 To the pretty little white rose, that is called Rose-Marie ? The pearl of girls ; the lily when among the flowers it grows, The lily newly opened, among flowers about to close. When I came to thee a-wooing, my sweet, my gentle May, I was, as is the nightingale...  Ballads and Songs of Brittany - Page 210de Théodore Hersart Vicomte de La Villemarqué - 1865 - 239 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...liken her, that a wrong it shall not be ? To the pretty little white rose, that is called Hose-Marie ? The pearl of girls ; the lily when among the flowers...longing to be free, Waiting the blessed time when I unto your house shall come, All with the marriage-messenger,2 bearing his branch of broom. Ah, me !... | |
 | Elizabeth Amelia Sharp, J. Matthay - 1924 - 520 pages
...as is the nightingale upon the hawthorn spray : When he would sleep the thorns they keep a-pricking in his breast, That he flies up perforce and sings...longing to be free, Waiting the blessed time when I unto jour house shall come, All with the marriage-messenger* bearing his branch of broom. Ah, me I... | |
 | Elizabeth Amelia Sharp, J. Matthay - 1924 - 520 pages
...as is the nightingale upon the hawthorn spray : When he would sleep the thorns they keep a-pricking in his breast, That he flies up perforce and sings...That in the purgatory fires lies longing to be free, If oo my door-sin up should COOK Golcen flowers for furze acd broom, Till my court were with gold piled... | |
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