 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 458 pages
...houndes, and such a leman. Ancient Songt, 1798, p. 155. I have seen a copy of this dirge much modernized. THE TWA CORBIES. As I was walking all alane, I heard...say, " Where sall we gang and dine to-day ?" " In behint yon auld fail * dyke, " I wot there lies a new slain knight ; " And nae body kens that he lies... | |
 | 1825 - 396 pages
...shield," &c. In the " Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border," birds make a still more prominent figure in " The Twa Corbies :" As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a mane, The tane unto the t' other say, " Where shall we gang, and dine to day ?" " In behint yon auld fail dyke, " I wot there... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 pages
...bounties, and such a lemon." Ancient Bangi, 1792, p. 165. t have seen a copy of this dirge much modernized. THE TWA CORBIES.* As I was walking all alane, I heard...making a mane ; The tane unto the t'other say, " Where sail we gang and dine to-day." "In behint yon auld failt dyke, I wot their hes a new-slain knight... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...Gin The slight or Irick necessary to open the door ; from enyine. ll'anc A number of people. THE TWA CORBIES.' As I was walking all alane, I heard...making a mane; The tane unto the t'other say, "Where sail we gang and dine to-day?" "In behint yon auld fail dyke, I wot there lies a new-slain knight;... | |
 | Hannah D. Burdon - 1838 - 974 pages
...shadows of the houses, to await the coming of Witherinjjton near the corner of the bridge. CHAPTER V. As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a mane. The tane unto the t'other say, " Where sail we gang and dine to day ?" " In behint yon auld fail dyke, I wot there lies a new slain knight.... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1844 - 178 pages
...pcurtrayed guarding instead of deserting the body of the slain knight. As I was walking all alanc,' I heard twa corbies making a mane ; The tane unto the t'other say, 4 Where sall we gang and dine to-day ?'' In behint yon auld fail dyke," I wot their lies a new-slain... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1853 - 464 pages
...making a mane ; The tane unto the t'other say, ' Where sail we gang and dine to-day ? ' ' In behint yon auld fail dyke, I wot there lies a new-slain knight ; And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk, his hound, and lady fair. J Frank^ndel. WT Greao K '... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1857 - 438 pages
...Border, ii. 359. It was communicated to Scott by Mr. Sharpe, as written down, from tradition, by a lady. As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making..." Where sall we gang and dine to-day ? " " In behint yon auld fail dyke, * I wot there lies a new-slain knight ; And naebody kens that he lies there,... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1857 - 438 pages
...Border, ii. 359. It was communicated to Scott by Mr. Sharpe, as written down, from tradition, by a lady. As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making..." Where sall we gang and dine to-day ? " " In behint yon auld fail dyke, . » I wot there lies a new-slain knight ; And naebody kens that he lies... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1857 - 430 pages
...Border, ii. 359. It was communicated to Scott by Mr. Sharpe, as written down, from tradition, by a lady. As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a mane ; The tane unto the t'other say, "Where sail we gang and dine to-day?" " In behint yon auld fail dyke, « . I wot there lies a new-slain... | |
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In behint yon auld fail dyke, I wot there lies a new-slain Knight ; And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk, his hound, and lady fair. ' His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en another mate, So... 
