The lovers being together one day by the river Kirtle, a rival suitor suddenly appeared on the opposite bank, and pointed his gun. Helen threw herself before her sweetheart, received the bullet in her breast, and died in his arms. Then Adam Fleming fought with his guilty rival, and slew him." —W. Allingham, Book of Ballads. 1. 24. rive it gair by gair. Tear it into strips. 1. 26. syne. Then. 1. 31. sleiding. A woven coat. 1. 32. row. Roll. 1. 70. dule and wae. No. II. LOCHINVAR. mion. Grief and woe. A song sung by Lady Heron, in Scott's Mar No. 12. BLACK-EYED SUSAN. This ballad was set to music by Richard Leveridge. Hazlitt speaks of it as “one of the most delightful songs imaginable." No. 13. SALLY IN OUR ALLEY. "A little masterpiece in a very difficult style; Catullus himself could hardly have bettered it. In grace, tenderness, simplicity, and humor, it is worthy of the ancients; and even more so, from the completeness and unity of the picture presented.". W. G. Palgrave. - No. 14. AULD ROBIN GRAY. The author of this ballad has herself related the peculiar circumstances under which it was written. A friend of hers used to sing at her father's house in Balcarras an old Scottish melody of which she was passionately fond. This old melody was marred by the introduction of objectionable words, and Lady Barnard (then Lady Lindsay) conceived the idea of eliminating this feature by singing the air to different words, and giving to its plaintive tones some little history of virtuous distress in humble life. The song, as it is here printed, was accordingly written, and became a great favorite. But its authorship remained a secret until 1823, when it was divulged by Lady Barnard herself, in a letter to Sir Walter Scott. The title "Robin Gray " was taken from the name of a herdsman in Lord Balcarras's service. No. 15. JEANIE MORRISON. 1. 5. Beltane e'en. In Ireland on June 21, and in Scotland on May-Day, a fire was kindled on the hills, and the young people danced around it, feasting on milk and eggs. The word Beltane means Bel's fire, and the custom is supposed to have been a relic of the worship of Baal. 1. 6. Yule. Christmas. 1. 16. blithe blinks o' langsyne. Happy moments of the past. 1. 22. leir ilk ither lear. Learn each other learning. 1. 27. loof. Palm. 1. 36. cleeked. Hooked, clung. 1. 38. skail't. Dismissed, closed. 1. 39. speel the braes. Climb the hills. 1. 50. deavin'. Deafening. 1. 51. burnside. Brookside. 1. 61. Knowe abune the burn. Knoll above the brook. M Lyrics of Love. For ofttimes a love-song like a hymn of praise springeth spontaneously from the singer's heart, having been wrought therein through the rapturous contemplation of human beauty and perfect ness. Such a song ministereth to the delight of all poetic natures and pointeth them to still loftier ideals of thought and life. And there be love-songs of another sort, mere airy nothings, full of artificial conceits tricked out with strained metaphors and far-fetched figures of speech. These last, like soap-bubbles, are not devoid of beauty, but they are fragile and lifeless, evanescent and cold. I. - CECIL DEVEREUX. OLD LOVE SONG. BLOW, northern wind, send Thou me my sweeting; blow Northern wind, blow, blow, blow. . . . She's a coral of goodness, She's a ruby of rich fulness, She's a crystal of clearness, And banner of beauty, She's a lily of largess, Blow, northern wind, send 2. MY SWETE SWETYNG. Ан! my swete swetyng, My lytyl pretie swetyng! Stedfaste, stabyll, and demure, In all thys worlde, as thynketh mee, When I beholde my swetyng swete, Above alle others prayse must I, For nonne I finde so womanlie As my swete swetynge. She is soe proper and pure, -- There is nonne suche, ye may be sure, 3. IN PRAISE OF DAPHNE. My Daphne's hair is twisted gold, -JOHN LYLY. 4. PHILLIS. PHILLIS is my only joy, Faithless as the winds or seas; |