Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets, Together with Some Few of Later Date, Volume 1E. Moxon, 1844 - Ballads, English |
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... seems , having been suggested , it may now be mentioned , that , while this edition passed through his press , the MS . itself was left for near a year with Mr. Nichols , in whose house , or in that of its possessor , it was examined ...
... seems , having been suggested , it may now be mentioned , that , while this edition passed through his press , the MS . itself was left for near a year with Mr. Nichols , in whose house , or in that of its possessor , it was examined ...
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... seem to have been all made by one person ( they are at least all in the same kind of hand ) , are sometimes ex- tremely incorrect and faulty , being in such instances probably made from defective copies , or the imperfect recitation of ...
... seem to have been all made by one person ( they are at least all in the same kind of hand ) , are sometimes ex- tremely incorrect and faulty , being in such instances probably made from defective copies , or the imperfect recitation of ...
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... seem to have been merely written for the people , he was long in doubt , whether , in the present state of improved literature , they could be deemed worthy the attention of the public . At length the importunity of his friends ...
... seem to have been merely written for the people , he was long in doubt , whether , in the present state of improved literature , they could be deemed worthy the attention of the public . At length the importunity of his friends ...
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... seems ( for cheapness sake ) wholly laid aside for that of the white letter without pictures . " In the Ashmole Library at Oxford is a small col- lection of ballads made by Anthony Wood in the year 1676 , containing somewhat more than ...
... seems ( for cheapness sake ) wholly laid aside for that of the white letter without pictures . " In the Ashmole Library at Oxford is a small col- lection of ballads made by Anthony Wood in the year 1676 , containing somewhat more than ...
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... seem , from the errors and defects with which the MS . abounds , that he had employed his clerk in writing the transcripts , who was often weary of his task . and many curious explanations of Scottish words in the glossaries b3 PREFACE ...
... seem , from the errors and defects with which the MS . abounds , that he had employed his clerk in writing the transcripts , who was often weary of his task . and many curious explanations of Scottish words in the glossaries b3 PREFACE ...
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Adam Bell agayne ancient Anglo-Saxon appears archar arrowes awaye ballad Bards called castle Cloudeslè Comedy copy Cotton Library daughter daye dear doth Douglas Du Cange Earl Earl of Northumberland edition editor Edom English Erle fast father fayre Garland greene willow hand harpe Harper hart hast hath heart Henry Hist intitled John king king Estmere knight lady ladye lord Minstrels mither Music myght never noble Northumberland Otterbourn owre Patrick Spence Percy Persè play poem poet printed quoth reader reign Robin Hood Romance ryde sayd saye Scotland Scots Scottish Shakesp Shakespeare shalt shee shew Sing slaine slayne song sonnes stanzas sworde syr Cauline thee ther theyr thou thow thre Tyll unto whan willow wold word writer wyfe wyll Wyllyam Wyth yemen yere zour
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Page 209 - THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against Fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Page 173 - The rest complains of cares to come. The flowers do fade, and wanton fields To wayward Winter reckoning yields: A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle...
Page 173 - A belt of straw and ivy buds With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my Love.
Page 192 - Hadst thou been fond, he had been false, And left thee sad and heavy ; For young men ever were fickle found, Since summer trees were leafy.
Page 174 - A honey tongue, a heart of gall, Is fancy's spring, but sorrow's fall. Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten ; In folly ripe, in reason rotten. Thy belt of straw, and ivy buds, Thy coral clasps, and amber studs, All these in me no means can move To come to thee, and be thy love.
Page ii - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet...
Page 57 - The king has written a braid letter. And signd it wi his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spence, Was walking on the sand. The first line that Sir Patrick red, A loud lauch lauched he; The next line that Sir Patrick red, "O what is this has don this deid, This ill deid don to me, To send me out this time o' the yeir, To sail upon the se!
Page 209 - The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds ; Upon Death's purple altar, now, See where the victor victim bleeds : All heads must come To the cold tomb : Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust.
Page 253 - Solitude, romantic maid ! Whether by nodding towers you tread ; Or haunt the desert's trackless gloom, Or hover o'er the yawning tomb ; Or climb the Andes' clifted side, Or by the Nile's coy source abide : Or, starting from your half-year's sleep, From Hecla view the thawing deep : Or, at the purple dawn of day, Tadmor's marble wastes survey." observing,
Page 191 - Now Christ thee save, thou reverend friar, I pray thee tell to me, If ever at yon holy shrine My true love thou didst see. And how should I know your true love, From many another one ? O by his cockle hat, and staff, And by his sandal shoone.