The Ballads and Songs of Scotland: In View of Their Influence on the Character of the PeopleMacmillan and Company, 1874 - 205 páginas |
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... described presently as occupying a more pleasing niche in the Pantheon of the Teutons . In no other Scottish ballads that I remember does witchcraft ob- trude itself into notice as guiding the course of the story ; and the subject may ...
... described presently as occupying a more pleasing niche in the Pantheon of the Teutons . In no other Scottish ballads that I remember does witchcraft ob- trude itself into notice as guiding the course of the story ; and the subject may ...
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... described . " There were pipers playing in every neuk , And ladies dancing , jimp and sma ' ; And aye the owreturn o ' their tune Was , ' Our wee wee man has been lang awa ! ' " " ' Child's " English and Scottish Ballads , " vol . i ...
... described . " There were pipers playing in every neuk , And ladies dancing , jimp and sma ' ; And aye the owreturn o ' their tune Was , ' Our wee wee man has been lang awa ! ' " " ' Child's " English and Scottish Ballads , " vol . i ...
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... described , as well as in several others already noticed , there is a reference to such enchantments ; but the ballads of which I now speak , are those in which , not the enchantment itself , but the deliverance from it , con- stitutes ...
... described , as well as in several others already noticed , there is a reference to such enchantments ; but the ballads of which I now speak , are those in which , not the enchantment itself , but the deliverance from it , con- stitutes ...
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... described as wooing a woman to destruction ; and the effect of progressive civilization was illustrated in eliminating the super- natural elements of the legend . There are also some ballads relating the endeavours of female elves to ...
... described as wooing a woman to destruction ; and the effect of progressive civilization was illustrated in eliminating the super- natural elements of the legend . There are also some ballads relating the endeavours of female elves to ...
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... described derives its fascinating terror from the account of the elfin stratagems set at work to prevent the recovery of the hero from the fairy world . The Young Tamlane will probably be acknowledged by most critics to be the finest of ...
... described derives its fascinating terror from the account of the elfin stratagems set at work to prevent the recovery of the hero from the fairy world . The Young Tamlane will probably be acknowledged by most critics to be the finest of ...
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Página 60 - I'll wage thee! Who shall say that Fortune grieves him While the star of hope she leaves him? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me, Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy; Naething could resist my Nancy; But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met - or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Página 59 - Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst the hand that fired the shot, When in my arms burd Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! 0 think na ye my heart was sair, When my love dropt down and spak nae mair There did she swoon wi' meikle care, On fair Kirconnell Lee.
Página 123 - That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward slave — we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a
Página 150 - Ye lie, ye lie, ye liar loud ! Sae loud I hear ye lie : For Percy had not men yestreen To dight my men and me. " But I have dream'da dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Skye ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I.
Página 30 - 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.
Página 30 - Ye'll ne'er get back to your ain countrie.' 0 they rade on, and farther on, And they waded through rivers aboon the knee, And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they heard the roaring of the sea. It was mirk mirk night, and there was nae stern star light, And they waded through red blude to the knee; For a' the blude, that's shed on earth, Rins through the springs o
Página 26 - Up then crew the red, red cock, And up and crew the gray; The eldest to the youngest said,
Página vii - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr — 's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Página 54 - But thou, that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation...
Página 107 - I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
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Scottish Life and Society: Bibliography for Scottish ethnology Alexander Fenton No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2000 |
Scottish Life and Society: Bibliography for Scottish ethnology Alexander Fenton No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2000 |