Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 13Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1844 - English literature |
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Page xxii
... young Cold and silent is now thy bed . men . 66 My sunshine you were . I loved you better than the sun itself ; and when I see the sun going down in the west , I think of my boy and of my black night of sorrow . Like the rising sun , he ...
... young Cold and silent is now thy bed . men . 66 My sunshine you were . I loved you better than the sun itself ; and when I see the sun going down in the west , I think of my boy and of my black night of sorrow . Like the rising sun , he ...
Page xxx
... young Irishmen who held commissions in the French service , and wore ( for the editor has seen one of the uniform jackets ) a white coat with green collar , cuffs , and lining , and the buttons of which were of white metal , and bore ...
... young Irishmen who held commissions in the French service , and wore ( for the editor has seen one of the uniform jackets ) a white coat with green collar , cuffs , and lining , and the buttons of which were of white metal , and bore ...
Page xxxviii
... young men , a joy it was to see thee with thy gun . Cormac , my dear , oh thou who wert well - educated , mild , Who wert just and pure , and free from vice , as innocent as a child ; Oh ! glorious King of heaven , hadst thou spared to ...
... young men , a joy it was to see thee with thy gun . Cormac , my dear , oh thou who wert well - educated , mild , Who wert just and pure , and free from vice , as innocent as a child ; Oh ! glorious King of heaven , hadst thou spared to ...
Page xxxix
... young Ryan " at p . 84 . The similarity of " Maidens , 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 ...
... young Ryan " at p . 84 . The similarity of " Maidens , 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 ...
Page xl
... young oak was fallen ? Yes , he's gone ! -He went off in the spring of life , like the blossom of the prickly haw- thorn , scattered by the merciless wind , on the cold clammy earth ; -never again will he lift in his clasp'd hands the ...
... young oak was fallen ? Yes , he's gone ! -He went off in the spring of life , like the blossom of the prickly haw- thorn , scattered by the merciless wind , on the cold clammy earth ; -never again will he lift in his clasp'd hands the ...
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