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The resemblance between this and the fol-
lowing ballad by Percy, which was pub-
lished before it, laid Goldsmith open to
the charge of plagiarism; but Percy
stated clearly that his was the later
composition. Both are more or less
founded on The Gentle Herdsman.
ELEGY ON A MAD DOG
THOMAS PERCY.
THE FRIAR OF ORDERS GRAY.
Composed out of various ancient fragments
found in Shakespeare's plays.
WILLIAM COWPER.
JOHN BARLEYCORN
An adaptation of an old subject.
LADY MARY ANN
An old ballad, with the refrain, "My pretty lad is
young, and is growing," is printed in Vol. II.
(p. 225).
PAGE
39
42
ELLEN IRWIN; OR, THE BRAES OF KIRTLE
THE SEVEN SISTERS; OR, THE SOLITUDE OF
49
The first stanza ancient. The rest written for Mr
Campbell's Albyn's Anthology.
DAVIE GELLATLEY'S SONG
Waverley.
A note states that this is a genuine old fragment re-
modelled. See Vol. II. p. 200.
71
LLYN-Y-DREIDDIAD-VRAWD; OR, THE POOL OF
And like a ghost, through narrow passages Walking, feeling the cold walls with her hands.
FAIR ELEANOR, p. 28.