Minstrelsy of the Scottish border: consisting of historical and romantic ballads, collected [by sir W. Scott]. [Another], 1. kötet1821 |
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. oldal
... songs , to savage virtue dear , That won of yore the public ear , Ere Polity , sedate and sage , Had quench'd the fires of feudal rage . - WARTON . EDINBURGH : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , HURST , REES , ORME , AND BROWN , LONDON ; AND A ...
... songs , to savage virtue dear , That won of yore the public ear , Ere Polity , sedate and sage , Had quench'd the fires of feudal rage . - WARTON . EDINBURGH : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , HURST , REES , ORME , AND BROWN , LONDON ; AND A ...
7. oldal
... song . With this additional accomplishment , the poet becomes doidos , or the man of song , and his character is complete when the additional ac- companiment of a lute or harp is added to his vocal performance . Here , therefore , we ...
... song . With this additional accomplishment , the poet becomes doidos , or the man of song , and his character is complete when the additional ac- companiment of a lute or harp is added to his vocal performance . Here , therefore , we ...
19. oldal
... song , as old at least as the reign of Henry VII . , bearing the name of the author , or transcriber , Richard Sheale . But even the re- verend Editor himself fell under the mistake of supposing the modern and common copy of Chevy Chase ...
... song , as old at least as the reign of Henry VII . , bearing the name of the author , or transcriber , Richard Sheale . But even the re- verend Editor himself fell under the mistake of supposing the modern and common copy of Chevy Chase ...
26. oldal
... songs and poems remained current in the Lowlands , while any remnant of the language yet lasted . The Gaelic or Irish bards , we are also aware , occasionally strolled into the Lowlands , where their music might be received with favour ...
... songs and poems remained current in the Lowlands , while any remnant of the language yet lasted . The Gaelic or Irish bards , we are also aware , occasionally strolled into the Lowlands , where their music might be received with favour ...
30. oldal
... song was and must have been longer preserved on the border than in the interior of the country . Having thus made some remarks on early poetry in general , and on that of Scotland in particular , the Editor's purpose is , to mention the ...
... song was and must have been longer preserved on the border than in the interior of the country . Having thus made some remarks on early poetry in general , and on that of Scotland in particular , the Editor's purpose is , to mention the ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
ancient Angus Armstrongs auld baith ballad bard battle betwixt Bewcastle Border Buccleuch called Carlisle castle Cessford chief chieftain clan collection Dickie Douglas Earl Earl of Angus Edinburgh editor England English Ettricke Foreste fair frae gane gude hand Hobbie horse imitate Jedburgh Johnie Johnstone King King's Kinmont Kinmont Willie lads Laird Laird's Jock land Liddesdale Lochmaben Lord Maxwell Lord of Liddesdale Lord Scroope Maitland manrent Marches minstrel mony moss-troopers Murray ne'er never night noble Otterbourne Outlaw OUTLAW MURRAY Percy person poem poet popular poetry prisoner reciters rhymes ride Ritson sall Scot Scotland Scott Scottish SCOTTISH BORDER Sir John Sir Patrick Spens Sir Robert Kerr slain song spears stanza sword ta'en thai thair thee ther thou tion Tividale tyme verses warden weel William Willie word
Népszerű szakaszok
9. oldal - Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid ; Fly away, fly away, breath ; I am slain by a fair cruel maid. My shroud of white, stuck all with yew, O, prepare it ! My part of death, no one so true Did share it. Not a flower, not a flower sweet, On my black coffin let there be strown...
10. oldal - To take the helm in hand, Till you go up to the tall top-mast ; But I fear you'll ne'er spy land.
207. oldal - OI sleep saft, and I wake aft, It's lang since sleeping was fley'd frae me ; Gie my service back to my wife and bairns, And a' gude fellows that spier for me." Then Red Rowan has hente him up, The starkest man in Teviotdale — "Abide, abide now, Red Rowan, Till of my Lord Scroope I take farewell. " Farewell, farewell, my gude Lord Scroope ! My gude Lord Scroope, farewell ! " he cried — " I'll pay you for my lodging maill, When first we meet on the Border side.
lxii. oldal - I OFT have heard of Lydford law, How in the morn they hang and draw, And sit in judgment after : At first I wondered at it much ; But since I find the reason such, As it deserves no laughter.
70. oldal - When Percy wi the Douglas met, I wat he was fu fain; They swakked their swords, till sair they swat, And the blood ran down like rain. But Percy with his good...
11. oldal - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet...
207. oldal - Then shoulder high with shout and cry We bore him down the ladder lang; At every stride Red Rowan made, I wot the Kinmont's aims played clang. 'O mony a time,
204. oldal - Where be ye gaun, ye hunters keen?" Quo' fause Sakelde; "come tell to me!" "We go to hunt an English stag, Has trespassed on the Scots countrie.
205. oldal - Where be ye gaun, ye broken men ?' Quo' fause Sakelde ; ' come tell to me !' Now Dickie of Dryhope led that band, And the never a word o' lear had he. ' Why trespass ye on the English side ? Row-footed outlaws, stand!' quo' he; The never a word had Dickie to say, Sae he thrust the lance through his fause bodie.
cvii. oldal - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength, And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.