[THE SALT BLUE SEAS]
The Stormy Winds Do Blow[2]
Sir Patrick Spens[3]
The Dæmon Lover[7]
The MermaidDr. John Leyden[10]
[A-HARROWING O’ THE BORDER]
The Galloway Raid[20]
The More Modern Ballad of Chevy-Chase[21]
The Ballad of Meikle-Mouthed Meg[32]
Belted WillFrederick Sheldon[47]
[BRAVE HEARTS AND PROUD]
Earl Haldan’s DaughterCharles Kingsley[58]
Lady ClareAlfred, Lord Tennyson[59]
Proud Lady Margaret[62]
The Famous Flower of Serving-Men[65]
Cochrane’s Bonny Grizzy[70]
The Greeting of KynastCharles T. Brooks, from Rückert[74]
[LAYS O’ FAËRIE]
The Fairy TempterSamuel Lover[80]
Alice BrandSir Walter Scott[81]
The Erl-KingSir Walter Scott, from Goethe[86]
The Fairy ThornSamuel Ferguson[87]
La Belle Dame sans MerciJohn Keats[91]
Thomas the Rhymer[93]
The Kelpie of CorrievreckanCharles Mackay[97]
KilmenyThe Ettrick Shepherd[101]
[LAYS O’ WONDER]
The Wee Wee Man[114]
The Earl of Mar’s Daughter[115]
Kemp Owyne[122]
The Lady of ShalottAlfred, Lord Tennyson[124]
The Singing LeavesJames Russell Lowell[131]
The Luck of EdenhallHenry Wadsworth Longfellow, from Uhland[135]
May of the Moril GlenThe Ettrick Shepherd[138]
The Laidley Worm o’ Spindleston-Heughs[148]
[MERRY GESTES]
A Tragic StoryWilliam Makepeace Thackeray, from Chamisso[158]
Little BilleeWilliam Makepeace Thackeray[159]
Brian o’Linn[160]
Dicky of Ballyman[162]
The Ballad of the OystermanOliver Wendell Holmes[164]
The Cinder KingModern, anon.[167]
The Frolicksome Duke; or, the Tinker’s Good Fortune[169]
King James the First and the Tinkler[173]
King Alfred and the Shepherd[176]
[SAD GESTES]
The Sands of DeeCharles Kingsley[190]
Fair Anny of Roch-royal[191]
The Cruel Sister[196]
Barbara Allen’s Cruelty[201]
Song: Earl March Looked on his Dying ChildThomas Campbell[203]
Lord Lovel[204]
[PRETTY MAYS AND KNIGHTS SO BOLD]
The Noble Riddle[208]
Blancheflour and Jellyflorice[209]
GlenaraThomas Campbell[212]
The Beggar-MaidAlfred, Lord Tennyson[214]
LochinvarSir Waller Scott[215]
The Gay Goss-Hawk[218]
Bonny Baby Livingston[224]
Hynd Horn[231]
Young Beichan and Susie Pye[237]
The Child of Elle[244]
[FOR HALLOWEEN AND MIDSUMMER EVE]
The SpellJohn Gay[254]
The Young Tamlane[255]
The Wife of Usher’s Well[263]
Sir Roland[265]
The Skeleton in ArmourH. W. Longfellow[270]
Sweet William’s Ghost[276]
The Eve of St. JohnSir Walter Scott[279]
[ALL UNDER THE GREENWOOD TREE]
The Birth o’ Robin Hood[290]
Robin Hood and Little John[291]
Robin Hood and Clorinda[297]
Song of the Outlaw Murray[301]
Valentine and Ursine[314]
[O’ PILGRIMAGE AND SOULS SO STRONG]
The PilgrimJohn Bunyan[332]
The Heart of the BruceWilliam Edmondstoune Aytoun[333]
Barclay of UryJohn Greenleaf Whittier[341]
The TouchstoneWilliam Allingham[347]
Sir GalahadAlfred, Lord Tennyson[348]
PilgrimageSir Walter Raleigh[351]
The Royal CourtModern, anon.[353]
True ValourJohn Bunyan[355]
PeaceGeorge Herbert[356]
The Three KingsHenry Wadsworth Longfellow[357]
[APPENDIX]
Suggestions for Teachers[363]
Programme for a Year of Ballad-Reading and Study[366]
Glossary[373]
Subject Index[385]
Index of First Lines[390]
Index of Titles and Authors[392]

ILLUSTRATIONS

The lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, and gurly grew the sea[Frontispiece]
“I fear not sign,” quoth the grisly elf, “that is made with bloody hands”[84]
He turned him round; but still it hung behind him[158]
But springing up, he raised his club, and aimed a dreadful blow[318]

THE SALT BLUE SEAS

THE STORMY WINDS DO BLOW