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" Barbara : She was in love, and he she loved proved mad And did forsake her : she had a song of ' willow ; ' An old thing 'twas, but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it... "
Blackwood's Magazine - Page 37
1828
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Reliques of Ancient English Poetry:: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs ...

Thomas Percy - 1767 - 460 pages
...maid call'd Barlarie : ' She ivat in love ; and he, jht IcnSd, forfook her, ' And jhe proii' d mad. She had a Song of WILLOW. ' An old thing 'twas, but it exprefs'd her fortune ; ' And jhe dyedfinging it" This is given from a black-letter copy in the Pepys...
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Troilus and Cressida. Othello

William Shakespeare - 1788 - 572 pages
...Des. My mother had a maid, call'd— Barbara ; She was in love ; and he, she lov'd, prov'd mad, And And did forsake her: she had a song of willow, An...thing 'twas; but it express'd her fortune, And she dy'd singing it : That song, to-night, Will not go from my mind ; I have much to do, But to go hang...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1803 - 446 pages
...you talk. Des. My mother had a maid call'd — Barbara ; She was in love ; and he, she lov'd, prov'd mad,* And did forsake her : she had a song of —...it : That song, to-night, Will not go from my mind ; I have much to do, But to go hang my head all at one side, And sing it like poor Barbara. Pr'ythee,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare, Volume 8

William Shakespeare - 1804 - 642 pages
...shroud me In one of those same sheets. Emil. Come, come, you talk. An old thing 'twas, but it expreas'd her fortune, And she died singing it: That song, to-night, Will not go from my mind; I have much to do, But to go hang my head all at one side, And sing it like poor Barbara. Pr'ythee,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare : Accurately Printed from the ..., Volume 10

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...talk. Des. My mother had a maid call'd — Barbara ; She was in love ; and he, she lov'd, prov'd mad,3 And did forsake her: she had a song of — willow,...it: That song, to-night, Will not go from my mind ; I have much to do, But to go hang my head4 all at one side, And sing it like poor Barbara. Pr'ythee,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: Accurately Printed from the Text ..., Volume 9

William Shakespeare - 1805 - 486 pages
...talk, DcS. My mother had a maid call'd — Barbara ; She was in love ; and he, she lov'd, prov'd mad,3 And did forsake her: she had a song of — willow,...it: That song, to-night, Will not go from my mind; I have much to do, But to go hang my head4 all at one side, And sing it like poor Barbara. Pr'ythee,...
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The Plays of William Shakespeare: With Notes of Various Commentators, Volume 14

William Shakespeare - 1806 - 420 pages
...you talk. Des. My mother had a maid, call'd — Barbara; She was in love ; and he, she lov'd, prov'd mad, And did forsake her : she had a song of — willow,...it: That song, to-night, Will not go from my mind; I have much to do, But to go hang my head all at one side, And sing it like poor Barbara. Pr'ythee,...
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The Plays of Shakspeare: Printed from the Text of Samuel Johnson ..., Volume 12

William Shakespeare - 1807 - 344 pages
...you talk. Des. My mother had a maid call'd— Barbara ; She was in love; and he, she lov'd, prov'd mad, And did forsake her : she had a song of — willow,...it : That song, to-night, Will not go from my mind ; I have much to do, But to go hang my head all at one side, And sing it like poor Barbara. Pr'ythee,...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: With Explanatory Notes ..., Volume 2

William Shakespeare, Samuel Ayscough - 1807 - 562 pages
...you talk. Des. My mother had a maid, call'd-^-Barbara ; She was in love : and he, she lov'd, prov'd mad ', And did forsake her : she had a song of willow, An old thing 'twas, but it express' d her fortune, And she dy d singing it : That song, to-night, Will not go from my mind ; I...
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Essays: on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to ..., Volume 6

James Beattie - 1809 - 406 pages
...love, and he she loved proved mad, And did forsake her. She hud a song of willow; An old thing it was, but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it. That song to-night Will not go from my mind; I have much to do, • King Lear, act 4. scene 7. But tp go hunt; my !i.-:«l :ill at q|ie *><!<.,...
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