The Ballads and Songs of Scotland: In View of Their Influence on the Character of the People |
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Արդյունքներ 18–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
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“ Of her young bairn she's ne'er be lighter , Nor in her bower to shine the brighter ; But she shall die and turn to clay , And you shall wed another may . " But the good office which was performed for Alcmena by a stratagem of her maid ...
“ Of her young bairn she's ne'er be lighter , Nor in her bower to shine the brighter ; But she shall die and turn to clay , And you shall wed another may . " But the good office which was performed for Alcmena by a stratagem of her maid ...
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On being taken home to her bower , the dove turns out to be a beautiful prince who has been transformed into this shape ; and the prettiness of the story is enhanced by the fact that the transformation is ascribed , not to the malice of.
On being taken home to her bower , the dove turns out to be a beautiful prince who has been transformed into this shape ; and the prettiness of the story is enhanced by the fact that the transformation is ascribed , not to the malice of.
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... And these the tokens I gie thee , Nae doubt I will be there . “ They'll turn me in your arms , Janet , An adder and a snake ; . But haud me fast , let me not pass , 42 THE BALLADS AND SONGS OF SCOTLAND .
... And these the tokens I gie thee , Nae doubt I will be there . “ They'll turn me in your arms , Janet , An adder and a snake ; . But haud me fast , let me not pass , 42 THE BALLADS AND SONGS OF SCOTLAND .
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“ They'll turn me in your arms , Janet , An adder and an ask ; They'll turn me in your arms , Janet , A bale that burns fast . “ They'll turn me in your arms , Janet , A red - hot gad o ' airn ; But haud me fast , let me not pass ...
“ They'll turn me in your arms , Janet , An adder and an ask ; They'll turn me in your arms , Janet , A bale that burns fast . “ They'll turn me in your arms , Janet , A red - hot gad o ' airn ; But haud me fast , let me not pass ...
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The recurrence of this cry describes , with dramatic vividness , the sufferer's anguish as ebbing and flowing by turns , like all intense emotions — as now subsiding for a little , so as to allow other thoughts to appear , but anon ...
The recurrence of this cry describes , with dramatic vividness , the sufferer's anguish as ebbing and flowing by turns , like all intense emotions — as now subsiding for a little , so as to allow other thoughts to appear , but anon ...
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