George Wharton Edwards Deep Poems

• 1. Hugh Of Lincoln
  SHOWING THE CRUELTY OF A JEW'S DAUGHTER
  
  
  Four and twenty bonny boys
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• 2. Young Waters
  About Yule, when the wind blew cool;
  And the round tables began,
  A' there is come to our king's court
  Mony a well-favoured man.
  ...
• 3. The Mermaid
  To yon fause stream that, near the sea,
  Hides mony an elf and plum,
  And rives wi' fearful din the stanes,
  A witless knicht did come.
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• 4. Sir Patrick Spens
  The king sits in Dunfermline town,
  Drinking the blude-red wine;
  "O whare will I get a skeely skipper,
  To sail this new ship of mine?"
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• 5. The Nut-brown Maid
  Be it right, or wrong, these men among
  On women do complain;
  Affirming this, how that it is
  A labour spent in vain
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• 6. The Douglas Tragedy
  "Rise up, rise up, now, Lord Douglas," she says,
  "And put on your armour so bright;
  Sweet William will hae Lady Margaret awi'
  Before that it be light.
  ...
• 7. Annan Water
  "Annan Water's wading deep,
  And my love Annie's wondrous bonny;
  I will keep my tryst to-night,
  And win the heart o' lovely Annie."
  ...
• 8. The Fause Lover
  A fair maid sat in her bower door,
  Wringing her lily hands;
  And by it came a sprightly youth,
  Fast tripping o'er the strands.
  ...

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