Bishop Percy's Folio Manuscript: Loose and Humorous Songs, Volume 4N. Trübner, 1867 - 127 pages |
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... Poems , ab . 1320-30 , A.D .; 2 , Arthur , ab . 1440 A.D .; 3 , Lauder on the Dewtie of Kyngis , & c . 1556 A.D .; 6. Lancelot of the Laik , ab . 1500 ; 7 , Genesis and The Publications for 1866 are- Exodus , ab . 1250 ; 8 , Morte ...
... Poems , ab . 1320-30 , A.D .; 2 , Arthur , ab . 1440 A.D .; 3 , Lauder on the Dewtie of Kyngis , & c . 1556 A.D .; 6. Lancelot of the Laik , ab . 1500 ; 7 , Genesis and The Publications for 1866 are- Exodus , ab . 1250 ; 8 , Morte ...
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... Poems not marked with Percy's three crosses as loose , which we have transferred to these pages , are Men that more ; Panche ; In a May Morninge ; The Turk in Linen ; Louers hearke alarum ; O nay , O nay , not yet ; I cannot be ...
... Poems not marked with Percy's three crosses as loose , which we have transferred to these pages , are Men that more ; Panche ; In a May Morninge ; The Turk in Linen ; Louers hearke alarum ; O nay , O nay , not yet ; I cannot be ...
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... poems . are in nearly the same metre , and begin with the same line . The difference is in the after - treatment . The " Two Leicester- shire Lovers " begins thus : - Walking in a meadow green For recreation's sake , To drive away some ...
... poems . are in nearly the same metre , and begin with the same line . The difference is in the after - treatment . The " Two Leicester- shire Lovers " begins thus : - Walking in a meadow green For recreation's sake , To drive away some ...
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... Poems , " 1656 , p . 35. The tune is printed under the title of the burden " O doe not , doe not kill me yet , " in J. J. Starter's " Boertigheden , " Amsterdam , 4to , 1634 , with a Dutch song written to the tune . This proves that the ...
... Poems , " 1656 , p . 35. The tune is printed under the title of the burden " O doe not , doe not kill me yet , " in J. J. Starter's " Boertigheden , " Amsterdam , 4to , 1634 , with a Dutch song written to the tune . This proves that the ...
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... poem , except a notice of Mr. Halliwell's print of it in the Warton Club " Early English Miscellanies , " 1854 , p . 46–62 , from Mr. Ormsby Gore's Porkington MS . No. 10. This Porkington copy is in seventy - one six - line stanzas ...
... poem , except a notice of Mr. Halliwell's print of it in the Warton Club " Early English Miscellanies , " 1854 , p . 46–62 , from Mr. Ormsby Gore's Porkington MS . No. 10. This Porkington copy is in seventy - one six - line stanzas ...
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