 | Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1896 - 136 pages
...old ballad metre was iambic in the main. It I u ' ^ t <*> l » " The Perc'y out' of Jforthum'berland' And a vow' to God' made he', That he' would hunt' in the mountains' Of Chev'iot within' days three', In the maug're of dough'ty Douglas And all' that with' him be. The old... | |
 | Edward Arber - English poetry - 1901 - 340 pages
...48 in the Bodleian Library, which manuscript was written about 1558. [THE FIRST FIT, OR FyTTE.•] THE PERCY, out of Northumberland, and a vow to GOD made he, That he would hunt in the mountains of Cheviot within days three. In the maugre of doughty DOUGLAS and all that ever with him be, The fattest... | |
 | Eva March Tappan - History - 1901 - 418 pages
...ballads were afterwards written about these skirmishes. The best one is "Chevy Chase," which begins: — "The Percy out of Northumberland And a vow to God made he, That he would hunt in the mountains Of Cheviot within days .three, In the maugre of doughty Douglas And all that ever with him be." The Percies... | |
 | Eva March Tappan - Great Britain - 1901 - 420 pages
...afterwards written about these skirmishes. The Ol1evy best one is "Chevy Chase," which begins: — 0h*M"The Percy out of Northumberland And a vow to God made he, That he would hunt in the mountains Of Cheviot within days three, In the maugre of doughty Douglas And all that ever with him be." The Percies... | |
 | Chautauquas - 1902 - 668 pages
...Sidney thrilled. This version is the original one as it appears in the " Reliques " of Bishop Percy. The Percy out of Northumberland, And a vow to God made he, That he would hunt in the mountains At Cheviot within days three. In maugre ' of doughty Douglas, And all that ever with him be. The fattest... | |
 | John N. Crawford - Authors, English - 1903 - 432 pages
...complete in meter and sense as to attract universal attention. The following is the opening stanza : The Percy out of Northumberland, And a vow to God made he That he would hunt in the mountains Of Cheviot within days three, In the maugre of the doughty Douglas, And all that with him be. Which was... | |
 | Joseph Bickersteth Mayor - English language - 1903 - 190 pages
...This is probably the case to some extent with regard to the tumbling metre or ballad metre, as in 1 The Per|cy out | of Northumberland, And a vow | to...made he, That he | would hunt | in the mountains Of Chev|iot within | days three In the mau|gre of 1 doughte | Douglas And all | that ever with \ him be.... | |
 | Harold Edgeworth Butler - English poetry - 1903 - 248 pages
...Percy led captive away. Anonymous. 1 " Swapped "=struck. THE HUNTING OF THE CHEVIOT THE FIRST FYTTE. The Percy out of Northumberland, And a vow to God made he, That he would hunt in the mountains Of Cheviot within days three, In the maugre of doughty Douglas, And all that with him be. The fattest... | |
 | Joseph Bickersteth Mayor - English language - 1903 - 188 pages
...This is probably the case to some extent with regard to the tumbling metre or ballad metre, as in' The Per|cy out of Northumberland, And a vow | to God | made he, That he | would hunt in the mount (ains Of Chev|iot within | days three 1 As there is no uniformity in the printed spelling I have... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - American poetry - 1905 - 352 pages
...Christentie." Scott. Minst. Scot. Bord. CHEVY CHASE THE FIRST FIT THE Percy out of Northumberland, An avow to God made he, That he would hunt in the mountains Of Cheviot within days three, In the maugre of doughty Douglas, I And all that ever with him be. The fattest... | |
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Percy out of Northumberland, And a vow to God made he, That he would hunt in the mountains Of Cheviot, within days three, In the maugre of doughty Douglas, And all that ever with him be. The fattest harts in all Cheviot He said he would kill, and carry... 
