...ne'er win back to your ain countrie.' 15. O they rade on, and farther on, And they waded rivers abune the knee And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they heard the roaring of the sea. 16. It was mirk, mirk night, there was nae starlight, They waded thro' red blude to the knee; For a'...

...thinking about?" " Of those old, old lovers," she answered softly, " who 'rode on and farther on, And waded through rivers aboon the knee, And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they heard the murmur of the sea." " " Oh, Sheila ! I love you, dear ! I love you, dear! I love you ! " He had thought...

...Ye'll ne'er win back to your ain countrie." O they rade on, and farther on, And they waded rivers abune the knee; And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they...heard the roaring of the sea. It was mirk, mirk night, there was nae starlight, They waded through red blude to the knee; For a' the blude that's shed on...

...Ye'll ne'er win back to your ain countrie." O they rade on, and farther on, And they waded rivers abune the knee; And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they heard the roaring of the sea. Kemp Owyne 2537 It was mirk, mirk night, there was nae starlight, They waded through red blude to the...

...fairies — those friends, with whom the poets go on mysterious rides like that of Thomas the Rhymer. " O they rade on, and farther on, And they waded through...night, and there was nae stern » light, And they waded thro' red blude to the knee, For a' the blude that's shed on earth, Rins through the springs o' that...

...ne'er win back to your ain conntrie." 56 O they rade on, and farther on, And they waded rivers abune the knee ; And they saw neither sun nor moon, But...the roaring of the sea. *° It was mirk, mirk night, there was nae sternlight, They waded thro' red blude to the knee; For a' the blude that 's shed on...

...Ye'll ne'er win back to your ain countrie." 0 they rade on, and farther on, And they waded rivers abune the knee; And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they heard the roaring of a sea. It was mirk, mirk night, there was nae star-light, They waded through red blude to the knee;...

...simplicity, of supernatural simplicity, as in O they rade on, and farther on, And they waded rivers abune the knee, And they saw neither sun nor moon But they heard the roaring of the sea. from "Thomas the Rhymer." Or, from "Tarn Lin" : About the dead hour o' the night She heard the bridles...

...Ye'll ne'er win back to your ain countrie." O they rade on, and farther on, And they waded rivers abune the knee; And they saw neither sun nor moon, But they...heard the roaring of the sea. It was mirk, mirk night, there was nae starlight, They waded thro' red blude to the knee; For a' the blude that's shed on the...

...magic and mystery of such lines as : < " Oh, they rade on and further on. And they waded rivers abnne the knee, And they saw neither sun nor moon But they heard the roaring of the sea." from the ballad of " True Thomas " — and what a triumph of beauty and economy, both in expression...