Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets, Together with Some Few of Later Date, Volume 2John Nichols, 1794 - Ballads |
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... house , but leves and bowes , To cover your hed and myne , O myne harte swete , this evyll dyéte Sholde make you pale and wan ; Wherfore I wyll to the grene wode go , Alone , a banyfhed man . 195 200 SHE . Amonge the wylde dere , fuch ...
... house , but leves and bowes , To cover your hed and myne , O myne harte swete , this evyll dyéte Sholde make you pale and wan ; Wherfore I wyll to the grene wode go , Alone , a banyfhed man . 195 200 SHE . Amonge the wylde dere , fuch ...
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... house , lafs , and waken my bairn , And bid her come quickly ben . The fervant gaed where the dochter lay , 45 The fheets was cauld , fhe was away , And fast to her goodwife can fay , Shes aff with the gaberlunzie - man . O fy gar ride ...
... house , lafs , and waken my bairn , And bid her come quickly ben . The fervant gaed where the dochter lay , 45 The fheets was cauld , fhe was away , And fast to her goodwife can fay , Shes aff with the gaberlunzie - man . O fy gar ride ...
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... house , and servauntes ; That did the Freers from us fet , And with our foules played the merchauntes : And thus they with theyr false warrantes 10 Of our sweate have eafelye lyved , That for fatneffe theyr belyes pantes , 15 So ...
... house , and servauntes ; That did the Freers from us fet , And with our foules played the merchauntes : And thus they with theyr false warrantes 10 Of our sweate have eafelye lyved , That for fatneffe theyr belyes pantes , 15 So ...
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... John o ' the Scales house he did winne . 60 * in - fere , i . e . together . ti.e. unless I amend . i.e , advice , counsel . Ver . 60 , an old northern phrafe . And And when he came to John o ' the Scales 134 ANCIENT POEMS .
... John o ' the Scales house he did winne . 60 * in - fere , i . e . together . ti.e. unless I amend . i.e , advice , counsel . Ver . 60 , an old northern phrafe . And And when he came to John o ' the Scales 134 ANCIENT POEMS .
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... house of wonderfull working ; fo that no man or woman might come to her , but he that was instructed " by the king , or fuch as were right fecret with him touch- ing the matter . This house after fome was named Laby- " rinthus , or ...
... house of wonderfull working ; fo that no man or woman might come to her , but he that was instructed " by the king , or fuch as were right fecret with him touch- ing the matter . This house after fome was named Laby- " rinthus , or ...
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Aldingar alfo ancient awaye ballad Bannatyne's beggar beſt bonny brave cauſe copy daye doth earl Earl of Murray Editor faft faid fair fame fatire fayd feems feen fene feven fhall fhee fhew fholde fight filke firft flaine folio fome fong foon forrow frae ftanzas ftill fubject fuch fword gold grene wode grype Harpalus hath heart heire of Linne Henry intitled John Juventus king knight kyng lady little John lord Lord Vaux luve Makyne Mary Ambree metre moft moſt muſt mynde never noble Norfe perfon poem poet prefent preferved pretty Beffee printed Prol queene quoth Rofamond ſay Scotland ſee ſhall ſhe ſhee Sir Andrew ſpend ſtand ſtately ſtill Synge tanner tell thay thee thefe ther theſe thofe thou thouſand unto uſed VAUX verfe Wherfore whofe wold wyll wyth
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Page 322 - With an old study fill'd full of learned old books, With an old reverend chaplain, you might know him by his looks. With an old buttery hatch worn quite off the hooks, And an old kitchen, that maintain'd half a dozen old cooks; Like an old courtier, &c.
Page 330 - Enlarged winds, that curl the flood, Know no such liberty. Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage; Minds innocent and quiet take That for an hermitage; If I have freedom in my love And in my soul am free, Angels alone, that soar above, Enjoy such liberty.
Page 322 - That kept a brave old house at a bountiful rate, And an old porter to relieve the poor at his gate ; Like an old courtier of the queen's, And 'the queen's old courtier.
Page 225 - They fought with forty thousand then Upon the bloody shore. ' Stand to it, noble pikemen, And look you round about : And shoot you right, you bow-men, And we will keep them out : You musquet and cailiver men, Do you prove true to me, I'll be the bravest man in fight,
Page 319 - And then your grace need not make any doubt, But in twenty-four hours you'll ride it about. The king he laughed, and swore by St. Jone, I did not think it could be...
Page 379 - My love, as he had not been a lover. The boy put on his robes, his robes of green, His purple vest, 'twas my ain sewing; Ah!
Page 309 - Tell zeal it lacks devotion ; Tell love it is but lust ; Tell time it is but motion ; Tell flesh it is but dust : And wish them not reply, For thou must give the lie.
Page 148 - The like was never scene. Most curiously that bower was built Of stone and timber strong, An hundered and fifty doors Did to this bower belong : And they so cunninglye contriv'd With turnings round about, That none but with a clue of thread, Could enter in or out.
Page 85 - With horne, and eke with bowe ; To Drayton Basset he tooke his waye, With all his lordes a rowe. And he had ridden ore dale and downe By eight of clocke in the day, When he was ware of a bold tanner, Come ryding along the waye.
Page 321 - You violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known Like the proud virgins of the year, As if the spring were all your own ; What are you when the rose is blown ? So, when my mistress shall be seen In form and beauty of her mind, By virtue first, then choice, a Queen, Tell me, if she were not design'd Th...