Ballads and Ballad PoetryEdward Everett Hale (Jr.) World book Company, 1921 |
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... soul good rest ; But woe be to my cruel step - dame , Garred burn me on the breast . " " Oh woe to you , you light woman ! An ill death may ye die ! For we left father and sisters at home Breaking their hearts for thee . " THE DOUGLAS ...
... soul good rest ; But woe be to my cruel step - dame , Garred burn me on the breast . " " Oh woe to you , you light woman ! An ill death may ye die ! For we left father and sisters at home Breaking their hearts for thee . " THE DOUGLAS ...
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... soul , " said King Harry , " Good Lord , if thy will it be ! I have a hundred captains in England , " he said , " As good as ever was he : But Percy , an I brook my life , Thy death well quit shall be . " As our noble king made his avow ...
... soul , " said King Harry , " Good Lord , if thy will it be ! I have a hundred captains in England , " he said , " As good as ever was he : But Percy , an I brook my life , Thy death well quit shall be . " As our noble king made his avow ...
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... soul of a knight that is slain . ' " He turned him round and grimly he frowned , Then he laughed right scornfully ; ' He who says the massrite for the soul of that knight , May as well say mass for me . " At the lone midnight hour ...
... soul of a knight that is slain . ' " He turned him round and grimly he frowned , Then he laughed right scornfully ; ' He who says the massrite for the soul of that knight , May as well say mass for me . " At the lone midnight hour ...
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... souls untouched by sin ; To a level mead they came , and there They drave the wickets in ; Pleasantly shone the setting sun Over the town of Lynn . Like sportive deer they coursed about And shouted as they ran , Turning to mirth all ...
... souls untouched by sin ; To a level mead they came , and there They drave the wickets in ; Pleasantly shone the setting sun Over the town of Lynn . Like sportive deer they coursed about And shouted as they ran , Turning to mirth all ...
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... soul he read that book In the golden eventide ; Much study had made him very lean , And pale , and leaden - eyed . At last he shut the ponderous tome ; With a fast and fervent grasp He strained the dusky covers close And fixed the ...
... soul he read that book In the golden eventide ; Much study had made him very lean , And pale , and leaden - eyed . At last he shut the ponderous tome ; With a fast and fervent grasp He strained the dusky covers close And fixed the ...
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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.