 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 512 pages
...hame !" THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. A FRAGMENT. NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED. THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three stout...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
...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 she ^ She had three stout...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
...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 she ^ She had three stout...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
...Sons o' Owsenford. See the second volume of this collection, page 63. THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she, She had three stout...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
...Sons o' Owsenford. See the second volume of this collection, page 63. THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she, She had three stout...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 - 1858 - 394 pages
...penultimate stanzas, which are highly pathetic, are from Mr Chambers' version. T1HERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, -*• And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three...a week 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... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1859 - 416 pages
...And sent them o'er the sea. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word cam' to the carline wife, That her three sons were gane....week from her, A week but barely three, When word cam' to the earline wife, That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease, Nor freshes... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1859 - 408 pages
...the sea. They hadna been 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' to the carline wife, That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease, Nor freshes... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1860 - 366 pages
...Sons o' Owsenford. See the second volume of this collection, page 63. THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she, She had three stout...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. They hadna been a week from her, « A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wife That her three sons were gane. 
