 | Robert Burns - 1896 - 534 Seiten
...Moore of Moore-hall and the Dragon of Wantley. To a pleasant tune much in request.' It begins:— ' Old stories tell how Hercules A Dragon slew at Lerna,...discern-a; But he had a club this Dragon to drub, Or he had ne'er don't, I warrant you ; But Moore of Moore-hall with nothing at all He slew the Dragon of... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1896 - 534 Seiten
...stories tell how Hercules DEAN A Dragon slew at Lcrna, OF THE With seven heads and fourteen eyes FACULTY To see and well discern-a; But he had a club this Dragon to drub, Or he had ne'er don "t, I warrant you; But Moore of Moore-hall with nothing at all He slew the Dragon of... | |
 | 1899 - 368 Seiten
...how Hercules A dragon slew at Leraa, With seven heads and fourteen eyes, To see and well discem-a : But he had a club, this dragon to drub, Or he ne'er had done it, 1 warrant ye : But More of More-hall, with nothing at all, He slew the dragon of Wantley. This dragon... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1900 - 486 Seiten
...collection, collated with such others as could be procured. OLD stories tell how Hercules A dragon slow at Lerna, With seven heads, and fourteen eyes, To...discern-a: But he had a club, this dragon to drub, This dragon had two furious wings, Each one upon each shoulder; 10 With a sting in his tayl, as long... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1926 - 460 Seiten
...from one in Roman letter, in the Pepys Collection, collated with such others as could be procured. OLD stories tell, how Hercules A dragon slew at Lerna,...discern-a: But he had a club, this dragon to drub, Or he had ne'er done it, I warrant ye: But More of More-hall, with nothing at all, He slew the dragon of... | |
 | Edmondstoune Duncan - 1927 - 634 Seiten
...Master, Vol. Ill; Minstrelsy of England, I, 12 (Augener) ; English Songs, p. 148 (Dent). 425. The Dragon of Wantley OLD stories tell, how Hercules A dragon...discern-a : But he had a club, this dragon to drub, Or he had ne'er done it, I warrant ye : But More of More-Hall, with nothing at all, He slew the dragon of... | |
 | Henry David Thoreau - 1995 - 360 Seiten
...defenses by hiding in a wooden horse and persuading the Trojans to drag it into the city as a god. 4 “But More of More-Hall, with nothing at all, / He slew the dragon of Wantley” (Bishop Percy, “The Dragon of Wantley,” Reliques of Ancient English Poetry). 5 Just northwest of... | |
 | 1878 - 340 Seiten
...provincialism fur "\Yharucliffe. OLD stories tell how Hercules a dragon slew at Lema f With seven beads and fourteen eyes, to see and well discern-a ; But he had a club, This dragon to drub, or he had ne'er donit, I warrant ye : But Moore, of Moore Hall, With nothing at all, he slew the dragon of... | |
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OF WANTLEY. OLD stories tell how Hercules A dragon slew at Lerna, With seven heads and fourteen eyes, To see and well discern-a : But he had a club, this dragon to drub, Or he ne'er had done it, I warrant ye : But More of More-hall, with nothing at all,... 
