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... stand . " She held his steed in her milk - white hand , And never shed one tear , Until that she saw her seven brethren fa , And her father hard fighting , who lovd her so dear . " O hold your hand , Lord William ! she said , For your ...
... stand . " She held his steed in her milk - white hand , And never shed one tear , Until that she saw her seven brethren fa , And her father hard fighting , who lovd her so dear . " O hold your hand , Lord William ! she said , For your ...
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... stand tul they doun fa , Mither , mither , Ile let thame stand till they down fa , For here nevir mair maun I bee O. " " And what wul ye leive to your bairns and your wife , Edward , Edward ? And what wul ye leive to your bairns and ...
... stand tul they doun fa , Mither , mither , Ile let thame stand till they down fa , For here nevir mair maun I bee O. " " And what wul ye leive to your bairns and your wife , Edward , Edward ? And what wul ye leive to your bairns and ...
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... stand . " It's whether will ye be a rank robber's wife , Or will ye die by my wee pen - knife ? ” " It's I'll not be a rank robber's wife , But I'll rather die by your wee pen - knife . " He's killed this may , and he's laid her by ...
... stand . " It's whether will ye be a rank robber's wife , Or will ye die by my wee pen - knife ? ” " It's I'll not be a rank robber's wife , But I'll rather die by your wee pen - knife . " He's killed this may , and he's laid her by ...
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... stand . Says , " Will ye be a rank robber's wife , Or will ye die by my wee pen - knife ? " " I'll not be a rank robber's wife , Nor will I die by your wee pen - knife . " For I hae a brother in this wood , And gin ye kill me , it's he ...
... stand . Says , " Will ye be a rank robber's wife , Or will ye die by my wee pen - knife ? " " I'll not be a rank robber's wife , Nor will I die by your wee pen - knife . " For I hae a brother in this wood , And gin ye kill me , it's he ...
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... sailing to the land . O lang , lang may the ladies stand , Wi thair gold kems in their hair , Waiting for thair ain deir lords , For they'll se thame na mair . 2 Haf owre , haf owre to Aberdour , It's 76 TRADITIONAL BALLADS.
... sailing to the land . O lang , lang may the ladies stand , Wi thair gold kems in their hair , Waiting for thair ain deir lords , For they'll se thame na mair . 2 Haf owre , haf owre to Aberdour , It's 76 TRADITIONAL BALLADS.
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Page 292 - Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine. The thirst that from the soul doth rise Doth ask a drink divine; But might I of Jove's nectar sup, I would not change for thine.
Page 425 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen: Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 264 - When shepherds pipe on oaten straws, And merry larks are ploughmen's clocks, When turtles tread, and rooks, and daws, And maidens bleach their summer smocks, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men, for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo...
Page 261 - Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot. When all aloud the wind doth blow And coughing drowns the parson's saw And birds sit brooding in the snow And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted...
Page 450 - But knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Kich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll Chill penury repress'd their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. " Full many a gem of purest ray serene. The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear ; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air.
Page 300 - QUEEN and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy silver chair, State in wonted manner keep: Hesperus entreats thy light, Goddess excellently bright. Earth, let not thy envious shade Dare itself to interpose; Cynthia's shining orb was made Heaven to clear when day did close: Bless us then with wished sight, Goddess excellently bright. Lay thy bow of pearl apart And thy crystal-shining quiver; Give unto the flying hart Space to breathe, how short soever: Thou that mak'st...
Page 452 - For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour"d dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led. Some kindred spirit shall enquire thy fate,— Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, "Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
Page 275 - Tired with all these, for restful death I cry, As, to behold desert a beggar born, And needy nothing trimm'd in jollity, And purest faith unhappily forsworn, And gilded honour shamefully misplaced, And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted, And right perfection wrongfully disgraced, And strength by limping sway disabled, And art made tongue-tied by authority, And folly, doctor-like, controlling skill, And simple truth miscall'd simplicity, And captive good attending captain ill : Tired with all these,...
Page 453 - A stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Page 399 - Ere heaving bellows learn'd to blow, While organs yet were mute, Timotheus, to his breathing flute And sounding lyre Could swell the soul to rage, or kindle soft desire.