A Book of Ballads, Old and NewGuido Hermann Stempel H. Holt, 1917 - 329 páginas |
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... fighting , who loved her so dear . 7 " O hold your hand , Lord William , " she said , " For your strokes they are wondrous sore ; True lovers I can get many a one , But a father I can never get more . " 8 O she's ta'en out her ...
... fighting , who loved her so dear . 7 " O hold your hand , Lord William , " she said , " For your strokes they are wondrous sore ; True lovers I can get many a one , But a father I can never get more . " 8 O she's ta'en out her ...
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... fighting keen , And the twine is between a lady's two hands When they are washen clean . " " Now what is the flower , the ae first flower , Springs either on moor or dale ? And what is the bird , the bonnie , bonnie bird , Sings on the ...
... fighting keen , And the twine is between a lady's two hands When they are washen clean . " " Now what is the flower , the ae first flower , Springs either on moor or dale ? And what is the bird , the bonnie , bonnie bird , Sings on the ...
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... fight , Or go home and lose your ladie . " 34 Says , " Read me , read me , dear brother , My read shall rise at thee , Whether it is better to turn and fight , Or go home and lose my ladie , " 35 " Now hearken to me , ” says Adler 50 ...
... fight , Or go home and lose your ladie . " 34 Says , " Read me , read me , dear brother , My read shall rise at thee , Whether it is better to turn and fight , Or go home and lose my ladie , " 35 " Now hearken to me , ” says Adler 50 ...
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... fight , And bear your harp by your knee . " And you shall be the best harper That ever took harp in hand , And I will be the best singer That ever sung in this land . 41 " It shall be written in our foreheads , All and in gramarie ...
... fight , And bear your harp by your knee . " And you shall be the best harper That ever took harp in hand , And I will be the best singer That ever sung in this land . 41 " It shall be written in our foreheads , All and in gramarie ...
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... fight With a man that's faith and troth to me ? " 15 " What's that thou say'st , thou limmer loon ? Or how dare thou stand to speak to me ? If thou do not end this quarrel soon , Here's my glove thou shalt fight me . " 16 Christy stoop ...
... fight With a man that's faith and troth to me ? " 15 " What's that thou say'st , thou limmer loon ? Or how dare thou stand to speak to me ? If thou do not end this quarrel soon , Here's my glove thou shalt fight me . " 16 Christy stoop ...
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Página 160 - One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near; So 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, bush, and scaur ! They'll have fleet steeds that follow !
Página 196 - Ho! maidens of Vienna; ho! matrons of Lucerne; Weep, weep, and rend your hair for those who never shall return. Ho! Philip, send, for charity, thy Mexican pistoles, That Antwerp monks may sing a mass for thy poor spearmen's souls.
Página 195 - King is come to marshal us, in all his armor drest, And he has bound a snow-white plume upon his gallant crest. He looked upon his people, and a tear was in his eye ; He looked upon the traitors, and his glance was stern and high. Right graciously he smiled on us, as rolled from wing to wing, Down all our line, a deafening shout,
Página 210 - For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths— for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck, You've fallen cold and dead.
Página 211 - Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!
Página 201 - OF Nelson and the North Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone; By each gun the lighted brand In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.
Página 159 - 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 197 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Página 202 - On the lofty British line: It was ten of April morn by the chime: As they drifted on their path There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between. "Hearts of oak!
Página 194 - ... rapture light the eyes of all thy mourning daughters. As thou wert constant in our ills, be joyous in our joy, For cold, and stiff, and still are they who wrought thy walls annoy.