Sir Walter Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Tom 2Thomas Finlayson Henderson W. Blackwood and sons, 1902 |
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ancient appear arms Armstrongs auld baith ballad battle BATTLE OF PHILIPHAUGH betwixt Bewcastle Border Papers Bothwell Buccleuch Burly Burns called Captain Carlisle Carterhaugh castle child clan Claverhouse Covenanters David Lesly Dickie duergar Earl Edinburgh Elliot elves emendations England English fair Dodhead fair Janet Fairies frae gallant Grahams Galliard gane gentleman Glenriddell Gordon gude hill Hobbie Noble horse James Janet John Johnie Johnstone King Kinmont Willie lads lady Laird's Jock Liddesdale Lord Maxwell Lord Scroope manrent March maun mentioned Minstrelsy Montrose Montrose's mony morning ne'er never night Pentland Hills Presbyterians prisoner Queen recitation ride ROOKHOPE says Scotland Scots Scott Scottish Selkirkshire slain spak spirits stanza superstition sword ta'en Tamlane thair thee thou thro tion Tom Line tradition Wamphray warden weel wife
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Strona 417 - In behint yon auld fail dyke, I wot there lies a new-slain Knight ; And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk, his hound, and lady fair. ' His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en another mate, So we may mak our dinner sweet.
Strona 59 - And also thro' the Carlisle sands ; They brought him to Carlisle castell, To be at my Lord Scroope's commands. " My hands are tied, but my tongue is free, And whae will dare this deed avow? Or answer by the Border law ? Or answer to the bauld Buccleuch ?" " Now haud thy tongue, thou rank reiver ! There's never a Scot shall set thee free : Before ye cross my castell yate, I trow ye shall take farewell o' me."
Strona 395 - When I was a boy just turn'd of nine, My uncle sent for me, To hunt, and hawk, and ride with him, And keep him companie.
Strona 417 - As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a mane; The tane unto the t'other say, "Where sail we gang and dine to-day?
Strona 62 - Where be ye gaun, ye broken men ?' Quo' fause Sakelde ; ' come tell to me !' Now Dickie of Dryhope led that band, And the never a word o' lear had he. ' Why trespass ye on the English side ? Row-footed outlaws, stand!' quo' he; The never a word had Dickie to say, Sae he thrust the lance through his fause bodie.
Strona 354 - Peeblesshire, a spring called the Cheese Well, because, anciently, those who passed that way were wont to throw into it a piece of cheese as an offering to the fairies, to whom it was consecrated. Like the feld elfen of the Saxons, the usual dress of the fairies is green...
Strona 64 - He has ta'en the watchman by the throat, He flung him down upon the lead — "Had there not been peace between our lands, Upon the other side thou hadst gaed ! "Now sound out, trumpets!" quo' Buccleuch; "Let's waken Lord Scroope right merrilie !" Then loud the warden's trumpet blew — 0 who dare meddle wi me?
Strona 253 - Advocate MacKenyie, who, for his worldly wit and wisdom, had been to the rest as a god. And there was Claverhouse, as beautiful as when he lived, with his long dark, curled locks, streaming down over his laced buff-coat, and his left hand always on his right spule-blade, to hide the wound that the silver bullet had made.
Strona 347 - Anno 1670. Not far from Cirencester was an apparition. Being demanded whether a good spirit or a bad, returned no answer, but disappeared with a curious perfume, and most melodious twang.
Strona 58 - They band his legs beneath the steed, They tied his hands behind his back; They guarded him, fivesome on each side, And they brought him ower the Liddel-rack. They led him thro...