ISBN: 9781332341900

Paperback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Popular Ballads of the Olden Time: Selected and Edited by Frank Sidgwick, Second Series, Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth … Altro …

Paperback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Popular Ballads of the Olden Time: Selected and Edited by Frank Sidgwick, Second Series, Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth But the exception referred to above, The Unquiet Grave, is true English, and yet lyrical, Singing itself, like a genuine ballad, to a tune as one reads. The complete superstition hinted at in this ballad Should perhaps be stated more fully. It is obvious that excessive mourning is fatal to the peace of the dead; but it is also to be noticed that it is almost equally fatal to the mourner. The mourner in The Unquiet Grave is refused the kiss demanded, as it will be fatal. Clerk Sanders, on the other hand, has lost - if ever it possessed - any trace of this doctrine. For Margret does not die; though she would have died had she kissed him, we notice, and the kiss was demanded by her and refused by him and Clerk Sanders is only disturbed in his grave because he has not got back his troth-plight. The method of giving this back - the stroking of a wand - we have had before in The Brown Girl (first Series, pp. 60-62, st. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.<

ISBN: 9781332341900

Paperback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Popular Ballads of the Olden Time: Selected and Edited by Frank Sidgwick, Second Series, Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth … Altro …

Paperback, [PU: Forgotten Books], Excerpt from Popular Ballads of the Olden Time: Selected and Edited by Frank Sidgwick, Second Series, Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth The issue Of this second volume of Popular Ballads of the Olden T ime has been delayed chiefly by the care given to the texts, in most instances the whole requiring to be copied by hand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.<

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2015, ISBN: 133234190X

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