 | Augustus White Long, Thomas Marc Parrott - 1903 - 432 pagina’s
...to the field he ran; But he forgot the helmet good That should have kept his brain. When Percy with the Douglas met, I wat he was fu' fain ! They swakked their swords till sair they swat, 60 70 75 80 But Percy, with his good broad sword, 85 That could so sharply wound, Has wounded Douglas... | |
 | 1903 - 434 pagina’s
...I." He belted on his guid braidsword, . . ., ./ And to the field he ran ; ,' But he forgot the helmet good, That should have kept his brain. When Percy wi' the Douglas met, I wot he was fu' fain : J.^:,' They swakked their swords, till sair they swat, And the blude ran down... | |
 | 1903 - 430 pagina’s
...But he forgot the helmet good, That should have kept his brain. When Percy wi' the Douglas met, I wot he was fu' fain : They swakked their swords, till sair they swat, And the blude ran down like rain. Hut Percy wi' his guid braidsword. That could sae sharply wound, Has wounded... | |
 | HELEN CHILD SARGENT AND GEORGE LYMAN KITTREDGE - 1904 - 1194 pagina’s
...the field he ran, But lie forgot the helmet good, That should have kept his brain. 21 When Percy wl the Douglas met, I wat he was fu fain ; They swakked...sair they swat, And the blood ran down like rain. 22 But Percy with his good broad sword, That could so sharply wound, Has wounded Douglas on the brow,... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1904 - 778 pagina’s
...the field lie ran. But he forgot the helmet good, That should have kept bis brain. 21 When Percy wl the Douglas met, I wat he was fu fain ; They swakked their swords, till salr they swat. And the blood ran down like rain. 22 But Percy with his good broad sword, That could... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1905 - 352 pagina’s
...sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That should have kept his brain. 80 When Percy wi' the Douglas met, I wat he was fu' fain!...And the blood ran down like rain. But Percy with his guid braid sword, 85 That could so sharply wound, Has wounded Douglas on the brow, Till he fell to... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1905 - 348 pagina’s
...the helmet good, That should have kept his brain. 8o When Percy wi' the Douglas met, I wat he was hi' fain ! They swakked their swords, till sair they swat,...And the blood ran down like rain. But Percy with his guid braid sword, 85 That could so sharply wound, Has wounded Douglas on the brow, Till he fell to... | |
 | Frederick William Hackwood - 1907 - 470 pagina’s
...Otterbourne, as sung in the ballad of Chevy Chase, is illustrative of this chivalrous but deadly sport — " When Percy wi' the Douglas met I wat he was fu' fain...sair they swat, And the blood ran down like rain." Besides these accidental meetings, which were never neglected as opportunities for fighting out old-standing... | |
 | Robert Laneham - 1907 - 310 pagina’s
...whyll that the swette, With swords of fyne collayne. When Percy wi' the Douglas met, I wat he was fu1 fain ; They swakked their swords, till sair they swat, And the blood ran down like rain. But it may be one of the genuine repetitions that the old ballad writers often indulged in. The oldest... | |
 | Samuel Swayze Seward - 1909 - 538 pagina’s
...that man was I.' He belted on his guid braid sword, And to the field he ran, But he forgot the helmet good, That should have kept his brain. When Percy...his good broad sword, That could so sharply wound, Has wounded Douglas on the brow, Till he fell to the ground, Then he calld on his little foot-page,... | |
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When Percy wi the Douglas met, I wat he was fu fain; They swakked their swords, till sair they swat, And the blood ran down like rain. But Percy with his good... 
