The carline wife's three sons came hame, and their hats were o' the birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gates o Paradise, That birk grew fair enough. 'Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well! For... The Works of Walter Scott, Esq - Page 32by Walter Scott - 1806Full view - About this book
| Svenska akademien - Swedish literature - 1912 - 528 pages
...tre drunknade söner, som komma igen med grönt björklöf i hatten, fast det är Mårtenmässtid. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gate of Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh. Modern ger icke akt på det löfvet, hon gläds och hon... | |
| Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1821 - 516 pages
...Till my three sons come hame to me, " In earthly flesh and blood !" It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three...the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. 8 MINSTRELSY OF " Blow up the fire, my maidens ! " Bring water from the well ! " For a' my house shall... | |
| Minstrelsy - 1827 - 566 pages
...Till my three sons come hame to me In earthly flesh and blood ! Q It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three...birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in any sheugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. " Blow up the fire, my maidens,... | |
| William Motherwell - Ballads - 1827 - 566 pages
...Till my three sons come hame to me In earthly flesh and blood ! 121 It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three...birk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in any slieugh ; But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair enough. " Blow up the fire my maidens,... | |
| Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...my three sons come hame to me, In earthly flesh and blood !" — It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk. The carline wife's three...But at the gates o' Paradise. That birk grew fair eneugh.ll 1 The notion. that the souls of the blraed wear farlandi. lecmi to lie of Jewish origin.... | |
| Walter Scott - Ballads, Scots - 1833 - 386 pages
...nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sous came hame.. And their hats were o' the hirk. It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony...But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh.3 1 The sense of this verse is obscure, owing, probably, to corrup. tion by reciters. It would... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...my three sons come hanie to me, In earthly flesh and blood ! " — It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three...the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh. J ' The tense of this »erse is obscure, owing, probably, to cor""pUoo by reciter*. It would appear... | |
| Richard John King - Fairies - 1840 - 128 pages
...again in "The Wife of Usher's Well"— " It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirkj The Carline wife's three sons came hame And their...nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gates of Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh." The mode of access again to these regions was full of difficulties... | |
| Richard John King - Fairies - 1840 - 124 pages
...It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk; The Carline wife's three sons came harm: And their hats were o" the birk. It neither grew in...nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gates of Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh." The mode of access again to these regions was full of difficulties... | |
| Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...my three sons come hame to me, In earthly flesh and blood !" — It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three...But at the gates o' Paradise, That birk grew fair eneugh.ll S The notion, that the souls of the blessed wear garlands, iecm« to be of Jewish origin.... | |
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