LAYS AND LEGENDS
OF THE
ENGLISH LAKE COUNTRY.


Lays and Legends
OF THE
English Lake Country.

WITH COPIOUS NOTES.

BY
JOHN PAGEN WHITE, F.R.C.S.

"In early date,
When I was beardless, young, and blate,
E'en then a wish, I mind its power,
A wish that to my latest hour
Shall strongly heave my breast;
That I for poor auld Cumbria's sake,
Some usefu' plan or beuk could make,
Or sing a sang at least."

LONDON: JOHN RUSSELL SMITH.
CARLISLE: G. & T. COWARD.
MDCCCLXXIII.