 | George Stillman Hillard - 1861 - 562 páginas
...him ; and his last years were passed in ignorance al ike of bil books and his friends.] 17 « 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... | |
 | William Winwood Reade - 1861 - 276 páginas
...property which is humorously explained in the following verses : — THE WELL OF ST. KEYNE. A well there is in the west country, And a clearer one never...Keyne. An oak and an elm tree stand beside, And behind doth an ash tree grow, And a willow from the bank above Droops to the water below. A traveller came... | |
 | 1863 - 788 páginas
...CORNISH COAST. No. V. "A well there U In the west country, And a clearer well never was seen ; There i> not a wife in the west country But has heard of the...well of St. Keyne. " An oak and an elm tree stand behind, And beside does an ash-tree grow ; And a willow from the tank above Droop« to the water below."... | |
 | Robert Hunt - 1865 - 328 páginas
...in 1791." t * Appendix D. t Parochial History, vol. iii. p. 423. 2o SEKIES. C HOLY WELLS. " A well there is in the west country, And a clearer one never was seen." EGBERT SOUTHET. SUPERSTITIONS OF THE WELLS. WELL-WORSHIP. " One meek cell, Built by the fathers o'er... | |
 | Book - 1865 - 308 páginas
...overtakes us now shall elaim thee for his pains ! -rtA WELL there is in the west country. And a elearer one never was seen ; There is not a wife in the west eountry, Bat has heard of the Well of St. Keyne. An oak and an elm-tree stand beside, And behind doth... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 páginas
...dead ; anon My place with them will be, And I with them shall travel on THE WELL OF ST. KEYNE. A WELL there is in the west country, And a clearer one never...has heard of the well of St. Keyne. An oak and an elm-tree stand beside, And behind does an ash-tree grow ; And a willow from the bank above Droops to... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1866 - 450 páginas
...bride, But now I is a vidder." THE WELL OF ST. KEYNE. BOBEHT SOUIHEY.] [Tune — " The Poacher." A WELL there is in the west country, And a clearer one never was peen ; There iij not a wife in the west country But has heard of the well of St. Keyne. An oak and... | |
 | 1867 - 530 páginas
...is and how to guard her well. Echo. . Guard her well THE WELL OF ST. KEYNE. ROBERT SOUTHEY. A WELL there is in the west country, And a clearer one never...has heard of the well of St. Keyne. An oak and an elm-tree stand beside, And behind doth an ash-tree grow, And a willow from the bank above Droops to... | |
 | English poetry - 1867 - 336 páginas
...all her sorrow, all her tears, An over-payment of delight ? SOUTHEY. THE WELL OF ST. KEYNE. A WELL there is in the west country, And a clearer one never...has heard of the Well of St. Keyne. An oak and an elm-tree stand beside, 5 And behind doth an ash-tree grow, And a willow from the bank above Droops... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1867 - 758 páginas
...laid upon this well the spell described in this ballad. * AN ; an obsolete word, meaning if. 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... | |
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But has heard of the Well of St. Keyne. An 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 Well of St. Keyne... 
