Category: Poetry
whole of our national stock. But the method, order, balance of the two books are different perforce, as the fates of the Lyric and the Ballad have been diverse. While the Lyric in general, still making for variety, is to-day more prolific than ever and (all cant apart) promise...
Half an honderid of fat falyf der He comyn ayon[640], And alle he wern fayr and fat i-now, But markyd was ther non: ‘Be dere God,’ seyde gode Robyn, ‘Hereof we shul have on[641].’
16. BOOK VIThen the King of Scotts in a study stood, As he was a man of great might; He sware he would hold his parlament in leeve[1026] London, If he cold ryde there right.
12. BOOK IIHynd Horn’s bound, love, and Hynd Horn’s free, _With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;_ Where was ye born, or in what countrie? _And the birk and the broom blows bonnie._
13. BOOK III_He._ _Be it right or wrong, these men among On women do complain; Affirming this, how that it is A labour spent in vain To love them wele; for never a dele[439] They love a man...
9. BOOK I‘Now ye maun go wi’ me,’ she said, ‘True Thomas, ye maun go wi’ me; And ye maun serve me seven years, Thro’ weal or woe as may chance to be.’
18. PART IIOf a blind beggar’s daughter most bright, That late was betrothed unto a young Knight; All the discourse thereof you did see: But now comes the wedding of pretty Bessee.
14. BOOK IVThe shepard upon a hill he sat; He had on him his tabard[617] and his hat, His tarbox, his pipe, and his flagat[618]; His name was callèd Joly Joly Wat, For he was a gud herdés...
17. BOOK VII‘What bear ye, what bear ye, ye six men tall? What bear ye on your shouldèrs?’-- ‘We bear the corpse of Giles Collins, An old and true lover of yours.’--
11. PART IIThe clinking bell gaed through the town, To carry the dead corse to the clay; And Clerk Saunders stood at may Margaret’s window, I wot, an hour before the day.
1. volume I have sought to bring together the best Ballads out of thewhole of our national stock. But the method, order, balance of the two books are different perforce, as the fates of the Lyric and the Ballad have been diverse. While the Lyric...
10. PART IThen out and spake the first o’ them, ‘I bear the sword shall gar him die.’ And out and spake the second o’ them, ‘His father has nae mair but he.’
2. BOOK INO. PAGE 1. Thomas the Rhymer 1 2. Tam Lin 4 3. Sir Cawline 14 4. Sir Aldingar 20 5. Cospatrick 29 6. Willy’s Lady 36 7. The Queen of Elfland’s Nourice 41 8. Lady Isabel and the...
8. BOOK VII154. Lady Alice 795 155. Lord Lovel 796 156. The Trees so High 798 157. The Brown Girl 800 158. Barbara Allen’s Cruelty 802 159. The Gardener 804 160. The Lowlands o’ Holland 80...
3. BOOK II35. Hynd Horn 142 36. Hynd Etin 145 37. Erlinton 153 38. Earl Brand 157 39. The Douglas Tragedy 160 40. Glasgerion 163 41. King Estmere 167 42. Fair Annie 179 43. The Lass of Lo...
7. BOOK VI126. Durham Field 640 127. The Battle of Otterburn 651 128. Chevy Chase 664 129. Northumberland Betrayed by Douglas 675 130. Sir Andrew Barton 684 131. The ‘George Aloe’ 697 132...
4. BOOK III69. The Nut-Brown Maid 295 70. Fause Foodrage 308 71. The Fair Flower of Northumberland 314 72. Young John 318 73. Lady Maisry 320 74. Bonny Bee Ho’m 326 75. Sir Patrick Spens 3...
6. BOOK V112. Robyn and Gandelyn 462 113. The Birth of Robin Hood 465 114. Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough, and William of Clondesley 468 115. A Little Geste of Robin Hood and his Meiny 49...
5. BOOK IV97. Judas 425 98. St. Stephen and King Herod 426 99. The Maid and the Palmer 428 100. The Falcon 430 101. The Cherry-Tree Carol 431 102. The Carnal and the Crane 434 103. Jolly...