 I'd rather rove with Edmund there Than reign our English queen.' ' If, Maiden, thou wouldst wend with me, To leave both tower and town, Thou first must guess what life lead we That dwell by dale and down. And if thou canst that riddle read, As read full...  THE POLITICAL WORKS - Seite 135von SIR WALTER SCOTT - 1857Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Walter Scott - 1813 - 333 Seiten
...leave both tower and town, Thou first must guess what life lead we, That dwell by dale and down. And if thou canst that riddle read, As read full well you may, Then to the green wood shalt thou speed, As blithe as Queen of May." — CHORUS. Yet sung she, " Brignal banks... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813
...leave both tower and town, H Thou first must guess what life lead we, That dwell by dale and down. And if thou canst that riddle read, As read full well you may, Then to the green wood shall thou speed, As blithe as Queen of May."— . CHORUS. Yet sung she, " Brignal banks... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820
...leave both tower and town, Thou first must guess what life lead we, That dwell by dale and down. And if thou canst that riddle read, As read full well you may, Then to the green wood shalt thou speed, As blithe as Queen of May." — CHORUS. Yet sung she, " Brignal banks... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823
...tower and town, Canto III. Thou first must guess what life lead we, That dwell by dale and down. And if thou canst that riddle read, As read full well...speed, As blithe as Queen of May." — • CHORUS. Yet sung she, " Brignal banks are fair, And Greta woods are green ; I'd rattier rove with Edmund there,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825
...leave both tower and town, Thou first must guess what life lead we, That dwell by dale and down. And if thou canst that riddle read, As read full well...greenwood shalt thou speed As blithe as queen of May. Yet sung she, Brignal banks are fair, And Greta woods are green : I'd rather rove with Edmund there... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825
...leave both tower and town, Thou first must guess what life lead we, That dwell by dale and down. And if thou canst that riddle read, As read full well...greenwood shalt thou speed As blithe as queen of May. Yet sung she, Brignal banks are fair. And Greta woods are green: I'd rather rove with Edmund therr... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott, J. W. Lake - 1838 - 443 Seiten
...leave both tower and town, Thou first must guess what life lead we, That dwell by dale and down. And if thou canst that riddle read, As read full well you may, Then to the green- wood shalt thou speed, As blith as queen of May." CHORUS. Yet nine she, " Brignal banks are... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1841 - 823 Seiten
...life lead we, That dwell by dale and down ! And if thou canst that riddle read, As read full well yon may, Then to the greenwood shalt thou speed, As blithe as Queen of May." — CHORUS. Yet sung she " Brignall banks are fair, And Greta woods are green ; I'd rather rove with Edmund there,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1842
...Queen of May." Yet sung she, " Brignal hanks are fair, And Greta woods are green , I'd rather range with Edmund there Than reign our English queen. XVII. " I read you, hy your hugle-horn, And hy your palfrey good, I read you for a ranger sworn, To keep the king's green... | |
 | George Dixon - 1842 - 36 Seiten
...tower and towa; Thou first must guess what life lead we. That dwell by d.ile and down. And if thon canst that riddle read, As read full well you may, Then to the green wood shalt thoo speed. As blithe as Queen of May." — " I read you, by your bugle-hom. * And... | |
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