Maiden ! a nameless life I lead, A nameless death I'll die ! The fiend, whose lantern lights the mead, Were better mate than I ! And when I'm with my comrades met, Beneath the greenwood bough, What once we were we all forget, Nor think what we are now. The poetical works of sir Walter Scott - Página 188por sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1823Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Walter Scott - 1813 - 468 páginas
...hum, My comrades take the spear. CHORUS. And O ! though Brignal banks be fair, And Greta woods be gay, Yet mickle must the maiden dare, Would reign my Queen...lead, A nameless death I'll die ; The fiend, whose lanthorn lights the mead, Were better mate than I ! And when I'm with my comrades met, Beneath the... | |
| Walter Scott - 1813 - 444 páginas
...My comrades take the spear. CHOEUS. " And O ! though Brignal banks be fair, And Greta woods be gay, Yet mickle must the maiden dare, Would reign my Queen...lead, A nameless death I'll die ; The fiend, whose lanthorn lights the mead, Were better mate than I ! And when I'm with my comrades met, Beneath the... | |
| Alicia Lefanu - 1817 - 374 páginas
...made her consider her present entanglement in a different and more alarming point of view. CHAP. VI. Maiden, a nameless life I lead, A nameless death I'll die : " The fiend whose lanthorn lights the mead Were better mate than I. SCOTT. — ROKEBY. " SIR Harold stays very late,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1818 - 312 páginas
...Brignal banks he fair, And Greta woods he gay, Yet mickle mnst the maiden dare, Wonld reign my qneen of May ! XVIII. " Maiden ! a nameless life I lead,...die ; The fiend whose lantern lights the mead, Were hetter mate than 1 ! And when I'm with my comrades met, Beneath the greenwood bongh, -What once we... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 290 páginas
...the spear. CHORUS. ' And O ! though Brignal banks be fair, And Greta woods be gay, VOL. VII. • F Yet mickle must the maiden dare, Would reign my Queen...whose lantern lights the mead, Were better mate than I ! And when I'm with my comrades met, Beneath the greenwood bough, What once we were we all forget,... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 388 páginas
...banks be fair, And Greta woods be gay ; Yet mickle must the maiden dare, Would reign my queen of May ! Maiden ! a nameless life I lead, A nameless death...I'll die; The fiend, whose lantern lights the mead, And when I'm with my comrades met, Beneath the greenwood bough, What once we were we all forget, Nor... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 páginas
...sounds his hum, My comrades take the spear. And O though Brignal banks be fair, And Greta woods be gay; Yet mickle must the maiden dare, Would reign my queen of May! Maiden ! a nameless life I lead, A nameless death I'll die; The fiend, whose lantern lights the mead,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1831 - 582 páginas
...comrades take the spear. CUORUS. •• And 0 ! though Brignal banks he fair, And Greta woods be gay, Yet mickle must the maiden dare, Would reign my queen of May! XVIII. u Maiden, a nameless life I lead, A nameless deiilh I 'It die; The fiend whose lantern lights the mead... | |
| 1833 - 456 páginas
...seized her suddenly by the hand, and repeated in a deep but clear whisper the words of the ballad — " Maiden, a nameless life I lead, A nameless death I'll die — The fiend whose luuthni n lights the mead, Were fitter mate than I! " and pressing her hand convulsively, disappeared... | |
| 1850 - 584 páginas
...seized her suddenly by the hand, and repeated in a deep but clear whisper the words of the ballad — - Maiden, a nameless life I lead, A nameless death I'll die — The fiend whose lanthorn lights the mead, Were fitter mate than 1 1" and pressing her hand convulsively, disappeared... | |
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