 | John ROBERTSON (Fishing Tackle Maker.) - 1861 - 202 sider
...from wh^h 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,... | |
 | William Chambers - 1864 - 582 sider
...the ballad : ' I sew'd his sheet, making my mane ; I watch'd his corpse, myself alane ; I watch'd 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 ; I digg'da grave, and laid him in, And happ'd him wi' the sod... | |
 | William Motherwell - 1864 - 380 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... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1864 - 240 sider
...brake my bower, and slew my knight 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. * Impounded. I sewed his sheet, making my mane; I watched the corpse, myself alane ; I watched his... | |
 | William Allingham - 1865 - 456 sider
...went away ; And brought the King that very night, Who brake my bower and slew my knight. 3 He slew my knight, to me sae dear ; He slew my knight, and poin'd...My servants all for life did flee, And left me in extremetie. 'gar,' make. 'row,' roll. ' poin'd,' seized. 4 I sew"d his sheet, making my mane ; I watch'd... | |
 | William Allingham - 1865 - 458 sider
...brake my bower and slew my knight. 3 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 extremetie. 4 I sewed his sheet, making my mane ; I watched the corpse, myself alane ; I watched his... | |
 | Ballads - 1867 - 638 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...sew'd his sheet, making my mane ; I watch'd the corpse mysell alane ; I watch'd his body night and day ; No living creature came that way. I took his body... | |
 | William M'Dowall - 1867 - 940 sider
...touching pathos: — " I sewed his sheet, making my maen; I watched the corpse myself alane ; I watched his body, night and day — No living creature came that way. I took his body on my back, And whiles I gaed, jnd whiles I sate; I digg'da grave, and laid him in, And happed him wi' the sod... | |
 | William McDowall - 1867 - 938 sider
...touching pathos:— " 1 sewed his sheet, making uty uiaen; I watched the corpse myself alane; 1 watched his body, night and day— No living 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 happed him wi' the sod... | |
 | James Maidment - 1868 - 386 sider
...built for me. 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...extremitie. I sew'd his sheet, making my mane ; I watched the corpse, myself alane ; I watched his body night and day ; No living creature came that... | |
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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 ;... 
