 | William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 892 ページ
...the false mermaid.' RESTORATION VERSE igi. The Wife of Usher's Well "INHERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, •*• And a wealthy wife was she; She had...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,... | |
 | Kate Gordon - 1909 - 330 ページ
...In the magger of doughty Douglas, And all that ever with him be, etc. 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, etc. The modern reader is captivated by the directness and simplicity with which the old ballad begins,... | |
 | Rose Adelaide Witham, William Allan Neilson - 1909 - 240 ページ
...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... | |
 | William Allan Neilson - 1909 - 244 ページ
...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,... | |
 | Andrew Lang - 1910 - 284 ページ
...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,... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer, Alice Ebba Andrews - 1910 - 778 ページ
...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,... | |
 | William Macneile Dixon - 1910 - 972 ページ
...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... | |
 | 1910 - 506 ページ
...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,... | |
 | 1910 - 492 ページ
...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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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. 
