 | Svenska akademien - 1912 - 528 sider
...tre drunknade söner, som komma igen med grönt björklöf i hatten, fast det är Mårtenmässtid. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gate of Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh. Modern ger icke akt på det löfvet, hon gläds och hon... | |
 | Scott - 1821 - 516 sider
..." Till my three sons come hame to me, " In earthly flesh and blood !" It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's...the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. 8 MINSTRELSY OF " Blow up the fire, my maidens ! " Bring water from the well ! " For a' my house shall... | |
 | William Motherwell - 1827 - 566 sider
...flood, Till my three sons come hame to me In earthly flesh and blood ! 121 It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's...birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in any slieugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair enough. " Blow up the fire my maidens,... | |
 | Minstrelsy - 1827 - 566 sider
...flood, Till my three sons come hame to me In earthly flesh and blood ! Q It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's...birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in any sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. " Blow up the fire, my maidens,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 sider
...Till my three sons come hame to me, In earthly flesh and blood !" — It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk. The carline wife's...But at the gates o' Paradise. That birk grew fair eneugh.ll 1 The notion. that the souls of the blraed wear farlandi. lecmi to lie of Jewish origin.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 386 sider
...nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sous came hame.. And their hats were o' the hirk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony...But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh.3 1 The sense of this verse is obscure, owing, probably, to corrup. tion by reciters. It would... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 sider
...Till my three sons come hanie to me, In earthly flesh and blood ! " — It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's...the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. J ' The tense of this »erse is obscure, owing, probably, to cor""pUoo by reciter*. It would appear... | |
 | Richard John King - 1840 - 128 sider
...again in "The Wife of Usher's Well"— " It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirkj The Carline wife's three sons came hame And their...nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gates of Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh." The mode of access again to these regions was full of difficulties... | |
 | Richard John King - 1840 - 124 sider
...sweet company for to see!" and again in "The Wife of Usher's Well"— " It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk; The Carline wife's three sons came harm: And their hats were o" the birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 sider
...Till my three sons come hame to me, In earthly flesh and blood !" — It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's...But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh.ll S The notion, that the souls of the blessed wear garlands, iecm« to be of Jewish origin.... | |
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It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sons came hame, And their hats were o' 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... 
