Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth / Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series
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‘It forms an excellent introduction to a sadly neglected source of poetry.... We ... hope that it will receive ample encouragement.’ — Athenæum .
‘It will certainly, if carried out as it is begun, constitute a boon to the lover of poetry.... We shall look with anxiety for the following volumes of what will surely be the best popular edition in existence.’ — Notes and Queries .
‘There can be nothing but praise for the selection, editing, and notes, which are all excellent and adequate. It is, in fine, a valuable volume of what bids fair to be a very valuable series.’ — Academy .
‘The most serviceable edition of the ballads yet published in England.’ — Manchester Guardian .
‘Gar print me ballants weel, she said,
Gar print me ballants many.’
‘What man of taste and feeling can endure rifacimenti , harmonies, abridgments, expurgated editions?’ —Macaulay.
Frank Sidgwick
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THOMAS RYMER
THOMAS RYMER
THE QUEEN OF ELFAN’S NOURICE
THE QUEEN OF ELFAN’S NOURICE
ALLISON GROSS
ALLISON GROSS
THE LAILY WORM AND THE MACHREL OF THE SEA
THE LAILY WORM AND THE MACHREL OF THE SEA
KEMP OWYNE
KEMP OWYNE
WILLIE’S LADY
WILLIE’S LADY
THE WEE WEE MAN
THE WEE WEE MAN
COSPATRICK
COSPATRICK
YOUNG AKIN
YOUNG AKIN
THE UNQUIET GRAVE
THE UNQUIET GRAVE
CLERK COLVEN
CLERK COLVEN
TAM LIN
TAM LIN
THE GREAT SILKIE OF SULE SKERRIE
THE GREAT SILKIE OF SULE SKERRIE
CLERK SANDERS
CLERK SANDERS
YOUNG HUNTING
YOUNG HUNTING
YOUNG BENJIE
YOUNG BENJIE
THE LYKE-WAKE DIRGE
THE LYKE-WAKE DIRGE
THE BONNY EARL OF MURRAY
THE BONNY EARL OF MURRAY
BONNIE GEORGE CAMPBELL
BONNIE GEORGE CAMPBELL
THE LAMENT OF THE BORDER WIDOW
THE LAMENT OF THE BORDER WIDOW
FAIR HELEN OF KIRCONNELL
FAIR HELEN OF KIRCONNELL
SIR HUGH, OR THE JEW’S DAUGHTER
SIR HUGH, OR THE JEW’S DAUGHTER
THE DÆMON LOVER
THE DÆMON LOVER
THE BROOMFIELD HILL
THE BROOMFIELD HILL
WILLIE’S FATAL VISIT
WILLIE’S FATAL VISIT
ADAM
ADAM
SAINT STEPHEN AND KING HEROD
SAINT STEPHEN AND KING HEROD
THE CHERRY-TREE CAROL
THE CHERRY-TREE CAROL
THE CARNAL AND THE CRANE
THE CARNAL AND THE CRANE
DIVES AND LAZARUS
DIVES AND LAZARUS
BROWN ROBYN’S CONFESSION
BROWN ROBYN’S CONFESSION
JUDAS
THE MAID AND THE PALMER
THE MAID AND THE PALMER
LADY ISABEL AND THE ELF-KNIGHT
LADY ISABEL AND THE ELF-KNIGHT
A NOBLE RIDDLE WISELY EXPOUNDED
A NOBLE RIDDLE WISELY EXPOUNDED
CAPTAIN WEDDERBURN
CAPTAIN WEDDERBURN
THE ELPHIN KNIGHT
THE ELPHIN KNIGHT
KING JOHN AND THE ABBOT
THE FAUSE KNIGHT UPON THE ROAD
THE FAUSE KNIGHT UPON THE ROAD
THE LORD OF LEARNE
THE LORD OF LEARNE
THE BAILIFF’S DAUGHTER OF ISLINGTON
THE BAILIFF’S DAUGHTER OF ISLINGTON
GLENLOGIE
GLENLOGIE
KING ORFEO
KING ORFEO
THE BAFFLED KNIGHT
THE BAFFLED KNIGHT
OUR GOODMAN
OUR GOODMAN
THE FRIAR IN THE WELL
THE FRIAR IN THE WELL
THE KNIGHT AND THE SHEPHERD’S DAUGHTER
THE KNIGHT AND THE SHEPHERD’S DAUGHTER
GET UP AND BAR THE DOOR
GET UP AND BAR THE DOOR
INDEX OF TITLES
INDEX OF FIRST LINES