Tales of Wonder;, Volume 2W. Bulmer and Company, 1801 - Ballads, English |
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... face the devil ! — * Snaw , snow . 2 Smoor'd , smothered . 4 Meikle stane , a large stone . 5 Brak's , broke his . 7 Cairn , a heap of stones . 10 Aboon , above . 13 Bore , crevice . for malt liquor . 8 Fand , found . I Mither , mother ...
... face the devil ! — * Snaw , snow . 2 Smoor'd , smothered . 4 Meikle stane , a large stone . 5 Brak's , broke his . 7 Cairn , a heap of stones . 10 Aboon , above . 13 Bore , crevice . for malt liquor . 8 Fand , found . I Mither , mother ...
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... face was like an April morn , Clad in a wintry cloud ; And clay - cold was her lily hand , That held her sable shroud . So shall the fairest face appear , When youth and years are flown : Such is the robe that kings must wear , When ...
... face was like an April morn , Clad in a wintry cloud ; And clay - cold was her lily hand , That held her sable shroud . So shall the fairest face appear , When youth and years are flown : Such is the robe that kings must wear , When ...
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... face was fair , " And yet that face forsake ? " How could you win my virgin heart , " Yet leave that heart to break ? " Why did you say my lip was sweet , " And made the scarlet pale ? " And why did I , young witless maid , " Believe ...
... face was fair , " And yet that face forsake ? " How could you win my virgin heart , " Yet leave that heart to break ? " Why did you say my lip was sweet , " And made the scarlet pale ? " And why did I , young witless maid , " Believe ...
Page 268
... face , When from his vest , the That cup , the generous young companion bore landlord own'd before , And paid profusely with the precious bowl , The stinted kindness of this churlish soul ! But now the clouds in airy tumult fly , The ...
... face , When from his vest , the That cup , the generous young companion bore landlord own'd before , And paid profusely with the precious bowl , The stinted kindness of this churlish soul ! But now the clouds in airy tumult fly , The ...
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... face grew more serenely sweet ; His robe turn'd white , and flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours breathe through purpled air ; And wings , whose colours glitter'd on the day , Wide at ...
... face grew more serenely sweet ; His robe turn'd white , and flow'd upon his feet ; Fair rounds of radiant points invest his hair ; Celestial odours breathe through purpled air ; And wings , whose colours glitter'd on the day , Wide at ...
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appear'd arms awaye Bamborough castle beneath bonnie bower bride castle charms cheeks cried crookt Cutty-sark Dæmon Dame dark dark descent daye dead dear death dost dreams E'en eyes face faeries fair fair Janet fate fear fell fix'd foul frae Ghost grace green grew grey knight grone ground Guenever guest hair hand head heart heaven hell Kerton-hall King Arthur King Jamie kiss knight lady Ladye light limbs look'd Lord Lukyn maid mantle Margret mind morning mortal mother ne'er never o'er ODIN pale pass'd Patrick's Purgatory Porsenna Prince PROPHETESS Queen reach'd rest ride rose sark sayd seem'd sholde sight Sir Gawaine Sir Kay Sir Ouvain sorrow soul spake speed steed stood Sweet William sword ta'en tale Tam Lin thee thine thou art thunder tree Twas unkle wind WITCH young youth
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Page 248 - In hell they'll roast thee like a herrin ! In vain thy Kate awaits thy comin ! Kate soon will be a woefu...
Page 264 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
Page 242 - And thro the whins, and by the cairn, Whare hunters fand the murder'd bairn; And near the thorn, aboon the well, Whare Mungo's mither hang'd hersel. Before him Doon pours all his floods; The doubling storm roars thro the woods; The lightnings flash from pole to pole, Near and more near the thunders roll: When, glimmering thro the groaning trees, Kirk-Alloway seem'd in a bleeze, Thro ilka bore the beams were glancing, And loud resounded mirth and dancing.
Page 240 - The night drave on wi' sangs and clatter; And ay the ale was growing better: The landlady and Tam grew gracious, Wi' favours, secret, sweet, and precious: The souter tauld his queerest stories; The landlord's laugh was ready chorus: The storm without might rair and rustle, Tam did na mind the storm a whistle. Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy: As bees flee hame wi...
Page 263 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Page 260 - Her bloom was like the springing flower, That sips the silver dew ; The rose was budded in her cheek, Just opening to the view. But love had, like the cankerworm, Consumed her early prime: The rose grew pale, and left her cheek ; She died before her time.
Page 241 - That hour, o' night's black arch the key-stane, That dreary hour he mounts his beast in; And sic a night he taks the road in As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last; The rattling...
Page 269 - ... and pitying this, he goes, Lost and confounded with the various shows. Now night's dim shades again involve the sky, Again the wanderers want a place to lie, Again they search, and find a lodging nigh. The soil...
Page 276 - To measure height against his head, And lift itself above : Yet, spite of all that Nature did To make his uncouth form forbid, This creature dar'd to love. He felt the charms of Edith's eyes, Nor wanted hope to gain the prize, Could ladies look within...
Page 270 - Approach'd the careless guide, and thrust him in ; Plunging he falls, and rising lifts his head, Then flashing turns, and sinks among the dead. Wild sparkling rage inflames the Father's eyes, He bursts the bands of fear, and madly cries : —