The Ballads and Songs of Scotland: In View of Their Influence on the Character of the People |
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The primitive elf , as the apparent connection of the name with the root of albus ' seems to imply , is essentially a being of light ; and though the Edda , elder as well as younger , distinguishes from the elves of light another ...
The primitive elf , as the apparent connection of the name with the root of albus ' seems to imply , is essentially a being of light ; and though the Edda , elder as well as younger , distinguishes from the elves of light another ...
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... riding on together , light at last upon a “ bonny green , ” such as the fairies are known to choose for their revels ; and there comes forth “ a lady sheen " with four - and - twenty others in. 1 First given to the world , I believe ...
... riding on together , light at last upon a “ bonny green , ” such as the fairies are known to choose for their revels ; and there comes forth “ a lady sheen " with four - and - twenty others in. 1 First given to the world , I believe ...
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“ O , a heavier weird shall light her on , Than ever fell on vile woman ; Her hair shall grow rough , and her teeth grow lang , And on her four feet shall she gang . None shall take pity her upon In Wormeswood aye shall LEGENDARY ...
“ O , a heavier weird shall light her on , Than ever fell on vile woman ; Her hair shall grow rough , and her teeth grow lang , And on her four feet shall she gang . None shall take pity her upon In Wormeswood aye shall LEGENDARY ...
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Fishes war loupin'a ' aroun ' , And sparklin ' to the light : “ Whan as he laved , sounds cam sae sweet . Frae ilka rock an ' tree , The brief was out , ' twas him it doomed The mermaid's face to see .
Fishes war loupin'a ' aroun ' , And sparklin ' to the light : “ Whan as he laved , sounds cam sae sweet . Frae ilka rock an ' tree , The brief was out , ' twas him it doomed The mermaid's face to see .
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It was mirk mirk night , and there was nae stern light , And they waded through red blude to the knee ; For a ' the blude that's shed on earth Runs through the springs o ' that countrie . “ Syne they came to a garden green , And she ...
It was mirk mirk night , and there was nae stern light , And they waded through red blude to the knee ; For a ' the blude that's shed on earth Runs through the springs o ' that countrie . “ Syne they came to a garden green , And she ...
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