| Francis James Child, George Lyman Kittredge - 1884 - 276 sider
...get, And she told them at the Eildon tree ; Minstrels; of the Scottish Border, II, 251, ed. 1802. 1 TRUE Thomas lay on Huntlie bank, A ferlie he spied wi' his ee, And there be saw a lady bright, Come riding down by the Eildon Tree. 2 Her shirt was o the grass-green -ilk,... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1882 - 474 sider
...a Second Part, consisting of a kind of cento, from the printed prophecies vulgarly ascribed to the TRUE THOMAS lay on Huntlie bank ; A ferlie he spied wi' his ее ; And there he saw a ladye bright, Come riding down by the Ëildon Tree. Her shirt was o' the... | |
| 1883 - 1004 sider
...Thomas the Rhymer lay musing and sleeping when he saw, or dreamed he saw, the Queen of Elf-land: " ' True Thomas lay on Huntlie Bank ; A ferlie he spied...ladye bright, Come riding down by the Eildon Tree. Her skirt was o" the grass-green silk, Her mantle o* the velvet fyne; At ilka tett of her horse's nmne... | |
| William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1883 - 388 sider
...RHYMER. True Thomas lay on Huntly bank, — A ferlie he spied wi' his ee : And there he saw a Lady bright Come riding down by the Eildon Tree. Her shirt...o' the grass-green silk, Her mantle o' the velvet fine ; At ilka tett of her horse's mane Hung fifty silver bells and nine. True Thomas he pull'd aff... | |
| Morgan George Watkins - 1883 - 248 sider
..." FUGIT HORA, DISCE MORI." From these gloomy thoughts we will advance to the Rhymer's glen, where " True Thomas lay on Huntlie Bank ; A ferlie he spied wi' his e'e ; And there he saw a lady bright Come riding down by the Eildon Tree." The tree has long since perished, but the place is... | |
| 1883 - 994 sider
...lay musing and sleeping when he saw, or dreamed he saw, the Queen of Elf-laud : '••True Themas lay on Huntlie Bank; A ferlie he spied wi' his e'e: And there he saw a ladye bripht. Come riding down by the Eildon Tree. Her skirt was o' the grass-green silk, Her mantle o' the... | |
| William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard - 1883 - 386 sider
...Antiquities, Ballads and Romances. i. TRADITIONAL BALLADS. THOMAS THE RHYMER. True Thomas lay on Huntly bank, — A ferlie he spied wi' his ee : And there he saw a Lady bright Come riding down by the Eildon Tree. Her shirt was o' the grass-green silk, Her mantle... | |
| Francis James Child - 1884 - 274 sider
...the Eildon tree ; Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, II, 251, ed. 1802. 1 TRUE Thomas lay^on Huntjie bank, A ferlie he spied wi' his ee, And there he saw a lady bright, Come riding down by the Eildon Tree. / 2 Her shirt was o the grass-green silk, Her mantle... | |
| Walter Scott - 1884 - 582 sider
...All underneath the Eildon Tree. At ilkaj tett of her horse's mane, Hung fifty siller bells and nine. Her shirt was o' the grass-green silk, Her mantle o' the velvet fyne; And ye maun serve me seven years. Thro' weal or woe as may chance to be." True Thomas, he pull'd aff... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1885 - 366 sider
...severe antiquaries, the Editor has prefixed to the Second Part some remarks on Learmont's prophecies. TRUE THOMAS lay on Huntlie bank ; A ferlie he spied wi' his e'e ; And there he saw a ladye hright, Come riding down by Eildou Tree. Her skirt was o' the grass-green silk, Her mantle o' the velvet... | |
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