An Excellent Ballad Of George Barnwell, An Apprentice Of London (Anonymous British Poems)
An excellent ballad of George Barnwell, an Apprentice of London, who…thrice robbed his master and murdered his vncle in Ludlow. ...
An excellent ballad of George Barnwell, an Apprentice of London, who…thrice robbed his master and murdered his vncle in Ludlow. ...
When late Protectorship was Canon-Proof,And _Cap-a-pe_ had seiz'd on _Whitehall_-Roof,And next, on _Israelites_ durst look so big,That _Tory-like_, it lov'd ...
Come mourne, come mourne with mee,You loyall lovers all;Lament my loss in weeds of woe,Whom griping grief doth thrall.Like to ...
JANUARYJanus am I; oldest of potentates; Forward I look, and backward, and belowI count, as god of avenues and gates, ...
You sober-minded christians now draw near,Labour to learn these pious lessons here;For by the same you will be taught to ...
O waly, waly, my gay goss-hawk,Gin your feathering be sheen!"And waly, waly, my master dear,Gin ye look pale and lean!"O ...
Now ponder well, you parents deare,These wordes which I shall write;A doleful story you shall heare,In time brought forth to ...
Willie stands in his stable door, And clapping at his steed, And over his white fingers His nose ...
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity--SOLOMON.What are life's joys and gains?What pleasures crowd its ways,That man should take such painsTo ...
DeathFair lady, lay your costly robes aside,No longer may you glory in your pride;Take leave of all your carnal vain ...
Will you hear a Spanish lady,How shee wooed an English man?Garments gay as rich as may be,Decked with jewels she ...
When Phoebus had melted the sickles of ice,With a hey down, &c.And likewise the mountains of snow,Bold Robin Hood he ...
When Greeks and Trojans fell at strife,And lords in armour bright were seen,When many a gallant lost his lifeUlysses, general ...
As it fell out on a long summer's day, Two lovers they sat on a hill;They sat together that long ...
Only last year, at Christmas TideWhile pacing down the the city streetA tiny, ill-clad paperboyAs ragged as you'd ever meetRaised ...
Let India boast her spicy trees, whose fruit and gorgeous bloom Give, to each faint and languid breez, its rich ...
Grim king of the ghosts, make haste,And bring hither all your train;See how the pale moon does waste,And just now ...
There was a youthe, and a well-beloved youthe,And he was a squires son;He loved the bayliffes daughter deare,That lived in ...
January.Lo, my fair! the morning lazyPeeps abroad from yonder hill; Phoebus rises, red and hazy;Frost has stopp'd the village mill.February.All ...
A childhood land of mountain ways, Where earthy gnomes and forest fays, Kind, foolish giants, gentle bears, Sport with ...
Love me little, love me long,Is the burden of my song.Love that is too hot and strongBurneth soon to waste.Still, ...
O, waly, waly up the bank,And waly, waly down the brae,And waly, waly yon burn-side,Where I and my love wont ...
Erskine, thou blessed herald sound,Till sin's black empire totter to the ground.Well hast thou Sinai's awful flames display'dAnd rebel's doom ...
Long the sun hath gone to rest,Dimm'd is now the deep'ning west;And the sky hath lost the hueThat the rich ...
This day to common love is dear,And many a tale will sooth thine ear,Fond hope or frolic wit to prove;The ...
'Twas eve. The length'ning shadows of the oakAnd weeping birch swept far adown the vale;And nought upon the hush and ...
Away, away, my barb and I,As free as wave, as fleet as wind,We sweep the sands of Araby,And leave a ...
Go when the morning shineth,Go when the moon is bright,Go when the day declineth,Go in the hush of night.Go with ...
The wind doth blow today, my love,And a few small drops of rain;I never had but one true-loveIn cold grave ...
Corin, most unhappy swaine,Whither wilt thou drive thy flocke?Little foode is on the plaine;Full of danger is the rocke.Wolfes and ...
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