ONE FLOWER. WHEN autumn suns are soft, and sea winds moan, And golden fruits make sweet the golden air, In gardens where the apple blossoms were, In t...
TWILIGHT ON TWEED. THREE crests against the saffron sky, Beyond the purple plain, The dear remembered melody Of Tweed once more again. Wan water from ...
THE TELL-TALES. ALL in the mirk midnight when I was beside you, Who has seen, who has heard, what was said, what was done？ 'Twas the night and the...
GREEK FOLK SONGS.IANNOULA. ALL the maidens were merry and wed All to lovers so fair to see； The lover I took to my bridal bed He is not long for love ...
THE SUDDEN BRIDAL. IT was a maid lay sick of love, All for a leman fair； And it was three of her bower-maidens That came to comfort her. The first she...
THE BRIGAND'S GRAVE. THE moon came up above the hill, The sun went down the sea； Go, maids, and fetch the well-water, But, lad, come here to me. G...
LOST FOR A ROSE'S SAKE. I LAVED my hands, BY the water side； With the willow leaves My hands I dried. The nightingale sung On the bough of the tre...
A LADY OF HIGH DEGREE. WILL ye that I should sing Of the love of a goodly thing, Was no vilein's may？ 'Tis sung of a knight so free, Under the...
THE MILK WHITE DOE. IT was a mother and a maid That walked the woods among, And still the maid went slow and sad, And still the mother sung. 'What...
LE PERE SEVERE. KING LOUIS' DAUGHTER. KING Louis on his bridge is he, He holds his daughter on his knee. She asks a husband at his hand That is no...