 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
 | Andrew Lang - 1891 - 384 Seiten
...love dropt down and spak' nae mair ! There did she swoon wi' meikle care, On fair Kirkconnel Lee. 116 As I went down the water side, None but my foe to...my guide, None but my foe to be my guide, On fair Kirkconnel Lee. I lighted down, my sword did draw, I hacked him into pieces sma', I hacked him into... | |
 | William Ernest Henley - 1891 - 404 Seiten
...love dropt down, and spak' nae mair? There did she swoon wi' meikle care, On fair Kirkconnell 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 Kirkconnell lea; I lighted down my sword to draw, I hacked him in pieces sma', I hacked him in pieces... | |
 | 1891 - 590 Seiten
...actual spirit of mortal combat it is probably impossible to surpass the two stanzas in Fair Helen. 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 Kirkconnell Lea ; I lighted down my sword to draw, I hachiSd him in pieces sma', I hache"d him in pieces... | |
 | Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1891 - 524 Seiten
...actual spirit of mortal combat it is probably impossible to surpass the two stanzas in Fair Helen. As I went down the water side, None but my foe to be my guille, None but my foe to be my guide On fair Kirkconnell Lea ; I lighted down my sword to draw, I... | |
 | William Watson - 1892 - 272 Seiten
...my love dropt down and spak' nae mair ! There did she swoon wi' meikle care, On fair Kirconnell lea. As I went down the water side, None but my foe to...None but my foe to be my guide, On fair Kirconnell lea, 1 lighted down, my sword did draw, I hacked him in pieces sma', I hacked him in pieces sma', For... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - 1893 - 518 Seiten
...love dropt down and spak паe mai«l There did she swoon wi' meikle care, On fair Kiroonnell Lee. Ae I went down the water side. None but my foe to be...but my foe to be my guide. On fair Kirconnell Lee; 1 lighted down my sword to draw, I backed him in piecee sma', I hacked him in piecee sma', For her... | |
 | 1908 - 384 Seiten
...the light o' my e'e." How many similar lines in the old Scottish minstrelsy do these words recall! "I lighted down my sword to draw I hacked him in pieces...him in pieces sma' For her sake that died for me." But this paper has already reached a formidable length, and we must hasten to consider the reign of... | |
 | George Eyre-Todd - 1893 - 344 Seiten
...nae mair! There did she swoon wi' meikle care, On fair Kirkconnel 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 Kirkconnel Lea; 1 lighted down my sword to draw, I hacked him in pieces sma', I hacked him in pieces... | |
 | Reginald Brimley Johnson - 1894 - 336 Seiten
...water side, None but my foe to be my guide, None but my foe to be my guide, On fair Kirconnell Lee ; 1 lighted down my sword to draw, I hacked him in pieces...him in pieces sma', For her sake that died for me. liurd, maid. 206 Popular British Ballad O Helen fair, beyond compare ! I'll make a garland of thy hair,... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1894 - 376 Seiten
...spak nae mair! I 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', I hacked him in pieces sma', For... | |
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