The Local Historian's Table Book, of Remarkable Occurences, Historical Facts, Traditions, Legendary and Descriptive Ballads, &c., &c, Volume 21844 - Ballads, English |
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... soon as it became known was most extraordinary ; every effort was used to obtain a clue to the detection of the perpetrators , and a handsome reward offered for their apprehension . For some time however they baffled every effort of the ...
... soon as it became known was most extraordinary ; every effort was used to obtain a clue to the detection of the perpetrators , and a handsome reward offered for their apprehension . For some time however they baffled every effort of the ...
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... soon bring round him ) and boarded the keels . The event justified his suspicions , for from forth of the huddock of one of them he brought to light a lamb . Thus was the rich expectation of a festival to conclude the labour of the day ...
... soon bring round him ) and boarded the keels . The event justified his suspicions , for from forth of the huddock of one of them he brought to light a lamb . Thus was the rich expectation of a festival to conclude the labour of the day ...
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... soon been put beyond a doubt , and he might have been informed , as I have , that the hero's name should be neither Beichan , Bekie nor Bateman , but Bertram , one of that ancient Northumbrian line , of whom it might at one time have ...
... soon been put beyond a doubt , and he might have been informed , as I have , that the hero's name should be neither Beichan , Bekie nor Bateman , but Bertram , one of that ancient Northumbrian line , of whom it might at one time have ...
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... soon have married thee- For it can be none but dear Saphia , ' That's cross'd the deep for love of me . " 2 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 ...
... soon have married thee- For it can be none but dear Saphia , ' That's cross'd the deep for love of me . " 2 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 ...
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... soon ; This morning I was made your bride , And another's chose , ere it be noon . " " O sorrow not , thou forenoon bride , Our hearts could ne'er united be ; Ye must return to your own countrie , A double dower I'll send with thee ...
... soon ; This morning I was made your bride , And another's chose , ere it be noon . " " O sorrow not , thou forenoon bride , Our hearts could ne'er united be ; Ye must return to your own countrie , A double dower I'll send with thee ...
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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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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 308 - Though green at noon, cut down at night, Shows thy decay ; All flesh is hay, Thus think, and smoke tobacco.