 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 ;...  Edinburgh Essays - Pagina 218door University of Edinburgh - 1857 - 350 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1887 - 606 pagina’s
...corpse herself, and to make that ' Lament ' preserved to us in the most pathetic of Border ballads. ' I sewed his sheet, making my mane ; I watched the corpse, myself alane ; I watched the body night and day ; No living creature came that way. ' I took his body on my back, And whiles... | |
 | 1804 - 574 pagina’s
...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 ; He slew my knight,...for life did flee, And left me in extremitie. • I sew'tl his sheet, making my maw ; I watched the corpse, myself alane ; I watched his body, night and... | |
 | 1804 - 574 pagina’s
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 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 458 pagina’s
...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 ; He slew my knight,...all for life did flee, And left me in extremitie. • Poin'd— Poioded, attached by legal distress. • I sew'd his sheet, making my mane ; I watched... | |
 | Scottish border - 1812 - 516 pagina’s
...brought the king that very night, Who brake my bower, and slew my knight. He slew my knight, to me sac dear ; He slew my knight, and poin'd* his gear ; My servants all for life did flea, And left me in extremitie. * Poiu'd — Poinded, attached by legal distress. 320 I sew'd his... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 472 pagina’s
...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 ; He slew my knight,...all for life did flee, And left me in extremitie. * I'mifil. — Poinded, attached by legal distress. I sew'd his sheet, making my mane ; I watch'd the... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 pagina’s
...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 ; He slew my knight, and poin'd* his gear ; My servants all fer life did flee, And left me in extremitie. I sew'd his sheet, making my mane ; I watch'd the corpse,... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pagina’s
...went away ; And brought the King that very night, "Who brake my bower, and slew my knight. He slew ray knight, to me sae dear ; He slew my knight, and poin'd...all for life did flee, And left me in extremitie. I sew'd his sheet, making my mane ; I watch'd the corpse, myself alane ; I watch'd his body, night and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pagina’s
...brake my bower, and slew my knight. He slew my knight to me sae dear j He slew my knight, and poiri'd* his gear ; My servants all for life did flee, And left me in extremitie. I sew'd his sheet, making my mane ; I watch d the corpse, myself alane ; I walch'd his body, night and... | |
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