 Maiden ! a nameless life I lead, A nameless death I'll die ! The fiend, whose lantern lights the mead, Were better mate than I ! And when I'm with my comrades met, Beneath the greenwood bough, What once we were we all forget, Nor think what we are now.  The poetical works of sir Walter Scott - Page 188by sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - Marston Moor, Battle of, England, 1644 - 1813 - 468 pages
...hum, My comrades take the spear. CHORUS. And O ! though Brignal banks be fair, And Greta woods be gay, Yet mickle must the maiden dare, Would reign my Queen...lead, A nameless death I'll die ; The fiend, whose lanthorn lights the mead, Were better mate than I ! And when I'm with my comrades met, Beneath the... | |
 | Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1813 - 444 pages
...My comrades take the spear. CHOEUS. " And O ! though Brignal banks be fair, And Greta woods be gay, Yet mickle must the maiden dare, Would reign my Queen...lead, A nameless death I'll die ; The fiend, whose lanthorn lights the mead, Were better mate than I ! And when I'm with my comrades met, Beneath the... | |
 | Alicia Lefanu - 1817 - 374 pages
...made her consider her present entanglement in a different and more alarming point of view. CHAP. VI. Maiden, a nameless life I lead, A nameless death I'll die : " The fiend whose lanthorn lights the mead Were better mate than I. SCOTT. — ROKEBY. " SIR Harold stays very late,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 312 pages
...Brignal banks he fair, And Greta woods he gay, Yet mickle mnst the maiden dare, Wonld reign my qneen of May ! XVIII. " Maiden ! a nameless life I lead,...die ; The fiend whose lantern lights the mead, Were hetter mate than 1 ! And when I'm with my comrades met, Beneath the greenwood bongh, -What once we... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 290 pages
...the spear. CHORUS. ' And O ! though Brignal banks be fair, And Greta woods be gay, VOL. VII. • F Yet mickle must the maiden dare, Would reign my Queen...whose lantern lights the mead, Were better mate than I ! And when I'm with my comrades met, Beneath the greenwood bough, What once we were we all forget,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1825 - 388 pages
...banks be fair, And Greta woods be gay ; Yet mickle must the maiden dare, Would reign my queen of May ! Maiden ! a nameless life I lead, A nameless death...I'll die; The fiend, whose lantern lights the mead, And when I'm with my comrades met, Beneath the greenwood bough, What once we were we all forget, Nor... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...sounds his hum, My comrades take the spear. And O though Brignal banks be fair, And Greta woods be gay; Yet mickle must the maiden dare, Would reign my queen of May! Maiden ! a nameless life I lead, A nameless death I'll die; The fiend, whose lantern lights the mead,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 pages
...comrades take the spear. CUORUS. •• And 0 ! though Brignal banks he fair, And Greta woods be gay, Yet mickle must the maiden dare, Would reign my queen of May! XVIII. u Maiden, a nameless life I lead, A nameless deiilh I 'It die; The fiend whose lantern lights the mead... | |
 | Gift books - 1833 - 456 pages
...seized her suddenly by the hand, and repeated in a deep but clear whisper the words of the ballad — " Maiden, a nameless life I lead, A nameless death I'll die — The fiend whose luuthni n lights the mead, Were fitter mate than I! " and pressing her hand convulsively, disappeared... | |
 | Great Britain - 1850 - 584 pages
...seized her suddenly by the hand, and repeated in a deep but clear whisper the words of the ballad — - Maiden, a nameless life I lead, A nameless death I'll die — The fiend whose lanthorn lights the mead, Were fitter mate than 1 1" and pressing her hand convulsively, disappeared... | |
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