...oer the sea. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, Whan word came to the carline1 wife That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, Whan word came to the carlin wife That her sons she'd never see. " I wish the wind may never cease,...

...wedded wife." A strong mother is painted by the first verse of " The Wife of Usher's Well " : There lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was...stout and stalwart sons, And sent them o'er the sea. When they come home their hats are made from a birch tree that grew "at the gates o' Paradise." She...

...chin, Took fast upon her fair body — She burnt like hollins green. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL 1. THERE lived a wife at Usher's well, And a wealthy wife was...three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them o'er he sea. 2. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wife...

...away. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL. [Sometimes printed as part of The Three Clerks o' Owsea/urd.} There lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was...week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wile, That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her, A week but barely three, Whan...

...my sister, false Helen!" By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie. Unknown THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was...hadna been a week from her A week but barely ane, Whan word came to the carline wife, That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her,...

...But though I had an hunder mair, I'd gie them a' to King Charlie ! ' 378. The tfife of Usher's "THERE lived a wife at Usher's well, And a wealthy wife was...stout and stalwart sons, And sent them o'er the sea. TVy hadna been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wife That her...

...stalwart sons, And sent them o'er the sea. They hadna been a week from her A week but barely ane, Whan word came to the carline wife, That her three sons...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. The Wife of Usher's Well 2547 "I...

...the azure sky When they love but live no more. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. THE WIFE OF USHER'S WELL THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was...stalwart sons, And sent them o'er the sea. • They had not been a week from her, A week but barely ane, When word came to the carline wife That her three...

...sea-ways lone Changed all he sang to inarticulate moan Among her wildering whorls, forgetting him. THERE lived a wife at Usher's well, And a wealthy wife was...her, A week but barely ane, When word came to the carlin wife That her three sons were gane. They hadna been a week from her A week but barely three,...

...with the second and fourth verses rhymed. Here, for example, is a typical ballad stanza: — There lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was...stout and stalwart sons, And sent them o'er the sea. Repetitions, interjections, and refrain characterize the oldest ballads, which were often so formed...