The History and Poetry of the Scottish Border: Thier Main Features and Relations, Volumen21893 |
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... Armstrong's Liddesdale , i . 77 , and Castellated Architecture of Scot- land , iii . 217 . 2 Stevenson , quoted by Scott , notes to the Lay , 47 . Need . Signals , tokenings . Probably on Eggerhope ( Edgarhope ) Law , nearly opposite ...
... Armstrong's Liddesdale , i . 77 , and Castellated Architecture of Scot- land , iii . 217 . 2 Stevenson , quoted by Scott , notes to the Lay , 47 . Need . Signals , tokenings . Probably on Eggerhope ( Edgarhope ) Law , nearly opposite ...
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... . These stanzas have unfortunately perished . The fate of Armstrong of Gil- 1 Pitcairn , Criminal Trials , i . * 145-1530 . nockie , to be immediately referred to , was embalmed FEATURES OF BORDER LIFE AND CHARACTER . 21.
... . These stanzas have unfortunately perished . The fate of Armstrong of Gil- 1 Pitcairn , Criminal Trials , i . * 145-1530 . nockie , to be immediately referred to , was embalmed FEATURES OF BORDER LIFE AND CHARACTER . 21.
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... Armstrong - and most of his fol- lowers , at Caerlanrig , in Teviotdale . " It is somewhat singular , " says Pitcairn , " that the circumstances , as they are detailed in the popular ballad or song , are substantially correct ; and ...
... Armstrong - and most of his fol- lowers , at Caerlanrig , in Teviotdale . " It is somewhat singular , " says Pitcairn , " that the circumstances , as they are detailed in the popular ballad or song , are substantially correct ; and ...
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... Armstrong , and the former , yield- ing to his somewhat hot and impulsive temper , ordered Gilnockie and nearly all his band to be hanged there and then ; or , according to another , and quite as likely an account , the king was ...
... Armstrong , and the former , yield- ing to his somewhat hot and impulsive temper , ordered Gilnockie and nearly all his band to be hanged there and then ; or , according to another , and quite as likely an account , the king was ...
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... Armstrong and his followers is one of the finest of the historical class , and has some wonderfully picturesque and lifelike touches . Popular feeling was entirely on the side of the victim on this occasion ; and the long - cherished ...
... Armstrong and his followers is one of the finest of the historical class , and has some wonderfully picturesque and lifelike touches . Popular feeling was entirely on the side of the victim on this occasion ; and the long - cherished ...
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Página 230 - Of a' the airts the wind can blaw I dearly like the West, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best : There wild woods grow, and rivers row, And mony a hill between ; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tunefu' birds, I hear her charm the air : There's not a bonnie flower that springs By fountain, shaw, or green, There's not a bonnie bird that sings But minds me o
Página 316 - And, through her depths, Saint Mary's Lake Is visibly delighted ; For not a feature of those hills Is in the mirror slighted. A blue sky bends o'er Yarrow Vale, Save where that pearly whiteness Is round the rising sun diffused, A tender hazy brightness ; Mild dawn of promise ! that excludes All profitless dejection ; Though not unwilling here t' admit A pensive recollection.
Página 315 - Be Yarrow stream unseen, unknown, It must, or we shall rue it, We have a vision of our own, Ah! why should we undo it?
Página 307 - Twixt resignation and content. Oft in my mind such thoughts awake, By lone Saint Mary's silent lake ; Thou know'st it well, — nor fen, nor sedge, Pollute the pure lake's crystal edge; Abrupt and sheer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land.
Página 20 - I watch'd his body night and day ; No living creature came that way. I took his body on my back, And whiles I gaed, and whiles I sat ; I digg'da grave, and laid him in, And happ'd him with the sod sae green. But think na ye my heart was sair, When I laid the moul...
Página 122 - I wish the wind may never cease, Nor fashes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me, In earthly flesh and blood.
Página 123 - Tis time we were away.' The cock he hadna craw'd but once, And clapp'd his wings at a', When the youngest to the eldest said, ' Brother, we must awa. 'The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin' worm doth chide ; Gin we be mist out o' our place, A sair pain we maun bide.
Página 124 - Though thou art young and tender of age, I think thou art true to me. 'Come, tell me all that thou hast seen, And look thou tell me true! Since I from Smaylho'me tower have been, What did thy lady do?
Página 145 - Alack for wae!" quoth the gude auld lord, "And ever my heart is wae for thee! But fye gar cry on Willie, my son, And see that he come to me speedilie! "Gar warn the water, braid and wide, Gar warn it sune and hastilie! They that winna ride for Telfer's kye, Let them never look in the face o
Página 272 - Thy braes were bonny, Yarrow stream, When first on them I met my lover; Thy braes how dreary, Yarrow stream, When now thy waves his body cover! For ever now, O Yarrow stream ! Thou art to me a stream of sorrow; For never on thy banks shall I Behold my Love, the flower of Yarrow. He promised me a milk-white steed To bear me to his father's bowers; He promised me a little page To squire me to his father's towers; He promised me a wedding-ring...