...Song, called the " LAIDLEY wORM of Spindlestone-Haughs ;" Their spells were vain. The hags return^ To the Queen in sorrowful mood, ^', >' ' Crying that witches have no power, Where there is Rown-tree wood. The last line of this Song leads to the true reading of a line in Shakspeare's Tragedy...

...silken sails, Full glancing in the sun, To sink the ship she went away, Her witch wives every one. The spells were vain ; the hags returned To the queen...Crying that witches have no power, , ' / Where there is rown-tree wood, Her last effort, she sent a boat, . . Which in the haven lay. With armed men to board...

...sink the ship she sent away i Her witch wives every one. Their spells were vain. The hags return ".d To the queen in sorrowful mood, Crying, that witches have, no power Where there is rown-tree wood. Her last effort — she sent a boat, Which in the haven lay, With armed men to board...

...silken sails, Full glancing in the sun, To sink the ship she sent away Her witch wives every one. The spells were vain ; the hags returned To the queen...Crying that witches have no power, Where there is rown-tree wood. Her last effort, she sent a boat, Which .in the haven lay, With armed men to board...

...property of driving away witches and evil spirits; and this property is recorded in a very ancient song. Their spells were vain. The hags returned To the queen...mood, Crying that witches have no power Where there is a Roan-tree wood. " This tree will grow upon any soil, strong or light, moist or dry. It will flourish...

...property of driving away witches and evil spirits ; and this property is recorded in a very ancient song. Their spells were vain. The hags returned To the queen...mood, Crying that witches have no power Where there is a Roan-tree wood. " This tree will grow upon any soil, strong or light, moist or dry. It will flourish...

...the Laidley worm in Northumberland Garland, p. 63, we read, " The spells were vain, the Hag returnes To the Queen in sorrowful mood, Crying that witches have no power, Where there is rown tree wood ! " I go to mother Nicnevens, answered the maid, and she is witch enough to rein the...

...property, as Dr. Hunter remarks, in a very ancieut song, called tbc Laidley Worm of Spindleston Heughs : "Their spells were vain: The hags returned To the queen in sorrowful mood, Crying, that iritchcs have IM /JÜWÍT, Where there is Rown-trcc wood." And this leads, as some commentators imagine,...

...silken sails, Full glancing in the sun, To sink the ship she sent away Her witch-wives every one. The spells were vain ; the hags returned To the queen...mood, Crying that witches have no power Where there is rowan-tree wood. The worm leapt up, the worm leapt down, She plaited round the stane ; And ay as the...

...often mourns thv absence in her tears. THE MOUNTAIN ASH. THEIR spells were vain ! the boys return'd To the queen in sorrowful mood, Crying that " witches have no power Where there is roan-tree wood." BY MARIANNE. EMMA. To procure a powerful ally, Lothaire. son of Louis d'Outremer and Gerberge, married...