 | 1875 - 660 pages
...conveys much the same idea: — ' The twelvemonth and one day being up, The dead began to speak : '' Oh ! who sits weeping on my grave, And will not let me sleep?" • [A poor woman's dream was lately communicated to us by a Correspondent, where her child's lamp... | |
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1886 - 308 pages
...; I never had but one true-love, In cold grave she was lain. 2 ' I 'll do as much for my true-love As any young man may ; I 'll sit and mourn all at her grave For a twelvemonth and a day.' 3 The twelvemonth and a day being up, The dead began to speak : ' Oh who sits weeping on my grave,... | |
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1886 - 290 pages
...true-love As any young man may ; I 'll sit and mourn all at her grave For a twelvemonth and a day.' 3 The twelvemonth and a day being up, The dead began to speak : ' Oh who sits weeping on my grave, And will not let me sleep ? ' • Rochholz hns cited the Rnghuvansa... | |
 | Francis Barton Gummere - 1894 - 504 pages
...true-love As any young man may ; I'1l sit and mourn all at her grave For a twelvemonth and a day.' 3. The twelvemonth and a day being up, The dead began...sits weeping on my grave, And will not let me sleep ? ' 4. ' 'Tis I, my love, sits on your grave. And will not let you sleep ; For I crave one kiss of... | |
 | Ballads - 1894 - 326 pages
...true-love, In cold grave she was lain. I'll do as much for my true-love As any young man may ; I'll sit and mourn all at her grave For a twelvemonth and...twelvemonth and a day being up, The dead began to speak : " Oh, who sits weeping on my grave, And will not let me sleep ? " " 'Tis I, my love, sits on your... | |
 | Francis Barton Gummere - Ballads, English - 1894 - 488 pages
...true-love, In cold grave she was lain. 2. ' I'll do as much for my true-love As any young man may; I'1l sit and mourn all at her grave For a twelvemonth and a day.' 3. The twelvemonth and a day being up, The dead began to speak: ' O who sits weeping on my grave, And... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1894 - 332 pages
...grave For a twelvemonth and a day. The twelvemonth and a day being up, The dead began to speak : " Oh, who sits weeping on my grave, And will not let me sleep ? " The Unquiet Grave s^ " "Tis I, my love, sits on your grave, And will not let you sleep ; For I... | |
 | Frank Sidgwick - Ballads, English - 1904 - 272 pages
...love, And a few small drops of rain ; I never had but one true love, In cold grave she was lain. 2. ' I 'll do as much for my true love As any young man...mourn all at her grave For a twelvemonth and a day.' 3. The twelvemonth and a day being up. The dead began to speak : ' Oh who sits weeping on my grave,... | |
 | HELEN CHILD SARGENT AND GEORGE LYMAN KITTREDGE - 1904 - 1194 pages
...true-love, In cold grave she was lain. 2 ' I '11 do as much for my true-love As any young man may; I '11 sit and mourn all at her grave For a twelvemonth and a day.' 3 Tbe twelvemonth and a day being up, The dead began to speak: ' Oh who sits weeping on my grave, And... | |
 | Francis James Child - Ballads, English - 1904 - 778 pages
...true-love, In cold grave she was lain. 2 ' I '11 do as much for my true-love As any young man may ; I '11 sit and mourn all at her grave For a twelvemonth and a day.' 3 The twelvemonth and a day being up, The dead began to speak: ' Oh who sits weeping on my grave, And... | |
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Tis I, my love, sits on your grave, And will not let you sleep; For I crave one kiss of your clay-cold lips, And that is all I seek. 
