knight; And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk, his hound, and lady fair. "His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en another mate, So we may mak our dinner sweet. "Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane, And I'll pick out his bonny blue een: Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare.
Sida 108 - The youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With all its fairy crowds Of islands, that together lie As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds. "How pleasant...
Sida 60 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower.
Sida 34 - A' for the sake of their true loves ; For them they'll see nae mair. O lang, lang, may the ladyes sit, Wi' their fans into their hand, Before they see Sir Patrick Spens Come sailing to the strand ! And lang, lang, may the maidens sit, Wi' their goud kaims in their hair, A' waiting for their ain dear loves ! For them they'll see nae mair.