 True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank; A ferlie he spied wi' his ee; And there he saw a lady bright, Come riding down by the Eildon Tree. Her skirt was o the grass-green silk, Her mantle o the velvet fyne, At ilka tett of her horse's mane Hang fifty siller...  In the Country: Essays - Seite 97von Morgan George Watkins - 1883 - 229 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Motherwell - 1864 - 380 Seiten
...delivered his prophecies, and then returned to his captivity among the fairies. — CM Thomas lay on Huntly bank, A ferlie* he spied wi' his ee, And there he...a lady bright Come riding down by the Eildon tree. Her shirt was o' the grass-green silk, Her mantle o' the velvet fine ; At ilka tett-f- of her horse's... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1864 - 240 Seiten
...name still lingers, but it is only the echo of the old lore.] 'T'EUE Thomas lay on Huntly bank, J- A ferlie* he spied wi' his ee, And there he saw a lady bright, Come riding down by the Eildon tree. Iler shirt was o' the grass-green silk, Her mantle o' the velvet fine; At ilka tettt of her horse's... | |
 | 1873 - 824 Seiten
...Glen, where True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank; A ferlie he spied wi' his ce ; And there he saw a ladye bright, Come riding down by the Eildon Tree. The tree...indescribable, and must be felt to be realised. It strikes a visitor as being much smaller than he has been led to expect. The Library, though containing... | |
 | William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1883 - 386 Seiten
...Antiquities, Ballads and Romances. i. TRADITIONAL BALLADS. THOMAS THE RHYMER. True Thomas lay on Huntly bank, — A ferlie he spied wi' his ee : And there...a Lady bright Come riding down by the Eildon Tree. Her shirt was o' the grass-green silk, Her mantle o' the velvet fine ; At ilka tett of her horse's... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1884 - 274 Seiten
...the Eildon tree ; Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, II, 251, ed. 1802. 1 TRUE Thomas lay^on Huntjie bank, A ferlie he spied wi' his ee, And there he saw...lady bright, Come riding down by the Eildon Tree. / 2 Her shirt was o the grass-green silk, Her mantle o the velvet fyne, At ilka tett of her horse's... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1885 - 490 Seiten
...Eildon hills his name still lingers, but it is only the echo of the old lore.] TRUE Thomas lay on Huntly bank, A ferlie* he spied wi' his ee, And there he...lady bright, Come riding down by the Eildon tree. Her shirt was o' the grass-green silk, Her mantle o' the velvet fine; At ilka tettt of her horse's... | |
 | John Campbell Shairp - 1887 - 416 Seiten
...from intercourse with the Elfin Queen. His first meeting with her the ballad thus describes : — " True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank, A ferlie he spied...lady bright Come riding down by the Eildon Tree." After some parley, in which Thomas, by kissing the Queen of Fairy, becomes bound to serve her for seven... | |
 | George Eyre-Todd - 1893 - 344 Seiten
...called Eildon Tree Stone.] TRUE THOMAS lay on Huntlie bank, A ferlie1 he spied wi' his e'e; "marvel. And there he saw a lady bright, Come riding down by the Eildon tree. Her shirt was o' the grass-green silk, Her mantle o' the velvet fine; At ilka tett2 of her horse's... | |
 | 1895 - 180 Seiten
...CORBIES, 67 EDOM O' GORDON, 71 THE DOUGLAS TRAGEDY 79 GLOSSARY 85 THOMAS THE RHYMER THOMAS THE RHYMER TRUE Thomas lay on Huntlie bank ; A ferlie he spied...lady bright, Come riding down by the Eildon Tree. Her skirt was o' the grass-green silk, Her mantle o' the velvet fyne, At ilka tett of her horse's mane... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 546 Seiten
...Tour : Forthi chosen was he To maiden Blaunche Flour. THE QUEEN OF ELF-LAND. True Thomas lay on Huntly bank, — A ferlie he spied wi' his ee : And there...a lady bright Come riding down by the Eildon Tree. Her skirt was o' the grass-green silk, Her mantle o' the velvet fine ; At ilka telt of her horse's... | |
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