A Book of Favourite Modern BalladsJ. C. W. Kent & Company, 1860 - 167 páginas |
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... light to the croupe the fair lady he swung , So light to the saddle before her he sprung ! " She is won ! we are gone , over bank , Lush , and scaur ; They'll have fleet steeds that follow , " quoth young Lochinvar . EVANS S There was ...
... light to the croupe the fair lady he swung , So light to the saddle before her he sprung ! " She is won ! we are gone , over bank , Lush , and scaur ; They'll have fleet steeds that follow , " quoth young Lochinvar . EVANS S There was ...
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... light was flinging ; And from the thickets all around Sad nightingales were singing . " I leave you here , " quoth Father Time , As hoarse as any raven ; And Love kneel'd down to spell the rhyme Upon the rude stone graven : But Hope ...
... light was flinging ; And from the thickets all around Sad nightingales were singing . " I leave you here , " quoth Father Time , As hoarse as any raven ; And Love kneel'd down to spell the rhyme Upon the rude stone graven : But Hope ...
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... light ! The lilacs where the robin built , And where my brother set The laburnum on his birth - day , - The tree is living yet ! I remember , I remember , Where I was used to swing , And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on ...
... light ! The lilacs where the robin built , And where my brother set The laburnum on his birth - day , - The tree is living yet ! I remember , I remember , Where I was used to swing , And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on ...
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... light Of household fires gleam warm and bright ; Above , the spectral glaciers shone , And from his lips escaped a groan , Excelsior ! " Try not the Pass ! " the old man said : " Dark lowers the tempest overhead ; The roaring torrent is ...
... light Of household fires gleam warm and bright ; Above , the spectral glaciers shone , And from his lips escaped a groan , Excelsior ! " Try not the Pass ! " the old man said : " Dark lowers the tempest overhead ; The roaring torrent is ...
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... light on love or liquor , Good sooth , the traveller was to blame , And not the vicarage , or the Vicar . His talk was like a stream which runs , With rapid change , from rock to roses ; It slipp'd from politics to puns , It pass'd from ...
... light on love or liquor , Good sooth , the traveller was to blame , And not the vicarage , or the Vicar . His talk was like a stream which runs , With rapid change , from rock to roses ; It slipp'd from politics to puns , It pass'd from ...
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Términos y frases comunes
A-hunting Afton Allen-a-Dale AULD ROBIN GRAY BATTLE OF BLENHEIM beneath Birket Foster blythe bride bright charms cried CUMNOR HALL dream Duncan EDMUND EVANS EDWIN AND ANGELINA Excelsior fair father flowers FRIAR OF ORDERS G. H. Thomas Hallò hand Harrison Weir hast Hazeldean heard heart heav'n HERMIT OF DREUX Hollo INCHCAPE ROCK INVERNESS John Barleycorn KEYNE KING HENRY lady Lochinvar lonely look'd LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER loud merry MILE OF EDINBRO MILL-STREAM 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 RUPERT'S MARCH Samuel Palmer seem'd sigh sigh'd sing sleep smiled sorrow SPANISH ARMADA steed stormy STORMY PETREL SUMMER WOODS sweet tears There's nae luck tree turn'd Twas vale village waves weep whisp'ring with thee whoop wild William Harvey wind wonnot wooing o't YARROW VISITED young Lochinvar
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Página 65 - The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Página 33 - Forbear, my son," the Hermit cries, "To tempt the dangerous gloom; For yonder faithless phantom flies To lure thee to thy doom. "Here to the houseless child of want My door is open still; And though my portion is but scant, I give it with good will.
Página 8 - Eske river where ford there was none : But ere he alighted at Netherby gate The bride had consented, the gallant came late : For a laggard in love and a dastard in war Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Página 57 - As slow upon the labouring wind the royal blazon swells. Look how the Lion of the sea lifts up his ancient crown, And underneath his deadly paw treads the gay lilies down.
Página 33 - 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 151 - And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win." " But what good came of it at last ? " Quoth little Peterkin. " Why, that I cannot tell," said he,
Página 24 - I Remember, I Remember. I REMEMBER, I remember The house where I was born, The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn; He never came a wink too soon Nor brought too long a day; But now, I often wish the night Had borne my breath away. I remember, I remember...
Página 30 - 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 149 - IT was a summer evening. Old Kaspar's work was done. And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun, And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine.
Página 38 - 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.