 | Alice Meynell - 1904 - 388 Seiten
...Martinmass, When nights are lang and mirk, The carlin wife's three sons came hame, And their hats were of the birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh. ' Blow up the fire, my maidens... | |
 | Frank Sidgwick - 1904 - 272 Seiten
...earthly flesh and blood.' 5. It fell about the Martinmass, When nights are lang and mirk, The carlin wife's three sons came hame, And their hats were o' the birk. 6. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1905 - 352 Seiten
...Nor fishes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me, 'S In earthly flesh and blood ! " 266 It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang...*° It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. ***** " Blow up the fire, my... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1905 - 348 Seiten
...Till my three sons come hame to me, TS In earthly flesh and blood ! " 266 The Wife of Usher's Well It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang...three sons came hame, And their hats were o' the birk. 2° It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk... | |
 | Saxo (Grammaticus) - 1905 - 356 Seiten
...— "It fell about the Martinmas, when nights are long and mirk, The carline wife's three sons cam hame, and their hats were o' the birk. It neither grew in syke nor dyke, nor yet in ony sheugh, But at the gates o' Paradise that birk grew fair eneuch." The mantel is... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1906 - 844 Seiten
...cease. Nor fashes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me, In earthly flesh and blood.' is It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carlinewife's three sons camehame, And their hats were o'the birk. ao It neither grew in sike nor ditch,... | |
 | 1908 - 562 Seiten
...crime. It may be unfair, but one cannot refrain from a comparison of the ' Wife of Usher's Well': 4 It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang...sons came hame, And their hats were o' the birk,' with the Shirburn substitute : ' Miraculous newes from the cittie of Holdt in Germany, where there... | |
 | Evelyn Blantyre Simpson - 1908 - 252 Seiten
...them o'er the sea." They returned to her from the dead and in their hats were branches from a birch. " It neither grew in syke nor ditch Nor yet in any sheugh; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew green eneuch." Though presaging ill in dreams to see it green it is a popular favourite, so it may... | |
 | 1908 - 592 Seiten
...crime. It may be unfair, but one cannot refrain from a comparison of the ' Wife of Usher's Well': ' It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sons came haine, And their hats were o' the birk,' with the Shirburn substitute : ' Miraculous newes from the... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 892 Seiten
...In earthly flesh and blood!' It fell about the Martinmass, Whan nights are lang and mirk, The carlin wife's three sons came hame, And their hats were o'...birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh. 'Blow up the fire, my maidens!... | |
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Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well. 
