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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... "
English and Scottish Ballads: Book I. Romances of chivalry and legends of ... - Page 322
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A Collection of Ballads

Andrew Lang - 1910 - 284 pages
...wi' hearty cheer, And she'll never get mair o' me, O." THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL (Child, vol. iii.) THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...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. They hadna...
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The Edinburgh Book of Scottish Verse, 1300-1900, Part 1

William Macneile Dixon - 1910 - 966 pages
...! For he pull'd up the bonnie brier, An' flang 't in St. Marie's Loch. 57. The Wife of Usher's Well THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...them o'er the sea. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came back to the carline wife That her three sons were gane. They...
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English Poetry..: With Introduction, Notes and Illustrations, Volume 40

1910 - 492 pages
...winding sheet; The dew it falls na sooner down Then ay it is full weet." 77 THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea. They hadna heen a week from her, A week but barely ane, Whan word came to the carline1 wife That her three sons...
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Twelve Centuries of English Poetry and Prose

Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - 1910 - 778 pages
...Toom hame cam the saddle, but never cam he. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. There lived a wife at Usher 's prize, honour you. MIR. T am a fool To weep at what A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline4 wife That her three sons were gane. They hadna...
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Century Readings for a Course in English Literature

John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustin Pyre, James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young - 1910 - 1176 pages
...taken my lyffe, And have saved my children thre, All and my lovesome wyffe.' THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL L k q4 +q c X | v l 2* w aZ˛ } " 8 )N[r Җ `zxJ w R B 4. 3XM ̮ % ᝯo % w W,=L> o뇽 / 2. They hadna been a week from her, 5 A week but barely ane, Whan word came to the carline wife That...
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Century Readings for a Course in English Literature

John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young - 1910 - 1174 pages
...Well, And a wealthy wife was she; She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea. 2. Knows thee not, thus afflicted, for a God; And ocean too Whan word came to the carline wife That her three sons were gane. 3. They hadna been a week from her,...
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Feminine Influence on the Poets

Edward Thomas - 1911 - 388 pages
...I'm thy wedded wife." A strong mother is painted by the first verse of " The Wife of Usher's Well " : There lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...stout and stalwart sons, And sent them o'er the sea. When they come home their hats are made from a birch tree that grew "at the gates o' Paradise." She...
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The Best English and Scottish Ballads

1911 - 406 pages
...her chin, Took fast upon her fair body — She burnt like hollins green. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL 1. THERE lived a wife at Usher's well, And a wealthy...three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them o'er he sea. 2. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wife...
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The Home Book of Verse, American and English ..., Volume 6, Pages 2121-2726

1912 - 624 pages
..."Wae to my sister, false Helen!" By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie. Unknown THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy...them o'er the sea. They 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...
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The Oxford Book of English Verse, 1250-1900

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1912 - 1104 pages
...daddy; But though I had an hunder mair, I'd gie them a' to King Charlie ! ' 378. The tfife of Usher's "THERE lived a wife at Usher's well, And a wealthy...stout and stalwart sons, And sent them o'er the sea. TVy hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wife That her...
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