Select Scottish Ballads ...John Pinkerton J. Nichols, 1783 - 159 Seiten |
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... manner his dictates to his difciples , as appears from the moral verses which pafs under his name at this day . And though the authenticity of these may be questioned , yet that he followed this mode of bequeathing his knowledge to his ...
... manner his dictates to his difciples , as appears from the moral verses which pafs under his name at this day . And though the authenticity of these may be questioned , yet that he followed this mode of bequeathing his knowledge to his ...
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... manner by tradition for many ages , many of which are of very remote antiquity , and abound with the higher beauties of poetry ‡ . Traditional verses are to this day a favourite amufement of the Mahometan nations ; though , instead of ...
... manner by tradition for many ages , many of which are of very remote antiquity , and abound with the higher beauties of poetry ‡ . Traditional verses are to this day a favourite amufement of the Mahometan nations ; though , instead of ...
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... manner , among the Caledonians , as an inge nious writer acquaints us , " Every chief in procefs 66 of time had a bard in his family , and the office be- came hereditary . By the fucceffion of these bards the poems concerning the ...
... manner , among the Caledonians , as an inge nious writer acquaints us , " Every chief in procefs 66 of time had a bard in his family , and the office be- came hereditary . By the fucceffion of these bards the poems concerning the ...
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... manner with thofe very curious pieces of ancient Scotish poetry , styled The Prophecies of Thomas Rymer , Marvellous Merling , Beid , Berlington , Waldhave , Eltraine , Ba- nifter , and Sybilla , printed at Edinburgh in 1615 , and ...
... manner with thofe very curious pieces of ancient Scotish poetry , styled The Prophecies of Thomas Rymer , Marvellous Merling , Beid , Berlington , Waldhave , Eltraine , Ba- nifter , and Sybilla , printed at Edinburgh in 1615 , and ...
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... manner , will testify : And derfly dung down without any doome- A proud prince in the preis lordly shall light , With bold Barons in bushment to battle fhall wend.- There shall a galyart goat with a golden horn.- And many fimilar . That ...
... manner , will testify : And derfly dung down without any doome- A proud prince in the preis lordly shall light , With bold Barons in bushment to battle fhall wend.- There shall a galyart goat with a golden horn.- And many fimilar . That ...
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Alace Amang ancient Auchtermuchty auld baith ballad beltane beſt bonnie Child Maurice Chrift's Kirk day At Chrift's deid deir dois doun Draffan eclogues Engliſh evir faid fair fall fame feems feir fhall ficht filk filly fing firſt flain fome fongs forrow fpirit frae ftanza fuch gang green grit haif hairt hame Hardyknute heid houſe king knight kyth lady Lochaber lord lufe luftie luve lyfe lyke maid mair Makyne maun micht mirry moſt mufic nane neir nevir nocht obferved paffions paftoral Peblis Play poetry publiſhed Quha quhair Quhat Quhen quhile thow quhill Quhyle Quoth raiſe richt Robene ſcho Scotifh Scotland ſhe ſtill Syne thair thame thay thee theſe Thoch thoſe thou Thyne awin gude toun trew uſed verfes wald Whan Whar wyfe wyfis
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Seite 127 - Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch To gain or lose it all.
Seite 127 - I'll never love thee more. As Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone : My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too...
Seite 61 - Twixt me and Gilderoy. For Gilderoy that luve of mine, Gude faith, I freely bought A wedding sark of holland fine, Wi...
Seite 63 - Tull Edenburrow they led him thair, And on a gallows hung : They hung him high aboon the rest, He was sae trim a boy ; Thair dyed the youth whom I lued best, My handsome Gilderoy.
Seite xxxix - Dream, as quoted in the second Dissertation, prefixed by Mr Pinkerton to his Select Scottish Ballads, 2 vols. The dreamer journeys towards heaven, accompanied and assisted by a celestial guide : Through dreadful dens, which made my heart aghast, He bare me up when I began to tire. Sometimes we clamb o'er craggy mountains high, And sometimes stay'd on ugly braes of sand ; They were so stay that wonder was to see : But, when I fear'd, he held me by the hand.
Seite xxiii - ... ghastly appearance of such a landscape by the light of the moon — objects like these diffuse a gloom over the fancy...
Seite 114 - While our bottle drowns our care. Fa, la, ra, &c. Wine will make us red as rofes, And our forrows quite forget : Come let us fuddle all our nofes, Drink ourfelves quite out of debt. Fa, la, ra, &c. When grim death is looking for us, We are toping at our bowls, Bacchus joining in the chorus : Death, be gone, here's none but fouls.
Seite 75 - And every ane togidder call, To God to be our gyd : For als lang leivis the mirry man, As dois the wrech, for ocht he can ; Quhen deid him ftreks, he wait nocht quhan, And chairgis him to byd.
Seite 131 - Came wading, barefoot, a' her lane : My heart grew light, I ran, I flang My arms about her lily neck, And kiss'd and clapp'd her there fu' lang ; My words they were na mony feck.
Seite 145 - Now whether is this a rich man's house, Or whether is it a poor?" But neer a word wad ane o them speak, For barring of the door.