Reliques of ancient English poetry, by T. Percy, ed. by J. V. Prichard, Volume 11876 |
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Page xxiv
... probably invent a few stanzas on occasion . I have no doubt but most of the old heroic ballads in this collection were composed by this order of men , for although some of the larger metrical romances might come from the pen of the ...
... probably invent a few stanzas on occasion . I have no doubt but most of the old heroic ballads in this collection were composed by this order of men , for although some of the larger metrical romances might come from the pen of the ...
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... probably confined to such of their own countrymen as excelled in the minstrel arts ; and in the first ages after the Conquest no other songs would be listened to by the great nobility , but such as were composed in their own Norman ...
... probably confined to such of their own countrymen as excelled in the minstrel arts ; and in the first ages after the Conquest no other songs would be listened to by the great nobility , but such as were composed in their own Norman ...
Page xxix
... probably did the one , and some the other ; and it would have been wonderful indeed , if men whose peculiar profession it was , and who devoted their time and talents to entertain their hearers with poetical compositions , were ...
... probably did the one , and some the other ; and it would have been wonderful indeed , if men whose peculiar profession it was , and who devoted their time and talents to entertain their hearers with poetical compositions , were ...
Page xxx
... probably about this era , or soon after , we are to date that remarkable intercommunity and exchange of each other's compositions , which we discover to have taken place at some early period between the French and English Minstrels ...
... probably about this era , or soon after , we are to date that remarkable intercommunity and exchange of each other's compositions , which we discover to have taken place at some early period between the French and English Minstrels ...
Page xxxvii
... probably not include that in- serted in our first vol . , no . v . ( p . 264 , ) which would be considered as a hymn . The original notes engraven on a plate at p . 263 , may be seen reduced and set to score in Mr. Stafford Smith's ...
... probably not include that in- serted in our first vol . , no . v . ( p . 264 , ) which would be considered as a hymn . The original notes engraven on a plate at p . 263 , may be seen reduced and set to score in Mr. Stafford Smith's ...
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Adam Bell agayne ancient Anglo-Saxon appears archar awaye ballad bard called castle Cloudeslè Comedy copy daughter daye doth Douglas Du Cange Earl Earl of Surrey edition Editor Edward England English Erle faire fast father fayre Garland greene willow hand harp Harper hart hast hath heart heire of Linne Henry Henry VIII Hist History honour John King knight Kyng lady ladye Lord Lord Vaux Mary Ambree mentioned Minstrels myght mynde never noble Northumberland Percy Persè play poem poet prince printed Queen quoth reign Robin Robin Hood romances sayd saye Scotland Scottish Shakspeare shalt shee shold Sing Sir Aldingar slaine slayne song sonnes stanzas tell thee ther theyr thou thre Translated unto Vide willow wold word writers wyfe wyll Wyllyam Wyth yemen yere zour
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Page 432 - 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 193 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom...
Page 159 - Come live with me, and be my love. And we will some new pleasures prove Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, With silken lines, and silver hooks.
Page 160 - Thy gowns, thy shoes, thy beds of roses, Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies, Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten, In folly ripe, in reason rotten.
Page 160 - A belt of straw and ivy buds With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my Love.
Page 173 - Crabbed age and youth Cannot live together ; Youth is full of pleasance, Age is full of care: Youth like summer morn, Age like winter weather ; Youth like summer brave, Age like winter bare. Youth is full of sport, Age's breath is short, Youth is nimble, age is lame : Youth is hot and bold, Age is weak and cold ; Youth is wild, and age is tame.
Page 208 - Content I live, this is my stay; I seek no more than may suffice; I press to bear no haughty sway; Look, what I lack my mind supplies. Lo, thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring.