George Wharton Edwards Never Poems

• 1. 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.
  ...
• 2. 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?"
  ...
• 3. 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
  ...
• 4. 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.
  ...
• 5. Flodden Field
  King Jamie hath made a vow,
  Keepe it well if he may:
  That he will be at lovely London
  Upon Saint James his day.
  ...
• 6. The Battle Of Otterburn
  THE FIRST FYTTE
  
  
  It fell about the Lammas tide,
  ...
• 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. 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.
  ...
• 9. 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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