 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 512 pages
...in heaven, " That I gae maiden hame !" THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. A FRAGMENT. NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED. THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, Whan word came to the carline wife, That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her,... | |
 | Scott - 1821 - 516 pages
...heaven, " That I gae maiden hamc !" THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. A FRAGMENT. XEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED. THERK lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was...her, A week but barely ane, When word came to the carlinc wife, They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, When word came to the carline... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 504 pages
...heaven, " That I gae maiden hame !" THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. A FRAGMENT. KKVER BEFORE PUBLISHED. THERK lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was...They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely anc, When word came to the carline wife, They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three,... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1857 - 496 pages
...a fragment of The Clerk's Twa Sons o' Owsenford. See the second volume of this collection, page 63. THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, 10 When word came to the carline wife, That her sons she'd never see. * I wish the wind may never cease,... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1857 - 512 pages
...fragment of The Clerk's Two, Sons o' Owsenford. See the second volume of this collection, page 63. THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...them o'er the sea. They hadna been a week from her, s A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wife, That her three sons were gane. They hadna... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1859 - 416 pages
...that the two penultimate stanzas, which are highly pathetic, are from Mr Chambers' version. rpHERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, -•- And a wealthy...a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word cam' to the carline wife, That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her, A week but... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1858 - 394 pages
...from her, A week but barely ane, When word cam' to the carline wife, That her three sons were gane. H They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, Whan word cam' to the carline wife, That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease,... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1859 - 408 pages
...to add, that the two penultimate stanzas, which are highly pathetic, are from Mr Chambers' version. THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word cam' to the carline wife, They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, When word cam'... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1860 - 366 pages
...a fragment of The Clerk's Twa Sons o' Owsenford. See the second volume of this collection, page 63. THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, 10 When word came to the carline wife, I wish the wind may never cease. Nor fishes in the flood, Till... | |
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THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea... 
