A Book of Favourite Modern BalladsJ. C. W. Kent & Company, 1860 - 167 páginas |
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... never more That hapless Countess e'er was seen ! And in that manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall ! The village - maids , with fearful glance , Avoid ...
... never more That hapless Countess e'er was seen ! And in that manor now no more Is cheerful feast and sprightly ball ; For ever since that dreary hour Have spirits haunted Cumnor Hall ! The village - maids , with fearful glance , Avoid ...
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... never was knight like the young Lochinvar . He staid not for brake , and he stopp'd not for stone , He swam the Eske river , where ford there was none ; But ere he alighted at Netherby gate , The bride had consented , the gallant came ...
... never was knight like the young Lochinvar . He staid not for brake , and he stopp'd not for stone , He swam the Eske river , where ford there was none ; But ere he alighted at Netherby gate , The bride had consented , the gallant came ...
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... never a word , ) " O come ye in peace here , or come ye in war , Or to dance at our bridal , young Lord Lochinvar ? " " I long woo'd your daughter , my suit you denied- Love swells like the Solway , but ebbs like its tide ; And now am I ...
... never a word , ) " O come ye in peace here , or come ye in war , Or to dance at our bridal , young Lord Lochinvar ? " " I long woo'd your daughter , my suit you denied- Love swells like the Solway , but ebbs like its tide ; And now am I ...
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J. C.. The trill of the robin , the coo of the dove , Are charms that I'll never forego ; But resting through life on the bosom of love , Will remember the Woodland Hallo . HOPE AND LOVE . ONE day , through Fancy's telescope.
J. C.. The trill of the robin , the coo of the dove , Are charms that I'll never forego ; But resting through life on the bosom of love , Will remember the Woodland Hallo . HOPE AND LOVE . ONE day , through Fancy's telescope.
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J. C.. WITHIN A MILE OF EDINBRO ' . Jocky was a wag that never would wed , Though long he had follow'd the lass : Contented she earn'd and eat her brown bread , And merrily turn'd up the grass . Bonnie Jocky , blythe and free , Won her ...
J. C.. WITHIN A MILE OF EDINBRO ' . Jocky was a wag that never would wed , Though long he had follow'd the lass : Contented she earn'd and eat her brown bread , And merrily turn'd up the grass . Bonnie Jocky , blythe and free , Won her ...
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Allen-a-Dale AULD ROBIN GRAY baith beauty beneath Birket Foster blythe BONNIE JEAN bride bright charms couldna cried Cumnor Hall dead dear didst thou dream Duncan EDMUND EVANS EDWIN AND ANGELINA EDWIN AND EMMA Excelsior fair fair lady father flowers FRIAR OF ORDERS G. H. Thomas gallant hand Harrison Weir hast hear heard heart heav'n Hermit holy Inchcape Rock Inverness John Barleycorn Julius Cæsar King Henry lady lass lonely look'd loud merry morn mother ne'er Netherby never night o'er OLD GREEN LANE ORDERS GRAY pass'd Queen quoth reach'd Richmond Hill river Dee ROBIN REDBREAST round Samuel Palmer seem'd sigh sigh'd sing Skiddaw sleep smiled sorrow SPANISH ARMADA steed storm SUMMER WOODS sweet swelling tears thee There's nae luck tree turn'd Twas vale village voice walk'd waves weep wild William Harvey wind wonnot wooing o't Yarrow young Lochinvar
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Página 164 - Old Kaspar took it from the boy Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh '"Tis some poor fellow's skull," said he, "Who fell in the great victory.
Página 15 - O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broad-sword he weapon had none, He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Página 16 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace ; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume ; And the bride-maidens whispered, ''Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Página 82 - He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies; And with his hard, rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes.
Página 37 - The water-wraith was shrieking; And in the scowl of heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their trampling sounded nearer. " O haste thee, haste!" the lady cries, "Though tempests round us gather; I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father.
Página 165 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun ; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. "Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won And our good Prince Eugene.
Página 144 - THREE fishers went sailing away to the West, Away to the West as the sun went down; Each thought on the woman who loved him the best, And the children stood watching them out of the town; For men must work, and women must weep, And there's, little to earn, and many to keep, Though the harbor bar be moaning.
Página 114 - My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
Página 117 - They cannot see the sun on high: The wind hath blown a gale all day; At evening it hath died away. On the deck the Rover takes his stand; So dark it is, they see no land. Quoth Sir Ralph, "It will be lighter soon, For there is the dawn of the rising moon.
Página 45 - But mine the sorrow, mine the fault, And well my life shall pay ; I'll seek the solitude he sought, And stretch me where he lay. ' And there forlorn, despairing, hid, I'll lay me down and die ; 'Twas so for me that Edwin did. And so for him will I.