| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1875 - 168 Seiten
...Would reign my Queen of May ! ' Maiden ! a nameless life I lead, ' A nameless death I'll die ! 50 ' The fiend whose lantern lights the mead ' Were better...greenwood bough ' What once we were we all forget, 55 ' Nor think what we are now.' Chorus Yet Brignall banks are fresh and fair, And Greta woods are... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 290 Seiten
...maiden dare, Would reign my Queen of May ! " Maiden ! a nameless life I lead, A nameless death I '11 die ; The fiend whose lantern lights the mead Were...we were we all forget, Nor think what we are now. Yet Brignall banks are fresh and fair, And Greta woods are green, And you may gather garlands there... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1877 - 326 Seiten
...fair ' And Greta woods be gay, ' Yet mickle must the maiden dare ' Would reign my Queen of May ! ' Maiden ! a nameless life I lead, ' A nameless death...were we all forget, ' Nor think what we are now.' Chorus Yet Brignall banks are fresh and fair, And Greta woods are green, And you may gather garlands... | |
| Walter Scott - 1877 - 742 Seiten
...fair, And Greta woods be gay, Yet mickle must the maiden dare, Would reign my Queen of May I xvm. " Maiden! a nameless life I lead, A nameless death I'll...lights the mead, Were better mate than I ! And when I 'm with my comrades met, Beneath the greenwood bough, What once we were we all forget, Nor think... | |
| Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1877 - 294 Seiten
...maiden dare, Would reign my Queen of May! " Maiden! a nameless life I lead, A nameless death I 'll die; The fiend whose lantern lights the mead Were better mate than I! And when I 'm with my comrades met, Beneath the greenwood bough, What ouce we were we all forget, Nor think... | |
| Walter Scott - 1877 - 688 Seiten
...banks be fair, And Greta woods be gay, Yet mickle must the maiden dare, Would reign my Queen of May ! " Maiden ! a nameless life I lead, A nameless death I'll die ; The fiend, whose lanthorn lights the mead, Were better mate than I ! And when I'm with my comrades met, Beneath the... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 648 Seiten
...banks be fair, And Greta woods be gay, Yet mickle must the maiden dare, Would reign my Queen of May ! ' Maiden ! a nameless life I lead, A nameless death...we were we all forget, Nor think what we are now. Chorus. 'Yet Brignall banks are fresh and fair, And Greta woods are green, And you may gather garlands... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 650 Seiten
...banks be fair, And Greta woods be gay, Yet mickle must the maiden dare, Would reign my Queen of May ! ' Maiden ! a nameless life I lead, A nameless death...we were we all forget, Nor think what we are now. Chorus. 'Yet Brignall banks are fresh and fair, And Greta woods are green, And you may gather garlands... | |
| Walter Scott - 1880 - 460 Seiten
...Maiden ! a nameless life I lead, A nameless death I'll die ; The fiend, whose lantern lights the mead,1 Were better mate than I ! And when I'm with my comrades...we were we all forget, Nor think what we are now. '[MS. -"The goblin-light on fen or mead."] [MS. — " And were I with ray true love set Under the greenwood... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880 - 488 Seiten
...banks be fair, And Greta woods be gay, Yet mickle must the maiden dare, Would reign my Queen of May ! " Maiden ! a nameless life I lead, A nameless death...die; The fiend, whose lantern lights the mead, Were belter mate than I! And when I'm with my comrades met, Beneath the greenwood bough, What once we were... | |
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