 And curst the hand that fired the shot, When in my arms Burd Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! 0 think na ye my heart was sair, When my love dropt down and spak' nae mair ! There did she swoon wi' meikle care, On fair Kirconnell lea.  The Book of British Ballads - Seite 389herausgegeben von - 1853 - 440 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1870 - 462 Seiten
...water-side, None but my foe to be my guide, None but my foe to be my guide, 15 On fair Kirconnell lea ; I lighted down my sword to draw, I hacked him in pieces...him in pieces sma', For her sake that died for me. 20 O Helen fair, beyond compare ? I'll make a garland of thy hair Shall bind my heart for evermair... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 Seiten
...nac mair ! 10 I laid her down wi' meikle care Oh fair Kirconnell lea. As I went down the water-side, None but my foe to be my guide, None but my foe to be my guide, 15 On fair Kirconnell lea ; I lighted down my sword to draw, J hacked him in pieces sma', I hacked... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 Seiten
...muir ! There did she swoon wi' nieikle care, On fair Kirkcounell lee. Д.8 I went down the water-side, ude against me ? HAM. Such an act, That blurs the grace and blush of mo Kirkconnell lee, — I lighted down, my sword did draw, I hacked him in pieces sma, I hacked him in... | |
 | Garland - 1872 - 170 Seiten
...love dropt down and spake nae mair ! There did she swoon wi' meikle care, On fair Kirkconnell lee. As I went down the water side, None but my foe to...my guide, None but my foe to be my guide, On fair Kirkconnell lee — I lighted down, my sword did draw, I hacked him in pieces sma, I hacked him in... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 912 Seiten
...love dropt down and spak пае пай'. There did she swoou wi' meikle care, On fair Kirconnell Lee. luxury and pride With incense kindled at the Muse's...the madding crowd's ignoble strife, Their sober wi 1 lighted down my sword to draw, 1 hacked him in pieces sma', I hacked him in pieces sma', For her... | |
 | William Ritchie MacFadyen - 1873 - 72 Seiten
...it, moreover, with a dull sort of recklessness finely indicated by the repetition of tbe lines — I hacked him in pieces sma', I hacked him in pieces sma', For her sate that died for me. The simplicity of the machinery of these ballads could find no better illustration... | |
 | John Clark Murray - 1874 - 234 Seiten
...the savage exultation, in which he finds relief, over the dreadful revenge he had obtained : — " As I went down the water side, None but my foe to...him in pieces sma', For her sake that died for me." Of a less tragic nature is the pathos of those songs which express the grief of disappointment in love,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 Seiten
...naemair! 1 laid her down wi' meikle care On fair Kirconnell lea; As I went down to the water-side, None but my foe to be my guide, None but my foe to be my guide, On fair Kirconnell lea; I lighted doun my sword to draw, I hacked him in pieces sma', I hacked him in pieces sma'. For... | |
 | Lyrics, William Davenport Adams - 1874 - 312 Seiten
...spak na mair ! 1 laid her down wi' meikle care On fair Kirconnell lea. As I went down the water-side, None but my foe to be my guide, None but my foe to be my guide, On fair Kirconnell lea ; I lighted down my sword to draw, I hacked him in pieces sma', l hacked him in pieces sma', For... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - 588 Seiten
...but my foe to be my guide, None but my foe to be my guide, On fair Kirconnell lea ; I lighted doun my sword to draw, I hacked him in pieces sma', I hacked...him in pieces sma', For her sake that died for me. О Helen fair, beyond compare! I'll make a garland of thy hair Shall bind my heart forevennair Until... | |
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