...the Land of Faerie." — Sir Walter Scott. PART FIRST. TRUE Thomas lay on Huntlie bank ; A ferlie1 he spied wi' his e'e ; And there he saw a ladye bright,...silk, Her mantle o' the velvet fyne ; At ilka tett 2 of her horse's mane Hang fifty siller bells and nine. True Thomas he pull'd aff his cap, And looted...

...prophecies. PAKT FIRST. ASCIEST. ТИСЕ Thomas lay on Huntlie, bank ; A ferlle he spied wi' his e'c ; And there he saw a ladye bright, Come riding down...the velvet fyne ; At Ilka tett of her horse's mane Hang fifty siller bells and nine. True Thomas, he pulled off his cap. And louted low down to his knee,—...

...and sleeping when he saw, or dreamt he saw, the queen of Elfland : — ~^HHB 286 CRAYON MISCELLANY. "True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank; A ferlie he spied...there he saw a ladye bright, Come riding down by the Ei! Jon tree. " Her skirt was o' the grass green silk, Her mantle o' the velvet fyne; At ilka tett...

...because it would debar him from speaking falsely, is a humorous conceit.] TRUE Thomas lay on Huntly bank ; A ferlie* he spied wi' his ee; And there he saw a ladie bright, Come riding down by the Eildon tree. * A wonder ; a marvel. Her skirt was made o' the...

...Nennius. Coming to Melrose by Abbotsford we pass through the Ehymer's Glen and by the Huntly Burn : " True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank; A ferlie he spied...ladye bright, Come riding down by the Eildon Tree." s7 83 " As the Saxon names of places, with the pleasant wholesome smack of the soil in them—Weathersfield,...

...forest trees. In this quiet nook, one can imaginatively glide into Elf-land, and fancy how when, — "True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank; A ferlie he spied wi' his e'e ; And there he saw a latlye bright, Come riding down by the Kildon tree. Her skirt was o' the grass green silk, Her mantle...

...glide into Elf-land, and fancy how when, — " True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank ; A ferlie he spied \vi' his e'e ; And there he saw a ladye bright, Come riding down by the Eildon tree. Her skirt was o' the grass green silk, Her mantle o' the velvet fyne ; At ilka tett of her horse's mane...

...into Elf-land, and fancy how when, — " True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank ; A ferlie he spied wi' h1s e'e ; And there he saw a ladye bright, Come riding down by the E1ldon tree4 Her skirt was o' the grass green silk, Her mantle o' the velvet fyne ; At ilka tett of...

...when he saw, or dreamt he saw, the queen of Elfland : — "True Thomaa lay on Huntlie bank; A f erlic he spied wi' his e'e ; And there he saw a ladye bright, Come riding down by the Eildon tree. " Her skirt was o' the grass green silk, Her mantle o' the velvet fyne; At ilka tett of her horse's mane...

...warning : FOOIT HORA, DISOE MORr. From these gloomy thoughts we will advance to the Rhymer's Glen, where True Thomas lay on Huntlie bank; A ferlie he spied wi' his ce ; And there he saw a ladye bright, Come riding down by the Eildon Tree. The tree has long since...