 Far, far, far away, is a land of woe, darkness, spirits of evil, and fire. Day by day does the little bird bear in his bill a drop of water to quench the flame. So near to the burning stream does he fly that his dear little feathers are scorched ; and...  Folk-lore of West and Mid-Wales - Side 223af Jonathan Ceredig Davies - 1911 - 348 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1853 - 748 sider
...help regarding with grateful veneration the little bird with bosom red, when assured — " That far, far, far away is a land of woe, darkness, spirits...and fire. Day by day does the little bird bear in his bill a drop of water to quench the flame. So near to the burning stream does he fly, that his dear... | |
 | 1854 - 394 sider
...ailcnt night Doth shake contagion from her sooty wing. 46. WELSH LEGEND OP THE REDHRE'AST. — Far, far, far away is a land of woe, darkness, spirits...and fire. Day by day does the little bird bear in his bill a drop of water to quench the flames. So near to the burning stream does he fly, that his... | |
 | P.P. - London. - Notes and Queries - 1859 - 386 sider
...help regarding with grateful veneration the little bird with bosom red, when assured — " That far, far, far away is a land of woe, darkness, spirits...and fire. Day by day does the little bird bear in his bill a drop of water to quench the flame. So near to the burning stream does he fly, that his dear... | |
 | Walter Keating Kelly - 1863 - 334 sider
...is a land of woe, darkness, spirits of evil, and fire. Day by day does the little bird bear in his bill a drop of water to quench the flame. So near...his dear little feathers are scorched ; and hence he is named Bron-rhuddyn (ie, breast* Choice Notes, p. 185. 82 ROBIN. burned or breast-scorched). To... | |
 | Walter Keating Kelly - 1863 - 346 sider
...points that way. His old nurse, he says, a Carmarthenshire woman, used to tell the children that, " Far, far, far away, is a land of woe, darkness, spirits of evil, and /ire. Day by day does the little bird bear in his bill a drop of water to quench the flame. So near... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1864 - 670 sider
...way. His old nurse, he says, a Carmarthenshire woman, used to tell the children that, ' Far, far, for away, is a land of woe, darkness, spirits of evil, and fire. Day by day does die little bird bear in its bill a drop of water to quench the flame. So near to the burning stream... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - 1864 - 672 sider
...points that way. His old nurse, he says, a Carmarthenshire woman, used to tell the children that, ' Far, far, far away, is a land of woe, darkness, spirits of evil, and^re. Day by day does the little bird bear in its bill a drop of water to quench the flame. So near... | |
 | Charles Hardwick - 1872 - 336 sider
...the following beautiful story, which he had from his nurse, a native of Carmarthenshire : — " Par, far away, is a land of woe, -darkness, spirits of...and. fire. Day by day does the little bird bear in his bill a drop of water to quench the flame. So near to the burning stream does he fly, that his dear... | |
 | Charles Hardwick - 1872 - 338 sider
...relates the following beautiful story, which he had from his nurse, a native of Caermarthenshire : — " Far, far away, is a land of woe, darkness, spirits of evil, and _/?»•«. Day by day does the little bird bear in his bill a drop of water to quench the flame. So... | |
 | Charles Hardwick - 1872 - 338 sider
...relates the following beautiful story, which he had from his nurse, a native of Csermarthenshire : — "Far, far away, is a land of woe, darkness, spirits of evil, and_/ir«. Day by day does the little bird bear in his bill a drop of water to quench the flame. So... | |
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