Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, Volume 1 (of 3) Consisting of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs and Other Pieces of Our Earlier Poets Together With Some Few of Later Date
Percy
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"The minstrels seem to have been the genuine successors of the ancient bards, who united the arts of poetry and music, and sung verses to the harp of their own composing."
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- Book I.Sample
- I. THE ANCIENT BALLAD OF CHEVY CHASE.
- THE FIRST FIT.[86]
- THE SECOND FIT.
- FOOTNOTES:
- II. THE BATTLE OF OTTERBOURNE.
- THE ANCIENT BALLAD OF CHEVY CHASE.
- IN THE BATTLE OF OTTERBOURNE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- III. THE JEW'S DAUGHTER,
- FOOTNOTES:
- IV. SIR CAULINE.
- THE FIRST PART.
- PART THE SECOND.
- FOOTNOTES:
- V. EDWARD, EDWARD.
- FOOTNOTES:
- VI. KING ESTMERE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- VII. SIR PATRICK SPENCE,
- FOOTNOTES:
- VIII. ROBIN HOOD AND GUY OF GISBORNE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- IX. AN ELEGY ON HENRY FOURTH EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND.
- SKELTON LAUREAT UPON THE DOLORUS DETHE AND MUCH LAMENTABLE CHAUNCE OF THE MOOST HONORABLE ERLE OF NORTHUMBERLANDE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- X. THE TOWER OF DOCTRINE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- XI. THE CHILD OF ELLE,
- XII. EDOM O' GORDON,
- FOOTNOTES:
- Book II. BALLADS THAT ILLUSTRATE SHAKESPEARE
- I. ADAM BELL, CLYM OF THE CLOUGH, AND WILLIAM OF CLOUDESLEY,
- PART THE FIRST.
- PART THE SECOND.
- PART THE THIRD.
- FOOTNOTES:
- II. THE AGED LOVER RENOUNCETH LOVE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- III. JEPHTHAH JUDGE OF ISRAEL.
- IV. A ROBYN JOLLY ROBYN.
- V. A SONG TO THE LUTE IN MUSICKE.
- VI. KING COPHETUA AND THE BEGGAR-MAID
- FOOTNOTES:
- VII. TAKE THY OLD CLOAK ABOUT THEE,
- FOOTNOTES:
- VIII. WILLOW, WILLOW, WILLOW.
- Part the Second.
- IX. SIR LANCELOT DU LAKE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- X. CORYDON'S FAREWELL TO PHILLIS,
- XI. GERNUTUS THE JEW OF VENICE.
- The First Part.
- The Second Part.
- FOOTNOTES:
- XII. THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE.
- The Nymph's Reply.
- FOOTNOTES:
- XIII. TITUS ANDRONICUS'S COMPLAINT.
- FOOTNOTES:
- XIV. TAKE THOSE LIPS AWAY.
- FOOTNOTES:
- XV. KING LEIR AND HIS THREE DAUGHTERS.
- XVI. YOUTH AND AGE,
- XVII. THE FROLICKSOME DUKE, OR THE TINKER'S GOOD FORTUNE.
- XVIII. THE FRIAR OF ORDERS GRAY.
- FOOTNOTES:
- I. THE MORE MODERN BALLAD OF CHEVY CHACE.
- FOOTNOTES:
- II. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST.
- III. THE RISING IN THE NORTH.
- FOOTNOTES:
- IV. NORTHUMBERLAND BETRAYED BY DOUGLAS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- V. MY MIND TO ME A KINGDOM IS.
- VI. THE PATIENT COUNTESS.
- FOOTNOTES:
- VII DOWSABELL.
- FOOTNOTES:
- VIII. THE FAREWELL TO LOVE.
- IX. ULYSSES AND THE SYREN,
- X. CUPID'S PASTIME.
- XI. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE.
- XII. GILDEROY
- XIII. WINIFREDA.
- XIV. THE WITCH OF WOKEY
- XV. BRYAN AND PEREENE,
- XVI. GENTLE RIVER, GENTLE RIVER,
- FOOTNOTES:
- XVII. ALCANZOR AND ZAYDA,
- AN ESSAY ON THE ANCIENT MINSTRELS IN ENGLAND.
- FOOTNOTES:
- NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING ESSAY.
- FOOTNOTES:
- ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH STAGE, &c.
- FOOTNOTES:
- INDEX OF BALLADS AND POEMS IN THE FIRST VOLUME.