Reliques of ancient English poetry, by T. Percy. Repr. entire from the author's last ed. With memoir and critical dissertation, by G. Gilfillan, Page 111, Volume 21858 |
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... shee will have none of thee . 20 25 1 He probably insinuates that the king should heal him by his power of touching for the King's Evil . 42 30 35 40 If shee had chosen a right SIR ALDINGAR . 41.
... shee will have none of thee . 20 25 1 He probably insinuates that the king should heal him by his power of touching for the King's Evil . 42 30 35 40 If shee had chosen a right SIR ALDINGAR . 41.
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... shee had chosen a right good knight , The lesse had beene her shame ; But she hath chose her a lazar man , A lazar both blinde and lame . ' ' If this be true , thou Aldingar , The tyding thou tellest to me , Then will I make thee a rich ...
... shee had chosen a right good knight , The lesse had beene her shame ; But she hath chose her a lazar man , A lazar both blinde and lame . ' ' If this be true , thou Aldingar , The tyding thou tellest to me , Then will I make thee a rich ...
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... shee sent east , and shee sent west . By north and south bedeene : But never a champion colde she find , Wolde fight with knight soe keene . Now twenty dayes were spent and gone , Noe helpe there might be had ; Many a teare shed our ...
... shee sent east , and shee sent west . By north and south bedeene : But never a champion colde she find , Wolde fight with knight soe keene . Now twenty dayes were spent and gone , Noe helpe there might be had ; Many a teare shed our ...
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... shee laye ; How when the grype and the grimly beast Wolde have carried her crowne awaye , Even then there came the little gray hawke , And saved her from his clawes : Then bidd the queene be merry at hart , For heaven will sende her ...
... shee laye ; How when the grype and the grimly beast Wolde have carried her crowne awaye , Even then there came the little gray hawke , And saved her from his clawes : Then bidd the queene be merry at hart , For heaven will sende her ...
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... shee . But when the appointed day was come , No helpe appeared nye : Then woeful , woeful was her hart , And the teares stood in her eye . And nowe a fyer was built of wood ; And a stake was made of tree ; And now queene Elinor forth ...
... shee . But when the appointed day was come , No helpe appeared nye : Then woeful , woeful was her hart , And the teares stood in her eye . And nowe a fyer was built of wood ; And a stake was made of tree ; And now queene Elinor forth ...
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Page 259 - 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 213 - Full fathom five thy father lies; Of his bones are coral made; Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell : Hark! now I hear them, — ding-dong, bell.
Page 251 - 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' eclipse and glory of her kind.
Page 252 - An old song, made by an aged old pate, Of an old worshipful gentleman who had a great estate, That kept a brave old house at a bountiful rate, And an old porter to relieve the poor at his gate...
Page 171 - I bade you bring him wi' you, But forbade you him to slay. He was a braw gallant, And he rid at the ring ; And the bonny Earl of Murray, Oh ! he might hae been a king. He was a braw gallant, And he play'd at the ba' ; And the bonny Earl of Murray, Was the flower amang them a'.
Page 296 - Flows Yarrow sweet ? as sweet, as sweet flows Tweed, As green its grass, its gowan as yellow, As sweet smells on its braes the birk, The apple frae the rock as mellow. Fair was thy...
Page 180 - For seven hours to all men's view This fight endured sore, Until our men so feeble grew That they could fight no more ; And then upon dead horses Full savourly they eat, And drank the puddle water ; They could no better get.
Page 279 - Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her. Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale?
Page 251 - You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light ; You common people of the skies ; What are you when the moon shall rise?
Page 183 - A gentleman of Wales, a knight of Cales, And a laird of the North country ; But a yeoman of Kent with his yearly rent Will buy them out all three.