Category: Poetry

The Book of Ballads, edited by Bon Gaultier [pseud.]

Martin, Theodore, Sir, 1816-1909; Aytoun, William Edmondstoune, 1813-1865; Crowquill, Alfred, 1804-1872 [Illustrator]; Doyle, Richard, 1824-1883 [Illustrator]; Leech, John, 1817-1864 [Illustrator]· 3 chapters· 31,486 words

THE MASSACRE OF THE MACPHERSON: FROM THE GAELIC, 150 THE LAUREATES' TOURNEY:-- FYTTE THE FIRST, 156 FYTTE THE SECOND, 161 THE ROYAL BANQUET, 166 THE BARD OF ERIN'S LAMENT, 171 THE LAUREATE, 173 A MIDNIGHT MEDITATION, 177 MONTGOMERY: A POEM, 182 LITTLE JOHN AND THE RED FRIAR: A...

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3. Chapter 3

"I canna do't, my liege," he said, "Hae mercy on my auld grey hair! But gin that I had got the words, I think that I might mak the air."

1. Chapter 1

THE MASSACRE OF THE MACPHERSON: FROM THE GAELIC, 150 THE LAUREATES' TOURNEY:-- FYTTE THE FIRST, 156 FYTTE THE SECOND, 161 THE ROYAL BANQUET, 166 THE BARD OF ERIN'S LAMENT, 171 T...

2. Chapter 2

"My heart is sick, my heid is sair: Gie me a glass o' the gude brandie: To set my foot on the braid green sward, I'd gie the half o' my yearly fee.