Ballads Old & New...Macmillan & Company, 1906 |
Términos y frases comunes
Alice Brand Allin a Dale babes ballad banner of England Barbara Allen bed soon blood brave Chevy Chase Christ Cumnor Hall daughter dead doth drink duke eightscore England blew English Excalibar fain would lie fair lady father fear fight gallant Glossary gold GUY OF WARWICK hand handsome young HART-LEAP hast hath hear heard heart Johnnie Armstrong KING ARTHUR'S DEATH King Lear knee knight Lady Margret lady's land Little John Lord Randal Lord William Luck of Edenhall Lucknow maid Mordred mother never Nibelungenlied o'er old ballads poem poetry poison'd queen quoth Robin Hood rime Robin Hood ROBIN HOOD'S DEATH rode roof our banner Scott Sir Lukyn slain song steed stone Sweet William sword tell thee thine Thomas the Rhymer Thou shalt topmost roof tree true Thomas unto vows wandering Warwick weary with hunting wife wilt thou wind word
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Página 53 - But never reached the town. The wretched parents all that night, Went shouting far and wide; But there was neither sound nor sight To serve them for a guide. At daybreak on a hill they stood That overlooked the moor ; And thence they saw the bridge of wood, A furlong from their door. They wept — and turning homeward, cried, "In heaven we all shall meet!
Página 67 - Speak, father!' once again he cried, 'If I may yet be gone!' And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on.
Página 67 - And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked from that lone post of death In still yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud, "My father! must I stay?
Página 53 - You yet may spy the fawn at play, The hare upon the green; But the sweet face of Lucy Gray Will never more be seen. "To-night will be a stormy night — You to the town must go; And take a lantern, Child, to light Your mother through the snow.
Página 43 - Other Romans shall arise, Heedless of a soldier's name, Sounds, not arms, shall win the prize, Harmony the path to fame. Then the progeny that springs From the forests of our land, Armed with thunder, clad with wings, Shall a wider world command. Regions Caesar never knew Thy posterity shall sway, Where his eagles never flew, None invincible as they.
Página 60 - Sound, That the poor whimpering hound Trembled to walk on. "Oft to his frozen lair Tracked I the grisly bear, While from my path the hare Fled like a shadow; Oft through the forest dark Followed the were-wolf's bark, Until the soaring lark Sang from the meadow.
Página 61 - Often our midnight shout Set the cocks crowing, As we the Berserk's tale Measured in cups of ale, Draining the oaken pail Filled to o'erflowing. "Once as I told in glee Tales of the stormy sea, Soft eyes did gaze on me, Burning yet tender; And as the white stars shine On the dark Norway pine, On that dark heart of mine Fell their soft splendour. " I wooed the blue-eyed maid, Yielding, yet half afraid, And in the forest's shade Our vows were plighted.
Página 60 - As when the Northern skies Gleam in December; And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber.
Página 53 - ... parents all that night Went shouting far and wide; But there was neither sound nor sight To serve them for a guide. At day-break on a hill they stood That overlooked the moor; And thence they saw the bridge of wood, A furlong from their door. They wept — and, turning homeward, cried, 'In heaven we all shall meet;' — When in the snow the mother spied The print of Lucy's feet.
Página 63 - And as to catch the gale Round veered the flapping sail, 'Death !' was the helmsman's hail, 'Death without quarter!' Mid-ships with iron keel Struck we her ribs of steel ; Down her black hulk did reel Through the black water!