...fantastic majesty to that country, the journey to which is described with some sublimity : — • ' O they rade on, and farther on, And they waded through...saw neither sun nor moon, But they heard the roaring o' the sea. It was mirk mirk night, and there was nae stern light. And they waded through red hlude...

...may hear or see ; For, if ye speak word in Elflvn land, Ye'll ne'er get back to your ain countrio." O they rade on, and farther on, And they waded through...of the sea. It was mirk mirk night, and there was nne stem light; And ther waded through red blude to the knee; For a' the blude that's shed on earth...

...your ain countrie." O they rade on, and farther on, [knee, And they waded through rivers aboon the And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they heard the roaring of the sea. so It was mirk mirk night, and there was nae S stern light, And they waded through red" blude to the...

...parallel occurs in Sir Walter Scott's curious description of Thomas the Rhymer's journey into Elfland — It was mirk, mirk night, and there was nae stern light, And they waded through rod blude to the knee ; For a' the blude that's shed on earth Kins through the springs o' that countrie....

...may hear or see For, if you speak word in Elflyn land, Yell ne'er get back to your ain countrie." 0 they rade on, and farther on, And they waded through...the sea, It was mirk, mirk night, and there was nae stara light, And they waded through red blude to the knee, For a* the blude, that's shed on earth,...

...ferny brae ? That is the road to fair Elfland, Where thou and I this night maun gae.' Oh they rode on, and farther on. And they waded through rivers...heard the roaring of the sea. It was mirk, mirk night, there was nae stern light, And they waded through red blude to the knee ; For a' the blude that's shed...

...the old ballad— needing no pictorial adjectives to hring out color and life : — "Oh, they rode on, and farther on, And they waded through rivers...nor moon, But they heard the roaring of the sea."* In another old ballad occurs an epithet that sounds oddly to modern ears, if conversant at least with...

...pictorial adjectives to bring out colour and life : 0 they rode on, and farther on, And they waded thro" rivers aboon the knee, And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they heard Ike roaring of the sea.\ In another old ballad occurs an epithet that sounds oddly to modern ears,...

...hear or see ; For, if you speak a word in Blflyn land, Ye'll ne'er get back to your ain countrie." 0 they rade on, and farther on, And they waded through...there was nae stern light, And they waded through red Wude to the knee ; For a' the blude that's shed on earth 76 Kins through the springs o' that countrie....

...your ain countrie." O they rade on, and farther on, [knee, And they waded through rivers aboon the And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they heard the roaring of the sea. ao It was mirk mirk night, and there was nae stern light, And they waded through red blude to the knee;...