The Legendary Cabinet: A Collection of British National Ballads, Ancient and ModernW. Joy, 1829 - 436 páginas |
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... arrows sent , Full fourscore Scots they slew . To drive the deer with hound and horn , Earl Douglas had the bent : * A Captain , moved with mickle pride , The spears to shivers sent . They closed full fast on every side , No slackness ...
... arrows sent , Full fourscore Scots they slew . To drive the deer with hound and horn , Earl Douglas had the bent : * A Captain , moved with mickle pride , The spears to shivers sent . They closed full fast on every side , No slackness ...
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... arrow keen Out of an English bow , Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart , A deep and deadly blow : Who never spoke more words than these : Fight on , my merry men all ; For why ? my life is at an end : Lord Percy sees my fall . † Then ...
... arrow keen Out of an English bow , Which struck Earl Douglas to the heart , A deep and deadly blow : Who never spoke more words than these : Fight on , my merry men all ; For why ? my life is at an end : Lord Percy sees my fall . † Then ...
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... arrow of a cloth - yard long † Up to the head drew he : Against Sir Hugh Mountgomery So right the shaft he set , The ... arrows furnished with peacocks ' fea- thers , in Chaucer , & c . - See WARTON , i . 450 . + An ell . In the old ...
... arrow of a cloth - yard long † Up to the head drew he : Against Sir Hugh Mountgomery So right the shaft he set , The ... arrows furnished with peacocks ' fea- thers , in Chaucer , & c . - See WARTON , i . 450 . + An ell . In the old ...
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... arrow slain . the more ancient , no flight is attributed to the Scots : it merely mentions the numbers that went away on either side . The stanza on Witheringion , or Widdrington , is much superior to the modern , and has nothing of ...
... arrow slain . the more ancient , no flight is attributed to the Scots : it merely mentions the numbers that went away on either side . The stanza on Witheringion , or Widdrington , is much superior to the modern , and has nothing of ...
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... arrow to the distance of a measured mile ; of which , perhaps , we are scarcely fair judges in the present day ; but it certainly seems utterly incredible . We are told , how- ever , that it was by no means uncommon to kill a deer with ...
... arrow to the distance of a measured mile ; of which , perhaps , we are scarcely fair judges in the present day ; but it certainly seems utterly incredible . We are told , how- ever , that it was by no means uncommon to kill a deer with ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Aldingar ancient arms arrow ballad baron bells bespake Billy Blin blood bold Robin bonny bower brave breast bright Carlisle castle castle cheek cheer cried Curtal Curtal Friar dame daughter dead dear doth Earl eyes fair lady fast father fear fell fight gallant gentle gold gone grace Guenever hall hand hast hath heart Henry hill holy King Arthur King Estmere kiss knee Lady Elspat lady fair lady's land little John loathly lady look Lord loud maid maiden merrily merry mickle ne'er never noble o'er Percy pinnace Queen quoth Red-cross Knight Ritson Robin Hood ROBIN HOOD'S CHASE rode Scotland Scots ship sighed Sir Aldingar Sir Andrew Sir Cauline Sir Gawaine Sir Kay slain soon sore sorrow spear steed sweet sword tears tell thee thou art thou shalt took tree true love unto ween wight young youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 339 - TURN, gentle Hermit of the dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray. " For here forlorn and lost I tread, With fainting steps and slow; Where wilds, immeasurably spread, Seem lengthening as I go." " Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, " To tempt the dangerous gloom ; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom.
Página 342 - And what is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep; A shade that follows wealth or fame, But leaves the wretch to weep?
Página 435 - That light we see is burning in my hall. How far that little candle throws his beams ! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
Página 413 - Hounds are in their couples yelling, Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling, Merrily, merrily, mingle they,
Página 345 - Twas Edwin's self that pressed ! "Turn, Angelina, ever- dear. My charmer, turn to see Thy own, thy long-lost Edwin here, Restored to love and thee. "Thus let me hold thee to my heart; And every care resign : And shall we never, never part, My life — my all that's mine ? " No, never from this hour to part, We'll live and love so true, The sigh that rends thy constant heart Shall break thy Edwin's too.
Página 223 - With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my Love.
Página 358 - 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, Then who will cheer my bonny bride When they have slain her lover?
Página 403 - No STIR in the air, no stir in the sea, The ship was still as she could be, Her sails from heaven received no motion, Her keel was steady in the ocean.
Página 360 - It is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humours for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life ; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law ; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humour, than advis'd respect.
Página 16 - I'll fight with heart and hand.' Our English archers bent their bows, Their hearts were good and true ; At the first flight of arrows sent Full fourscore Scots they slew.