The first word that Sir Patrick read, The neist word that Sir Patrick read, "O wha is this has done this deed, And tauld the king o' me, To send me out, at this time of the year, "Be't wind or weet, be't hail or sleet, 'Tis we must fetch her hame." They hoysed their sails on Moneday morn, Thay ha'e landed in Noroway, They hadna been a week, a week, In Noroway, but twae, When that the lords o' Noroway Began aloud to say "Ye Scottishmen spend a' our king's goud, And a' our queenis fee." "Ye lie, ye lie, ye liars loud! Fu' loud I hear ye lie; 2. Gold. "For I ha'e brought as much white monie, As gane3 my men and me, And I ha'e brought a half-fou of gude red goud, Out o'er the sea wi' me. "Make ready, make ready, my merry men a'! Our gude ship sails the morn. "Now, ever alake," my master dear, I fear a deadly storm!" "I saw the new moon, late yestreen, They hadna sailed a league, a league, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the top-masts lap, It was sic a deadly storm; And the waves cam o'er the broken ship, 3. Suffice. 4. Bushel. 5. Alack. 6. Sky. "O where will I get a gude sailor, "O here am I, a sailor gude, Till you go to the tall top-mast, But I fear you'll ne'er spy land." He hadna gane a step, a step, A step but barely ane, When a boult flew out of our goodly ship, "Gae fetch a web o' the silken claith, Another o' the twine, And wap them into our ship's side, They fetched a web o' the silken claith, And they wapped them round that gude ship's side, But still the sea came in. O laith, laith, were our gude Scots lords, To weet' their cork-heeled shoon ! 7. Wet. 8. Shoes. But lang or a' the play was played, And mony was the feather-bed, And mony was the gude lord's son, The ladys wrang their fingers white, A' for the sake of their true loves- O lang, lang may the ladys sit, And lang, lang may the maidens sit, With their goud kaims in their hair, A' waiting for their ain dear loves! For them they'll see nae mair. Half owre, half owre to Aberdour, 'Tis fifty fathoms deep And there lies gude Sir Patrick Spens, Wi' the Scots lords at his feet. 9. Above. Studies I. Write twenty lines on the effect the invention of printing would have upon literature. 2. Has Tennyson added any facts to Malory's description of the death of Arthur? Does he contradict any of the statements Malory makes? Compare the two selections and see to just how great an extent Tennyson uses his imagination. Read Malory's description of Launcelot's death and then using your imagination write a description of twice the length. 3. Compare Tyndale's version of the Lord's Prayer with the one now in Matthew vi, 9-13, and in Luke xi, 2-4. Compare the previous quotation with John xi, 23-25, and the Magnificat with Luke i, 46–55. 4. Read the selection from Holinshed's Chronicle in Part Twelve, and compare the language with the selections from Tyndale. 5. Read the ballads mentioned for review and then compare them with Sir Patrick Spens. Which of the ballads do you like best? What are its merits as a piece of literature? |