Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 13Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1844 - English literature |
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Page xiii
... head priest came with a jar of maize and a cow . What neighbours and acquaintances bring in the man- ner above mentioned is called devves ; the bringers are all invited to eat with you ; they talk and tell stories to divert your ...
... head priest came with a jar of maize and a cow . What neighbours and acquaintances bring in the man- ner above mentioned is called devves ; the bringers are all invited to eat with you ; they talk and tell stories to divert your ...
Page xl
... heads bend in sorrow , in the house of the dead ! — Lay aside the wheel and flax , and sing not in joy , for there's a space left in my cabin ! -Oweneen the pride of my heart is not here ! -did ye not hear the cry of the Banshee ...
... heads bend in sorrow , in the house of the dead ! — Lay aside the wheel and flax , and sing not in joy , for there's a space left in my cabin ! -Oweneen the pride of my heart is not here ! -did ye not hear the cry of the Banshee ...
Page xli
... head , -its cry will drown your death - song , for Oweneen was the pride of all ! -The howl will be heard in the heath , on the mountain , and o'er the grave of his foster brother , who's gone before him . - Raise the keen ye whose ...
... head , -its cry will drown your death - song , for Oweneen was the pride of all ! -The howl will be heard in the heath , on the mountain , and o'er the grave of his foster brother , who's gone before him . - Raise the keen ye whose ...
Page xlii
... head - stone , count your beads , that my ghost might be quiet in the shroud , that was made by Elleen . There's a tree in Kilcrumper that hangs over the lonely , in its branches the dark bird of night keens the whole night long . — I ...
... head - stone , count your beads , that my ghost might be quiet in the shroud , that was made by Elleen . There's a tree in Kilcrumper that hangs over the lonely , in its branches the dark bird of night keens the whole night long . — I ...
Page xlvi
... head ; No parson o'er thee e'er shall pray , Or Bible e'er be read . " No children of Dunlevy's line Are ye , nor of his race ; Beneath him ye shall never lie , Nor in his tomb find place . ' His gatherings and his earnings all They may ...
... head ; No parson o'er thee e'er shall pray , Or Bible e'er be read . " No children of Dunlevy's line Are ye , nor of his race ; Beneath him ye shall never lie , Nor in his tomb find place . ' His gatherings and his earnings all They may ...
Common terms and phrases
Adew appears BALLADS Banshee beauty blacke shepe blessed brother Callanan Carrigaline Castle cold Corpus Christi College county of Cork dark darling dead death dere derlyng Do-well Dublin Dunmanway Earl of Desmond earth Editor Edmond Fitzgerald England's Helicon English eyes fair father feare fire Fraser's Magazine gaol grief hand harp hart hath heart heaven Innisfail Irish Irish poetry John Fitzgerald John Jegon Keating keen keeners Knight of Glin Knight of Kerry knytte lament Leary literally Lord Milesius morning Morty Oge mourning murder never nowght o'er O'Sullivan Bear original Percy Society poem poetry poor priest printed Puxley Rapparees Richard Cox Saxon Say-well shulde knytte sing song sorrow soul South of Ireland Sullivan sweet tears thee Thomas thou translation Twas verses versified voice Walsh weeping wild woman words wounde my flesshe wyll wyll dothe rule Wytte