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" Two goggling eyen like fire farden, A mouthe from eare to eare. Before him came a dwarffe full lowe, That waited on his knee, And at his backe five heads he bare, All wan and pale of blee. Sir... "
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs ... - Page 54
by Thomas Percy - 1794
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Scottish Historical and Romantic Ballads: Chiefly Ancient, Volume 1

John Finlay - Ballads, Scots - 1808 - 238 pages
...fire farden §, A mouth from eare to eare. * Prestlye, quickly. -f- Lere, flesh. § Farden, flashed. Before him came a dwarffe full lowe, That waited on his knee ; And, at his back, five heads be bare, All wan and pale of blee *. " Sir," quoth the dwarffe, -and loutcd lowe,...
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Scottish Historical and Romantic Ballads: Chiefly Ancient, Volume 1

John Finlay - Ballads, Scots - 1808 - 234 pages
...Before him came a dwarfle full lowe, That waited on his knee ; And, at his back, five heads he bare, All wan and pale of blee*. " Sir," quoth the dwarffe, and louted lowe, " Behold that hend-f- Soldain ! " Behold these heads I bear with me ! " They are kings which he hath slain. " The...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...and lere ; Two goggling eyen like fire farden, A mouthe from eare to eare. Before him came a dwarflfe full lowe, That waited on his knee ; And at his backe five heads he bare, All wan and pale of hlee. Sir, quoth the dwarffe, and touted lowr, Behold that hend soldain ! Behold...
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Minstrelsy: ancient and modern, with an historical intr. and notes, by W ...

Minstrelsy - 1827 - 566 pages
...giant, stiffe and starke, All foule of limbe and lere, Two gogling eyen, like fire farden, A mouth from eare to eare. Before him came a dwarffe full...waited on his knee ; And at his backe, five heads he bore, All wan and pale of blee. 2I "Sir," quoth the dwarffe, and louted lowe, " Behold that hend22...
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Minstrelsy: Ancient and Modern: With an Historical Introduction and Notes

William Motherwell - Ballads - 1827 - 566 pages
...hugye giant stiffe and starke, All foule of limbe and lere, Two gogling eyen, like fire farden, A mouth from eare to eare. Before him came a dwarffe full...waited on his knee ; And at his backe, five heads he bore, All wan and pale of blee M. " Sir," quoth the dwarffe, and louted lowe, " Behold that hend *...
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The Art of Needle-work, from the Earliest Ages: Including Some Notices of ...

Elizabeth Stone, Mary Margaret Stanley Egerton Countess of Wilton - Embroidery - 1841 - 424 pages
...A hugye giaunt stifle and starke, All foule of limbe and lere ; Two goggling eyen like fire farden, A mouthe from eare to eare. Before him came a dwarffe full lowe, That wailed on his knee." — SIR CAULINE. Behind her farre away a dwarfe did lag That lasie seem'd, in...
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Selections from the Early Ballad Poetry of England and Scotland

Richard John King - Ballads, English - 1842 - 352 pages
...giaunt stiffe and starke, All foule of limbe and lere;2 Two goggling eyen like fire farden3 A mouth from eare to eare. Before him came a dwarffe full...waited on his knee And at his backe five heads he bare, All wan and pale of blee.4 Sir, quoth the dwarffe, and louted lowe, Behold that hend6 Soldan! Behold...
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The Book of British Ballads

Samuel Carter Hall - Ballads, English - 1844 - 178 pages
...see. A hugye giaunt stifle and starke, All foul of limb and lere ; Two goggling eyen like fire farden, A mouthe from eare to eare. Before him came a dwarffe full lowe, That waited on his knee ; And at his back five heads he bare, All wan and pale of blee. ' Sir,' quoth the dwarffe, and Jouted lowe, ' Behold...
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Ballads and Metrical Tales

Ballads, English - 1845 - 258 pages
...and lere ; Two goggling eyen like fire farden, A mouthe from eare to eare. Before him came a dwarife full lowe, That waited on his knee, And at his backe five heads he bare, All wan and pale of blee. " Sir," quoth the dwarffe, and louted lowe, " Behold that hend Soldain !...
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Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern: With an Historical Introduction ..., Volume 1

William Motherwell - Ballads - 1846 - 300 pages
...is taken, it is nothing else than a contraction for presentlye. And at his backe five heads he bare, All wan and pale of blee.* " Sir," quoth the dwarffe, and louted lowe, Behold that hend t Soldain ! Behold these heads I beare with me ! They are kings which he hath slain. " The Eldridge...
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