Ballads & Legends of Cheshire

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Longmans & Company, 1867 - 314 oldal

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96. oldal - The western wind was wild and dank with foam, And all alone went she. The western tide crept up along the sand, And o'er and o'er the sand, And round and round the sand, As far as eye could see. The rolling mist came down and hid the land: And never home came she.
97. oldal - Dee." They rowed her in across the rolling foam, The cruel crawling foam, The cruel hungry foam, To her grave beside the sea: But still the boatmen hear her call the cattle home Across the sands of Dee.
12. oldal - Here comes all that breeds the strife ; I in England have already A sweet woman to my wife : I will not falsify my vow for gold nor gain, Nor yet for all the fairest dames that live in Spain.
13. oldal - For they are fitting for thy wife, but not for me. ' I will spend my days in prayer, Love and all her laws...
11. oldal - Spaniards fraught with jealousy we often find, But Englishmen through all the world are counted kind. "Leave me not unto a Spaniard, You alone enjoy my heart ; I am lovely, young, and tender, Love is likewise my desert : Still to serve thee day and night my mind is prest, The wife of every Englishman is counted blest." " It would be a shame, fair lady, For to bear a woman hence ; English soldiers never carry Any such without offence.
9. oldal - And by birth and parentage of high degree. As his prisoner there he kept her, In his hands her life did lye; Cupid's bands did tye them faster By the liking of an eye.
9. oldal - So saying, they returned to the lodge unseen, and with pious and submissive prayers, the Countess closed that eventful evening. CHAPTER XXVI. Will you hear of a Spanish lady, How she wooed an Englishman? Garments gay, as rich as may be, Deck'd with jewels she had on. Of a comely countenance and grace was she, And by birth and parentage of high degree.
129. oldal - GOD bless the master of this house, The mistress also ; And all the little children That round the table go ; And all your kin and kinsmen, That dwell both far and near, I wish you a merry Christmas, And a happy new year.
10. oldal - Thou hast set this present day my body free, But my heart in prison still remains with thee. " How should'st thou, fair lady, love me, Whom thou know'st thy country's foe? Thy fair wordes make me suspect thee : Serpents lie where flowers grow.
156. oldal - Besides, in many fields since conquering William came, Her people she hath proved, to her eternal fame : All children of her own, the leader and the led, The mightiest men of bone in her full bosom bred...

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