 | 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 left me in extremitie. I sew'd his sheet, making my mane... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1857 - 434 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 ; w My servants all for life did flee, And left me in extremitie. I sew'd his sheet, making my mane... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1858 - 430 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...left me in extremitie. I sew'd his sheet, making my maen, I watch'd the corpse, myself alane ; I watch'd his body, night and day ; No living creature came... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1858 - 420 sider
...brake my bower, and slew my knight; He slew my knight to me so dear, And burnt my bower and drove my gear; My servants all for life did flee, And left me in extremity. I sewed his sheet and made my moan, I watched his corpse, myself alono ; I watched by night,... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1859 - 420 sider
...; My servants all for life did flee, And left me in extremitie. I sew'd his sheet, making my maen, I watch'd the corpse, myself alane ; I watch'd his...creature came that way. I took his body on my back, And whiles I gaed, and whiles I sate ; I digg'da grave, and laid him in, And happ'd him with the sod... | |
 | John Mackinnon Robertson - 1859 - 194 sider
...from which we quote these verses : ' He slew my knight to me so 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 his corpse myself alane, I watched his body night and day,... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1860 - 430 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...corpse, myself alane ; I watch'd his body, night and day ; i* No living creature came that way. I tuk his body on my back, And whiles I gaed, and whiles I sat... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1860 - 432 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...myself alane ; I watch'd his body, night and day; i* No living creature came that way. I tuk his body on my back, And whiles I gaed, and whiles I sat;... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1860 - 424 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 left me in extremitie. I sew'd his sheet, making my mane... | |
 | John Williamson Palmer - 1861 - 540 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...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... | |
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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 ;... 
