...creatures leads to heights of love. EB BROWNING 1 See note 1, p. 28. 31.— THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was...a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word cam' to the carline l wife, That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her, A week...

...to my ain proper shape, And I nae mair maun toddle about the tree. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was...a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word cam' to the carline wife, That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her, A week but...

...to my ain proper shape, And I nae mair maun toddle about the tree. THE WIFE 0F USHER'S WELL. THEKE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was...a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word cam' to the carline wife, That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her, A week but...

...And Araby's or Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill. SCOTT. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was...carline wife, That her three sons were gane. They had not been a week from her, A week but barely three, When word came to the carline wife ' I wish...

...And Araby's or Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill. SCOTT. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was...came to the carline wife, That her three sons were gone. They had not been a week from her, A week but barely three, When word came to the carline wife...

...And Araby's or Eden's bowers Were barren as this moorland hill. SCOTT. The Wife of Usher's Well THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three stout and stalwart sons, They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wife, That her...

...THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. [Sometimes printed as part of The Three Clerts o' Owstitford.] There hved a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she...hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, Whan word came to the carline wife, That her sons she 'd never see. ' I wish the wind may never cease,...

...original version of this strange and powerful ballad appeared in Scott's Minstrelsy of the Border.] THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was...week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came back to the carline1 wife That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her, A week but...

...Owsenford— Part Second." The explanatory notes [marked S.] are from the pen of Sir Walter Scott. 1 THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was...stout and stalwart sons, And sent them o'er the sea. 2 They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came back to the carline wife,...

...no, sir ; please don't ! " was the reply. " Well, well, sing thy song, pretty one ! " he said. "There lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was...stout and stalwart sons, And sent them o'er the sea. With a heigho, a lily, lily gay, Fine flowers i' the valley. There came three singers to the gates,...