Ballads and Ballad PoetryEdward Everett Hale (Jr.) World book Company, 1921 |
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... DOUGLAS TRAGEDY 27 THE DOWIE DENS OF YARROW 30 • FAIR HELEN . THE BORDER WIDOW KATHARINE JANFARIE EDWARD , EDWARD . SIR PATRICK SPENS JOHNIE OF BRAIDISLEE EDOM O ' GORDON . KINMONT WILLIE . 33 35 36 40 42 44 48 53 ROBIN HOOD AND ALLIN A ...
... DOUGLAS TRAGEDY 27 THE DOWIE DENS OF YARROW 30 • FAIR HELEN . THE BORDER WIDOW KATHARINE JANFARIE EDWARD , EDWARD . SIR PATRICK SPENS JOHNIE OF BRAIDISLEE EDOM O ' GORDON . KINMONT WILLIE . 33 35 36 40 42 44 48 53 ROBIN HOOD AND ALLIN A ...
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... Douglas is always doughty ; and also of lines and even whole stanzas . The constant repetition of a line is called a refrain , as in " Edward , Edward , " and in " Binnorie , " where it has not been printed with each verse . They all ...
... Douglas is always doughty ; and also of lines and even whole stanzas . The constant repetition of a line is called a refrain , as in " Edward , Edward , " and in " Binnorie , " where it has not been printed with each verse . They all ...
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... Douglas Tragedy , " and we should say that the ballad spirit was the spirit of high - pitched romance , the spirit of ideal passion . The maiden who lay living in her coffin , unmoved while they dropped hot lead upon her breast ; the ...
... Douglas Tragedy , " and we should say that the ballad spirit was the spirit of high - pitched romance , the spirit of ideal passion . The maiden who lay living in her coffin , unmoved while they dropped hot lead upon her breast ; the ...
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... DOUGLAS TRAGEDY " Rise up , rise up , now , Lord Douglas , " she says , " And put on your armor so bright ; Lord William will have Lady Margaret away Before that it be light . “ Rise up , rise up , my seven bold sons , And put on your ...
... DOUGLAS TRAGEDY " Rise up , rise up , now , Lord Douglas , " she says , " And put on your armor so bright ; Lord William will have Lady Margaret away Before that it be light . “ Rise up , rise up , my seven bold sons , And put on your ...
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... Douglas , And wow but he was rough ! For he pull'd up the bonny brier , And flang't in St. Mary's Loch . THE DOWIE DENS OF YARROW Late at e'en , drinking the wine , And ere they paid the lawing , 2 They set a combat them between To ...
... Douglas , And wow but he was rough ! For he pull'd up the bonny brier , And flang't in St. Mary's Loch . THE DOWIE DENS OF YARROW Late at e'en , drinking the wine , And ere they paid the lawing , 2 They set a combat them between To ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ancient Mariner Aulus ballads battle beneath blood bonny Carterhaugh Cheviot cried curse curtal friar dæmons dead dear doughty Douglas Edom English Eugene Aram fair fast father fear fell fight Flodden fought Fountain Abbey gallant gray hand hast hath heard heart Hell and Heaven Herminius hill horse Inchcape Rock Johnie Kempion Kinmont Willie knee lady land Latian Little brother Little John Lochinvar looked Lord Douglas Lord Marmion lord of Ross Lord Scroope loud Marmion Mary Mother mast moon ne'er never night o'er old ballads Percy Perssy poems quoth ride Robin Hood rock rode rose sails ship side Sir Patrick Spens Sister Helen slain slayne soul spake spear steed stood sword ta'en Tamlane tell thee ther thou thow Tinkler true love True Thomas Tusculum Twas Twin Brethren wind winna Wyth Yarrow
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Página 175 - The very deep did rot : O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. " About, about, in reel and rout, The death-fires danced at night ; The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue and white.
Página 183 - The upper air burst into life ! And a hundred fire-flags sheen, To and fro they were hurried about ! And to and fro, and in and out, The wan stars danced between.
Página 191 - On every corse there stood. This seraph-band, each waved his hand: It was a heavenly sight! They stood as signals to the land, Each one a lovely light; This seraph-band, each waved his hand, No voice did they impart — No voice; but oh! the silence sank Like music on my heart.
Página 124 - Last night the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see! " The skipper, he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he.
Página 98 - I long woo'd your daughter, my suit you denied — Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide — And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Página 195 - I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.
Página 171 - And now the storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong: He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. With sloping masts and dipping prow, As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled.
Página 149 - And the sun went down, and the stars came out far over the summer sea, But never a moment ceased the fight of the one and the fifty-three.
Página 184 - They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose, Nor spake, nor moved their eyes; It had been strange, even in a dream,! To have seen those dead men rise. The helmsman steered, the ship moved on; Yet never a breeze...
Página 174 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.