 | Arthur Milman - 1871 - 300 pàgines
...sword, And to the field he ran : But he forgot his helmet good, That should have kept his brain. 80 When Percy wi' the Douglas met, I wat he was fu' fain....down like rain. But Percy with his good broad sword, 85 That could so sharply wound, Has wounded Douglas on the brow, Till he fell to the ground. Then he... | |
 | Robert Copland - 1871 - 356 pàgines
...ether of other was fayne ; They schapped together, whyll that the swette, With swords of fyne collayne. When Percy wi' the Douglas met, I wat he was fu' fain...sair they swat, And the blood ran down like rain. But it may be one of the genuine repetitions that the old ballad writers often indulged in. The oldest... | |
 | Arthur Milman - 1871 - 296 pàgines
...sword, And to the field he ran : But he forgot his helmet good, That should have kept his brain. 80 When Percy wi' the Douglas met, I wat he was fu' fain. They swakked their swords till sair they swat, But Percy with his good broad sword, 85 That could so sharply wound, Has wounded Douglas on the brow,... | |
 | 1871 - 692 pàgines
...shou'd have kept his brain. 21 When Percy with the Douglas met, I wat he was full fain ! They swakk'd their swords, till sair they swat, And the blood ran down like rain.f • FroUsart 'Inscribes a Scottish host, of the some period, as consisting of " llll X. men... | |
 | Thomas Wright - 1873 - 782 pàgines
...death. This is changed into a dream in the Scottish ballad, which describes his death as follows : — When Percy wi' the Douglas met, I wat he was fu' fain...his good broad sword, That could so sharply wound, Has wounded Douglas on the brow, Till he fell to the ground for their prisoners, who by degrees returned... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1873 - 314 pàgines
...brain. When Percy with the Douglas met, I wot he was full fain ! l They swakked their swords till sore they swat, And the blood ran down like rain. But Percy, with his good broad-sword, That could so sharply wound, Has wounded Douglas on the brow, Till he fell to the ground.... | |
 | 1873 - 838 pàgines
...I•,. .,• He belted on his guid broid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That should have kept his brain. When Percy wi' the Douglas met, I wut he was fu' fain ! They swakked their swords, till sair they swat And the blood ran down like rain.1... | |
 | John Clark Murray - 1874 - 234 pàgines
...for example, the account of the combat between Percy and Douglas in The Battle of Otterbourne : — " When Percy wi' the Douglas met, I wat he was fu' fain...sair they swat, And the blood ran down like rain." : The passionate ardour of the combatants, the din, the bloodshed of a mortal duel could not well be... | |
 | Alexander Whitelaw - 1875 - 620 pàgines
...Percy w|- the Douglas met, I wat he woa fu' fiun ! They «wakked iheireworde, till «ntr they »wat, And the blood ran down like rain. But Percy with his good broad iword. That could »o tharply wound, Наз wounded Doughu on the brow, ТШ he fell to the ground.... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 304 pàgines
...that man was I." He belted on his guid braid sword, And to the field he ran; But he forgot the helmet good, That should have kept his brain. When Percy...his good broad sword, That could so sharply wound, Has wounded Douglas on the brow, Till he fell to the ground. This deed was done at the Otterbournc,... | |
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When Percy wi the Douglas met, I wat he was fu fain; They swakked their swords, till sair they swat, And the blood ran down like rain. But Percy with his good... 
