George Wharton Edwards Long Poems
- 1. Robin Hood And Allen-a-dale
Come listen to me, you gallants so free,
All you that love mirth for to hear,
And I will tell you of a bold outlaw,
That lived in Nottinghamshire.
... - 2. King Cophetua And The Beggar-maid
I read that once in Affrica
A princely wight did raine,
Who had to name Cophetua,
As poets they did faine.
... - 3. Robin Hood's Death And Burial
When Robin Hood and Little John
Down a down, a down, a down,
Went o'er yon bank of broom,
Said Robin Hood to Little John,
... - 4. Chevy Chace
God prosper long our noble king,
Our liffes and safetyes all;
A woefull hunting once there did
In Chevy-Chace befall.
... - 5. Phillida And Corydon
In the merrie moneth of Maye,
In a morne by break of daye,
With a troope of damselles playing
Forthe 'I yode' forsooth a maying;
... - 6. The Bailiff's Daughter Of Islington
There was a youthe, and a well-beloved youthe,
And he was a squire's son;
He loved the bayliffe's daughter deare,
That lived in Islington.
... - 7. 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
... - 8. The Battle Of Otterburn
THE FIRST FYTTE
It fell about the Lammas tide,
... - 9. Fair Margaret And Sweet William
As it fell out on a long summer's day,
Two lovers they sat on a hill;
They sat together that long summer's day,
And could not talk their fill.
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