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."