Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... garland , " although , to use the lan- guage of Shelley , it be composed only of the— " flowers That bloom in mossy banks and darksome glens , Lighting the green - wood with their sunny smiles . " Tollington Villa , Hornsey . J. H. D. ...
... garland , " although , to use the lan- guage of Shelley , it be composed only of the— " flowers That bloom in mossy banks and darksome glens , Lighting the green - wood with their sunny smiles . " Tollington Villa , Hornsey . J. H. D. ...
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... Garland . Or a New School for Christian Patience . FROM an inquiry into the origin of these verses , the editor is in- clined to fix the date about the year 1700-1 , a few years after the passing of the " Lustring act , " when , in ...
... Garland . Or a New School for Christian Patience . FROM an inquiry into the origin of these verses , the editor is in- clined to fix the date about the year 1700-1 , a few years after the passing of the " Lustring act , " when , in ...
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... Garland , IN FOUR PARTS . To the tune of The Royal Forester . WHEN we first met with this very pleasing English ballad , we deemed the story to be wholly fictitious , but " strange " as the " relation " may appear , the incidents ...
... Garland , IN FOUR PARTS . To the tune of The Royal Forester . WHEN we first met with this very pleasing English ballad , we deemed the story to be wholly fictitious , but " strange " as the " relation " may appear , the incidents ...
Contents
King James I and the Tinkler | 12 |
The Keach i the Creel | 13 |
The Merry Broomfield or the Westcountry Wager | 14 |
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