| Anna Maria Hall - 1845 - 854 páginas
...their present desolation and decay, gj • Rev. W. Gilpin. THE WELL OF ST. KEYNE $be awn t L ! A WELL there is in the west country And a clearer one never was scon There is not a wife in the west country A traveller came to the well of St. Keyne, ; J Joyfully... | |
| William Sandys - 1846 - 154 páginas
...attaines, First of this sacred streame to drinke, Thereby the mastry gaines. THE WELL OF ST. KEYNE. A WELL there is in the west country, And a clearer one never...behind does an ash tree grow, And a willow from the banks above, Droops to the waters below. A traveller came to the well of St. Keyne, Pleasant it was... | |
| People's and Howitt's journal - 938 páginas
...published many years ago ; it is so good as to bear repetition : — A well there is in the west countrie. And a clearer one never was seen, There is not a wife in the \vegt countrie, But hat heard of the well of St. Kcyne. An oak and an elm tree stand beside, And behind... | |
| John Wallis - 1847 - 488 páginas
...present proprietor. Near the church is St. Keyne's Well, long celebrated in legendary tales:— " A well there is in the west country ; And a clearer one never...country, But has heard of the well of St. Keyne." See D. Gilbert, p. 294, vol. 2. The trees on the well were blown down in the great storm of the 26th... | |
| John Wallis - 1847 - 492 páginas
...proprietor. Near the church is St. Keyne's Well, long celebrated in legendary tales : — " A well there is in the west country ; And a clearer one never...country, But has heard of the well of St. Keyne." See D. Gilbert, p. 294, vol. 2. The trees on the well were blown down in the great storm of the 26th... | |
| William Penaluna - 1848 - 370 páginas
...pleasing poetical tale, founded on the well of St. Keyne : the following is a quotation : — "A well there is in the west country And a clearer one never...west country. But has heard of the well of St. Keyne. If the husband of this gifted well Shall drink heforc his wife, A happy man thenceforth is he, For... | |
| Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 páginas
...than the affair be blunder'd, We'll give you six score to the hundred. THE WELL OF ST. KEYNE. A WELL, there is in the west country, And a clearer one never...well of St. Keyne, Joyfully he drew nigh; For from cock-crow he had been travelling, ANON. He drank of the water so cool and clear, For hot and thirsty... | |
| Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 páginas
...may our frame consume, The immortal spirit in the skies may bloom. XI THE WELL OF ST. KEYNE. A WELL there is in the west country, And a clearer one never...oak and an elm tree stand beside, And behind does an ash-tree grow ; And a willow from the bank above, Droops to the water below. A traveller came to the... | |
| William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 páginas
...was + popularly believed, that she laid upon this well the s;iell described in this ballad. 1. A WELL there is in the West Country, And a clearer one never...West Country, But has heard of the well of St. Keyne. 2. An oak and an elm tree stand beside, And behind does an ash tree grow, And a willow from the bank... | |
| Robert Southey - 1854 - 184 páginas
...whether husband or wife come first to drink thereof, they get the mastery thereby." — Fuller. A WELL there is in the west country, And a clearer one never...Well of St. Keyne ; Joyfully he drew nigh, For from cock-crow he had been travelling, And there was not a cloud in the sky. He drank of the water so cool... | |
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