 | 1890
...supposing the ballad to have been floating on the memories of people so early as I represent it — "They sought him east, they sought him west, They...saw the cloud of night, They only heard the roar of YarThat Logan was a plagiarist there is, I fear, other proof. The maiden searching, finds her dead... | |
 | Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - 1898
...Logan's poem appeared in 1770 and there was one verse that Sir Walter Scott valued highly. In ran — " They sought him east, they sought him west, They sought...They only saw the cloud of night, They only heard the rîär of Yarrow." In the old ballad it runs — " Then she rode ower yon gloomy height, And her heart... | |
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The greenwood path to meet her brother: They sought him east, they sought him west, They sought him all the Forest thorough; They only saw the cloud of night, They only heard the roar of Yarrow! 
