 | Anna Maria Hall - 426 sider
...went away : And brought the king that very night, Who brake my bower, and slew my kuight. " He slew my knight, to me sae dear ; He slew my knight, and poin'd • his gear; My servants all for life did flce, And left me in extremitle. "I sew'd his shcet, making my mane ; I watehed the corpse, myself... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 282 sider
...brake my bower, and slew my knight. He slew my knight, to me sae dear ; He slew my knight, and poined his gear ; My servants all for life did flee, And left me in extremitie. I sewed his sheet, making my mane ; I watched the corpse, myself alane ; I watched his body, night and... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1852 - 318 sider
...in extremitie. I sewed his sheet, making my moan, I watched the corpse, myself alone ; I watched the body night and day, No living creature came that way. I took his body on my back, And whiles I gaed, and whiles I sat, / digged a grave and laid him in, And happed him with the sod... | |
 | Wilson Armistead - 1852 - 328 sider
...brake my bower and slew my knight. He slew my knight, to me sae dear, He slew my knight and poined his gear; My servants all for life did flee, And left me in extremitie. I sewed his sheet, making my moan ; I watched the corpse myself alone; I watched the body night and day,... | |
 | 1854 - 400 sider
...affecting :— ' 1 sewed his sheet, making my mr.ne ; I watched the corpse, myself alane ; I watched his body night and day ; No living creature came that way. I took his hody on my back, And whiles I gaed and whiles I sattc ; I digged a grave, and laid him in, And happed... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1857 - 810 sider
...went away ; And brought the King that very night, Who brake my bower, and slew my knight, He slew my knight, to me sae dear ; He slew my knight, and poin'd...night and day ; No living creature came that way. I tuk his body on my back, And whiles I gaed, and whiles I sat ; I digg'da grave, and laid him in, And... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1857 - 430 sider
...and slew my knight. He slew my knight, to me sae dear ; He slew my knight, and poin'd his gear ; w My servants all for life did flee, And left me in...corpse, myself alane ; I watch'd his body, night and day ; is No living creature came that way. I tuk his body on my back, And whiles I gaed, and whiles I sat... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1857 - 426 sider
...and slew my knight. He slew my knight, to me sae dear ; He slew my knight, and poin'd his gear ; 10 My servants all for life did flee, And left me in...corpse, myself alane ; I watch'd his body, night and day ; is No living creature came that way. , I tuk his body on my back, And whiles I gaed, and whiles I... | |
 | University of Edinburgh - 1857 - 430 sider
...gateway of his own tower. The following verses seem to have been composed by his wife : — He slew my knight to me sae dear, He slew my knight and poin'd...all for life did flee, And left me in extremitie. I sewed his sheet, making my mane : I watched the corpse myself alane ; I watched his body night and... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1857 - 438 sider
...went away ; And brought the King that very night, Who brake my bower, and slew my knight. He slew my knight, to me sae dear ; He slew my knight, and poin'd his gear ; 10 My servants all for life did flee, And lefi me in extremitie. I sew'd his sheet, making my mane... | |
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A brawer bower ye ne'er did see, Than my true love he built for me. There came a man, by middle day, He spied his sport, and went away ; And brought the king that very night, Who brake my bower, and slew my knight. He slew my knight, to me sae dear ;... 
