 | Evelyn Blantyre Simpson - 1908 - 252 Seiten
...Yarrow"; in others it is heather. There was a wife who dwelt by Usher's Wells in ballad story— " A wealthy wife was she; She had three stout and stalwart sons And sent 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... | |
 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 892 Seiten
...spear, For I have seen the false mermaid.' RESTORATION VERSE igi. The Wife of Usher's Well "INHERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, •*• And a wealthy...hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, Whan word came to the carlin wife That her sons she'd never see. 'I wish the wind may never cease,... | |
 | William Allan Neilson - 1909 - 244 Seiten
...among the hongerey worms I sleep. 15. " Cold meal is my covering owre, THE WIFE OF USHEE'S WELL 1. THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea. 2. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, Whan word came to the carline wife That... | |
 | Kate Gordon - 1909 - 330 Seiten
...Of Cheviot within days thre, In the magger of doughty Douglas, And all that ever with him be, etc. There lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...stout and stalwart sons, And sent them o'er the sea, etc. The modern reader is captivated by the directness and simplicity with which the old ballad begins,... | |
 | Rose Adelaide Witham, William Allan Neilson - 1909 - 240 Seiten
...Well, And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea. 2. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, Whan word came to the carline wife That her three sons were gane. 3. They hadna been a week from her,... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1910 - 284 Seiten
...wi' hearty cheer, And she'll never get mair o' me, O." THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL (Child, vol. iii.) THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, Whan word came to the carlin wife That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease,... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - 1910 - 776 Seiten
...and bridled and booted rade he; Toom hame cam the saddle, but never cam he. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. n with eagles' wings; And just as I became assured...the hill, Left alone against my will, To go noiy lim carline4 wife That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three,... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon - 1910 - 966 Seiten
...! For he pull'd up the bonnie brier, An' flang 't in St. Marie's Loch. 57. The Wife of Usher's Well THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came back to the carline wife That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her, A week but... | |
 | 1910 - 498 Seiten
...winding sheet; The dew it falls na sooner down Then ay it is full weet." 27 THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, Whan word came to the carline1 wife That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her,... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - 1910 - 778 Seiten
...Toom hame cam the saddle, but never cam he. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. There lived a wife at Usher 's prize, honour you. MIR. T am a fool To weep at what carline4 wife That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three,... | |
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THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea... 
