Select Remains of the Ancient Popular and Romance Poetry of ScotlandDavid Laing, John Small W. Blackwood and Sons, 1885 - 411 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة x
... contained twenty - five pieces of much interest , nearly all of which were published for the first time . To these he prefixed short introductions , which evince an intimate acquaintance with early poetry . Of this work , an account of ...
... contained twenty - five pieces of much interest , nearly all of which were published for the first time . To these he prefixed short introductions , which evince an intimate acquaintance with early poetry . Of this work , an account of ...
الصفحة xxv
... in the fifteenth century which contain impressions from engraved copper - plates are so rare that they are greatly valued and sought after . mens of engraving . A melancholy interest is attached to MEMORIAL - INTRODUCTION . XXV.
... in the fifteenth century which contain impressions from engraved copper - plates are so rare that they are greatly valued and sought after . mens of engraving . A melancholy interest is attached to MEMORIAL - INTRODUCTION . XXV.
الصفحة xxvi
... printed a few copies for private friends in 1823. Sharpe was then assisting Sir Walter Scott in the preparation of his Border Minstrelsy , and this Ballad Book contained such as were not included xxvi MEMORIAL - INTRODUction .
... printed a few copies for private friends in 1823. Sharpe was then assisting Sir Walter Scott in the preparation of his Border Minstrelsy , and this Ballad Book contained such as were not included xxvi MEMORIAL - INTRODUction .
الصفحة xxvii
David Laing, John Small. and this Ballad Book contained such as were not included by Scott , but still were worth preserving for their quaintness . " They were , " says Sharpe , " mostly gathered from the mouths of nurses , wet and dry ...
David Laing, John Small. and this Ballad Book contained such as were not included by Scott , but still were worth preserving for their quaintness . " They were , " says Sharpe , " mostly gathered from the mouths of nurses , wet and dry ...
الصفحة xxxii
... contain the liveliest represen- tations . THE professed object of this work was to bring together some of the rarer pieces of the ancient vernacular Poetry of Scotland . Accordingly , an endeavour has been made to collect such as either ...
... contain the liveliest represen- tations . THE professed object of this work was to bring together some of the rarer pieces of the ancient vernacular Poetry of Scotland . Accordingly , an endeavour has been made to collect such as either ...
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الصفحة 228 - Which th' earth brings forth; and wet he seemed in sight With waves, through which he waded for his love's delight. Then came fair May, the fairest maid on ground, Decked all with dainties of her season's pride, And throwing flowers out of her lap around...
الصفحة 210 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes, That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
الصفحة 139 - In the introduction to the prophecies, however, there is so much more fancy and elegance than in the prophecies themselves, that they can hardly be supposed to be the composition of the same person. Indeed, the internal evidence to the contrary almost amounts to a proof that they are not...
الصفحة 12 - To the Coiljearis hous baith, or thay wald blin, The Carll had Cunning weill quhair the gait lay ; " Vndo the dure beliue ! Dame, art thow in ? Quhy Deuill makis thow na dule for this euill day ? 95 For my Gaist and I baith cheueris with the chin, Sa fell ane wedder feld I neuer, be my gude fay.
الصفحة 28 - Thair was na leid on lyfe lent in this land." " Quhat kin a fallow was that ane, Schir, I the pray ? " " Ane man in husband weid, Buskit busteously on breid, Leidand Coillis he jeid 595 To Paris the way." XLviI. " Quhy hes thow not that husband brocht as I the bad ? I dreid me, sa he dantit the, thow durst not with him deill.
الصفحة xi - To sing in the praises of Sage Bannatyne, Who left such a treasure of old Scottish lore, As enables each age to print one volume more. One volume more, my friends — one volume more, "Well ransack old Banny for one volume more.
الصفحة 39 - that word lykis me, And Christ his sweit Sone, that the that grace send." Thay swoir on thair swordis swyftlie all thre, And conseruit thame freindis to thair lyfis end, 950 Euer in all trauell to leif and to die.
الصفحة 35 - He foundis throw his forcenes gif he micht him se ; He straik the steid with the spurris, he sprent on the bent. Sa hard ane cours maid thay, That baith thair hors deid lay, Thair speiris in splenders away 815 Abufe thair heid sprent.
الصفحة 37 - I se be my sicht, For to confound our Cristin men that counteris sa kene ; Tell me thy name tyte, thow trauelland Knicht ! Fy on thy fechting ! fell hes thow bene, Thow art stout and strang, and stalwart in fecht, 875 Sa is thy fallow in faith, and that is weill sene ; In Christ and thow will trow, thow takis nane outray.
الصفحة 29 - ane gift heir I geif; I deuise at the get thair is ane allane, Bot he be lattin in beliue, him lykis not to leif ; With ane capill and twa creillis cassin on the plane, To cum to this Palice he preissis to preif.