Folklore in American LiteratureJohn Theodore Flanagan, Arthur Palmer Hudson Illustrates by representative selections of prose and poetry the artistic use of folklore by American authors. |
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Page 149
... sings . ) Baron von Rabentod arose ; ( The golden sun was rising ) Before him flew a flock of crows : Sing heigh ! Sing heigh ! Sing heigh ! Sing- Ill speed , ill speed thee , baron - wight ; Ill speed thy palfrey pawing ! Blithe is the ...
... sings . ) Baron von Rabentod arose ; ( The golden sun was rising ) Before him flew a flock of crows : Sing heigh ! Sing heigh ! Sing heigh ! Sing- Ill speed , ill speed thee , baron - wight ; Ill speed thy palfrey pawing ! Blithe is the ...
Page 384
... sing and every one who could not , sang , or tried to sing , at the top of their voices : - The needle's eye , that doth soffy the thread that runs so treue , It has caught many a smiling lass and naow it has caught yeou ! or with a ...
... sing and every one who could not , sang , or tried to sing , at the top of their voices : - The needle's eye , that doth soffy the thread that runs so treue , It has caught many a smiling lass and naow it has caught yeou ! or with a ...
Page 462
... singing his as he measures his plank or beam , The mason singing his as he makes ready for work , or leaves off work , The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat , the deckhand sing- ing on the steamboat deck , The shoemaker ...
... singing his as he measures his plank or beam , The mason singing his as he makes ready for work , or leaves off work , The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat , the deckhand sing- ing on the steamboat deck , The shoemaker ...
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Washington Irving The Devil and Tom Walker | 25 |
Harriet Beecher Stowe The Ghost in the Mill | 57 |
Washington Irving The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 64 0 | 83 |
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