Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... reason why it has been passed over by col- lectors , who have preferred giving the more elegant , but made - up copy of Percy . Whether the traditional version be the original , we cannot say , but the probability is 92 NOTES .
... reason why it has been passed over by col- lectors , who have preferred giving the more elegant , but made - up copy of Percy . Whether the traditional version be the original , we cannot say , but the probability is 92 NOTES .
Page 97
... reason why , more than any other tree , the linden was so great a favourite with the Scalds , whose compositions our old ballad authors copied , may perhaps be found in the fact of bow - strings having been made from the bark . The ...
... reason why , more than any other tree , the linden was so great a favourite with the Scalds , whose compositions our old ballad authors copied , may perhaps be found in the fact of bow - strings having been made from the bark . The ...
Page 47
... reason such , As it deserves no laughter . They have a castle on a hill , I took it for an old wind - mill , The vanes blown off by weather : To lye therein one night ' tis guessed , " Twere better to be stoned and pressed , Or hanged ...
... reason such , As it deserves no laughter . They have a castle on a hill , I took it for an old wind - mill , The vanes blown off by weather : To lye therein one night ' tis guessed , " Twere better to be stoned and pressed , Or hanged ...
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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