Issued in bright green paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges, and with the title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 8½ × 6⅞ inches.

Thirty Copies only were printed.

The Frontispiece is a reduced facsimile of the first page of the original Manuscript of Ramund.

Contents.

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The Fountain of Maribo, Or The Queen and the Algreve. [The Algreve he his bugle wound] Of The Fountain of Maribo there are two Manuscripts available, one written in 1829 and the other in 1854. The text of these differs appreciably, that of the second being as usual the superior. Here are some stanzas from each version: 1829 The Algreve he his bugle wound,
The longest night.
The Queen in her bower heard the sound
Love me doth thrall. The Queen her little foot boy address’d:
The longest night.
“Go, come to me hither the Algreve request.”
Love me doth thrall. In came the Algrave, ’fore the board stood he:
“What wilt thou my Queen that thou’st sent for me?” “If I survive when my lord is dead,
Thou shall rule o’er my gold so red.” 1854 The Algreve he his bugle wound
The long night all—
The Queen in bower heard the sound,
I’m passion’s thrall. The Queen her little page address’d,
The long night all—
“To come to me the Greve request,”
I’m passion’s thrall. He came, before the board stood he,
The long night all—
“Wherefore, O Queen, hast sent for me?”
I’m passion’s thrall, “As soon as e’er my lord is dead,
The long night all—
Thou shall rule o’er my gold so red,”
I’m passion’s thrall. 		7
Ramund. [Ramund thought he should a better man be] A reduced facsimile of the first page of the manuscript of Ramund faces the present page. 13
Alf of Odderskier. [Alf he dwells at Odderskier] 22

1829

The Algreve he his bugle wound,
The longest night.
The Queen in her bower heard the sound
Love me doth thrall.

The Queen her little foot boy address’d:
The longest night.
“Go, come to me hither the Algreve request.”
Love me doth thrall.

In came the Algrave, ’fore the board stood he:
“What wilt thou my Queen that thou’st sent for me?”

“If I survive when my lord is dead,
Thou shall rule o’er my gold so red.”

1854

The Algreve he his bugle wound
The long night all—
The Queen in bower heard the sound,
I’m passion’s thrall.

The Queen her little page address’d,
The long night all—
“To come to me the Greve request,”
I’m passion’s thrall.

He came, before the board stood he,
The long night all—
“Wherefore, O Queen, hast sent for me?”
I’m passion’s thrall,

“As soon as e’er my lord is dead,
The long night all—
Thou shall rule o’er my gold so red,”
I’m passion’s thrall.

There is a copy of The Fountain of Maribo and Other Ballads in the Library of the British Museum. The Press-mark is C. 44. d. 38.

(47) [Queen Berngerd: 1913]

Queen Berngerd / The Bard and the Dreams / and / Other Ballads / By / George Borrow / London: / Printed for Private Circulation / 1913.