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Page 98
The tale of the composition is about the year 1650 , when Alexander Irvine of
Drum took for his second wife Margaret Couts , a woman of inferior birth and
manners , a step which gave great offence to his relations . He had previously
married ...
The tale of the composition is about the year 1650 , when Alexander Irvine of
Drum took for his second wife Margaret Couts , a woman of inferior birth and
manners , a step which gave great offence to his relations . He had previously
married ...
Page 92
It's out then spak ' the bride's mother , — Aye , and an angry woman was she ,Ye
might have excepted the bonnie bride , And two or three of our companie . 0 !
hold your tongue , ye silly frow , Of all your folly let me be ; She's ten times fairer ...
It's out then spak ' the bride's mother , — Aye , and an angry woman was she ,Ye
might have excepted the bonnie bride , And two or three of our companie . 0 !
hold your tongue , ye silly frow , Of all your folly let me be ; She's ten times fairer ...
Page 230
... While in praise of dear woman I sing ; Confined not to Moll , Sue , or Nancy ,
230 ANCIENT POEMS ,
... While in praise of dear woman I sing ; Confined not to Moll , Sue , or Nancy ,
230 ANCIENT POEMS ,
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17 Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Percy Society Volume 17 of Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy Society |
| Author | Percy Society |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 May 2018 |
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