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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. "
The Complete Works of Sir Walter Scott: With a Biography, and His Last ... - Page 165
by Walter Scott - 1833
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English and Scottish Popular Ballads

Rose Adelaide Witham, William Allan Neilson - 1909 - 240 pages
...na sooner down Then ay it is full weet." THE WIFE OF USHEK'S WELL 1. 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. 2. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, Whan word came to the carline wife That...
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English and Scottish Popular Ballads

William Allan Neilson - 1909 - 244 pages
...from her, A week but barely ane, Whan word came to the carline wife That her three sons were gane. 3. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, Whan word came to the carlin wife That her sons she 'd never see. 4. " I wish the wind may never cease,...
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A Collection of Ballads

Andrew Lang - 1910 - 284 pages
...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 wife was she ; She had three stout...hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, Whan word came to the carlin wife That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease,...
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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 carline4 wife That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three,...
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The Edinburgh Book of Scottish Verse, 1300-1900

William Macneile Dixon - 1910 - 972 pages
...brier, An' flang 't in St. Marie's Loch. 57. The Wife of Usher's WeU THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three stout...week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came back to the carlyjejvife That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her, A week but...
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English Poetry, Volume 40

1910 - 506 pages
...na sooner down Then ay it is full weet." 17 THE WIFE OP USHER'S WELL 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 carline1 wife That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her,...
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English Poetry..: With Introduction, Notes and Illustrations, Volume 40

1910 - 492 pages
...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 wife was she ; She had three stout...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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Century Readings for a Course in English Literature

John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustin Pyre, James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young - 1910 - 1176 pages
...children thre, All and my lovesome wyffe.' THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL L 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. 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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English Poetry..: With Introduction, Notes and Illustrations, Volume 1

1910 - 498 pages
...oer the sea. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, Whan word came to the carline1 wife That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, Whan word came to the carlin wife That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease,...
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Feminine Influence on the Poets

Edward Thomas - 1911 - 388 pages
...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 wife was she ; She had three 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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