Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 13Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1844 - English literature |
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Page xvii
... sing , and dance to the beat of a drum . When the cry is over , those who have not far to return to their homes , in general feast with the relatives of the deceased . When such great people as Ito Debbib die , a general cry is held ...
... sing , and dance to the beat of a drum . When the cry is over , those who have not far to return to their homes , in general feast with the relatives of the deceased . When such great people as Ito Debbib die , a general cry is held ...
Page xx
... singing Irish songs in a loud and effective voice . These songs were received with shouts of applause , and as I was then ignorant of the Irish language , and anxious to know the meaning of what had elicited so much popular approbation ...
... singing Irish songs in a loud and effective voice . These songs were received with shouts of applause , and as I was then ignorant of the Irish language , and anxious to know the meaning of what had elicited so much popular approbation ...
Page xxi
... singing a song that was not one quarter so bad . " Another old woman who sat near us , con- firmed this by nods of assent ; looking at me and nodding expressively , as much as to say , " I know all this to be true , perfectly true ...
... singing a song that was not one quarter so bad . " Another old woman who sat near us , con- firmed this by nods of assent ; looking at me and nodding expressively , as much as to say , " I know all this to be true , perfectly true ...
Page xxxix
... sing no more in gladness To your merry spinning - wheels , " and- " Lay aside the wheel and flax , and sing not in joy , for there's a space left in my cabin ! " — together with " See the space within my dwelling , ' Tis the cold ...
... sing no more in gladness To your merry spinning - wheels , " and- " Lay aside the wheel and flax , and sing not in joy , for there's a space left in my cabin ! " — together with " See the space within my dwelling , ' Tis the cold ...
Page xl
... Sing the wild keen of my country , ye whose 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 ...
... Sing the wild keen of my country , ye whose 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 ...
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