The Local Historian's Table Book, of Remarkable Occurences, Historical Facts, Traditions, Legendary and Descriptive Ballads, &c., &c, Volum 21844 |
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... head or tail of it . On my road homewards , I called on an antiquarian friend , who had resided some years on the Border , and had often heard the ballad sung . Though he had no MS . or other copy , he remembered so much of the ...
... head or tail of it . On my road homewards , I called on an antiquarian friend , who had resided some years on the Border , and had often heard the ballad sung . Though he had no MS . or other copy , he remembered so much of the ...
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... head And to the prison strong is gone . 1 And she has ope'd the prison doors , I wot she opened two or three , Ere she could come young Beichan at , He was locked up so curiouslie . But when she came young Beichan before , Sore wondered ...
... head And to the prison strong is gone . 1 And she has ope'd the prison doors , I wot she opened two or three , Ere she could come young Beichan at , He was locked up so curiouslie . But when she came young Beichan before , Sore wondered ...
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... head of their own numerous household , -was placed over many servants , -and after having set an example to hand- maids , she became also a model for mistresses . Having tended some of the vicar's children in their infancy , and been ...
... head of their own numerous household , -was placed over many servants , -and after having set an example to hand- maids , she became also a model for mistresses . Having tended some of the vicar's children in their infancy , and been ...
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... head of the array of legends that owe their celebrity to their supernatural machinery , stands that of King Arthur . The popularity which the romantic details of his actions - the feats of his chivalrous courtiers - and the ...
... head of the array of legends that owe their celebrity to their supernatural machinery , stands that of King Arthur . The popularity which the romantic details of his actions - the feats of his chivalrous courtiers - and the ...
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she shall again restore him at the head of the " dark warriors " of the Cynmry , to avenge the wrongs of Britain . This tale so well fitted to ensure the approbation of the people , to whom the vast labours his energetic mind had ...
she shall again restore him at the head of the " dark warriors " of the Cynmry , to avenge the wrongs of Britain . This tale so well fitted to ensure the approbation of the people , to whom the vast labours his energetic mind had ...
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afterwards Alnwick amongst ancient appeared arms ballad baron battle beautiful bishop bishop of Durham Border brave brother called castle church Crosiers Cuthbert daughter death descendants died Duke Durham Earl of Northumberland Earl of Westmoreland Edward England eyes fair father fell frae friends grey hand hath head heard heart heir Henry Hexham hill Hilton holy honour horse house of Lancaster John Johnie Johnie Scot King lady land Lay &c legend letter lived Lord married monk morning ne'er neighbours never Nevill Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne night noble North North Shields o'er Ovingham Parcy Reed Pilgrimage of Grace poem poor possession prince Queen Richard river Tyne Robert round Saint scene Scotland Scots shew Shields side song soon stone sword thee Thomas Percy thou tower tree Tyne Tynemouth wife William young
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Side 98 - Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours. "Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring! Even yet thou art to me No bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery...
Side 16 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Side 267 - He loved fairies, genii, giants, and monsters; he delighted to rove through the meanders of enchantment, to gaze on the magnificence of golden palaces, to repose by the waterfalls of Elysian gardens.
Side 306 - Mark but my fall, and that that ruined me. Cromwell, I charge thee fling away ambition ; By that sin fell the angels ; how can man, then, . The image of his Maker, hope to win...
Side 112 - I have lived long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends...
Side 413 - So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found. Among the faithless faithful only he : Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number, nor example with him wrought To 'swerve from truth, or change his constant mind Though single.
Side 98 - Even yet thou art to me No bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery; The same whom in my school-boy days I listened to; that Cry Which made me look a thousand ways In bush, and tree, and sky. To seek thee did I often rove Through woods and on the green; And thou wert still a hope, a love; Still longed for, never seen. And I can listen to thee yet; Can lie upon the plain And listen, till I do beget That golden time again.
Side 28 - And quickly hied he down the stair, Of fifteen steps he made but three; He's ta'en his bonnie love in his arms, And kist, and kist her tenderlie.
Side 160 - ... he comes flounce into bed, dead as a salmon into a fishmonger's basket; his feet cold as ice, his breath hot as a furnace, and his hands and his face as greasy as his flannel night-cap.
Side 308 - Though green at noon, cut down at night, Shows thy decay ; All flesh is hay, Thus think, and smoke tobacco.