 Ye lie, ye lie, ye liar loud ! Sae loud I hear ye lie : For Percy had not men yestreen To dight my men and me. " But I have dream'da dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Skye ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I.  Macmillan's Magazine - Page 1271859Full view - About this book
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1873 - 314 pages
...or plain itself. * Tents, pavilions. 5 Yesterday evening. 8 To destroy, or sweep away. " But I have dreamed a dreary dream : — Beyond the Isle of Skye...dead man win a fight ; And I think that man was I." He belted on his good broad-sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That should... | |
 | John Clark Murray - Ballads, English - 1874 - 234 pages
...pp. 346, 347. The ballad runs : — " Rut I have dreamed a dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky ; 1 saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." had dreamt the night before the battle. When he felt that his wound was mortal, he sent his page to... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - English poetry - 1876 - 304 pages
...not men yestreen To dight my men and me. " But I have dreamed a dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." He belted on his guid braid sword, And to the field he ran; But he forgot the helmet good, That should... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1880 - 382 pages
...battle, for presently he looked up, and murmured the verse : " ' I had a dream, a weary dream, Ayont the Isle of Skye ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I. ' That stave keeps ringing in my brain ; nor can I tell where or when I have heard it." " 'Tis from... | |
 | Historical ballads - 1882 - 298 pages
...no men yestreen,1 To dight my men and me. " But I hae dream'da dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky, I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." He belted on his good broadsword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgat the helmet good, That should... | |
 | Mary Wilder Tileston - American ballads - 1883 - 338 pages
...men yestreen To dight my men and me. " But I have dreamed a dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." 1 Sent,— field. * Pavilions, tents. He belted on his guid broad sword, And to the field he ran ;... | |
 | James Thomas Fields - American literature - 1884 - 988 pages
...should run chill the while. Here, one is steeped in a ghostly atmosphere : men walk about here gifted with the second sight. There has been something weird...Dasent's while to take note of, should he ever visit the rainy Hebrides. One such legend, concerning Ossian and his poems, struck me a good deal. Near Mr.... | |
 | William M'Dowall - Ballads - 1888 - 370 pages
...brawest bower o' the Ottertowre Shall be thy morning fee. " But I hae dreamed a dreary dream, Ayont the Isle of Skye I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." He belted on his gude braid sword, And to the field he ran, But he forgot the hewmont strong That should... | |
 | Andrew Lang - Children's poetry - 1891 - 384 pages
...not men yestreen, To dight my men and me. ' But I hae dream'da dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I.' He belted on his good braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That should... | |
 | George Eyre-Todd - 1893 - 344 pages
...loud ! Sae loud I hear ye lie ; For Percy had not men yestreen To dight4 my men and me. 4 handle. " But I ha'e dreamed a dreary dream, Beyond the Isle...dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." He belted on his gude braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That should... | |
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