 | Walter Scott - Arthurian legend - 1810 - 454 pages
...lady bold : He rose beneath her hand The fairest knight on Scottish mold, Her brother, Ethert Brand ! Merry it is in the good green wood, When the mavis and merle are singing, But merrier were they in Dunfermline grey, When all the bells were ringing. XVI. Jusl as the minstrel... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1810 - 444 pages
...— The Minstrel tried his simple art, But distant far was Ellen's heart. ELLEN. XII. ALICE BRAND. Merry it is in the good green wood, When the mavis* and merle'f are singing, When the deer sweeps by, and the hounds are in cry, And the hunter's horn is ringing.... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...following Song may give a good specimen of this Canto : — BALLAD.— ALICE BRAND. " Merry it is in tbe good green wood, " When the mavis and merle are singing, " When the deer sweeps by, and the bounds are in cry, " And tbe hunter's horn is ringing. " O Alice Brand, my... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1818 - 410 pages
...— The Minstrel tried his simple art, But distant far was Ellen's heart. XII. BALLAD. ALICE BRAND. Merry it is in the good green wood, When the mavis" and merlet are singing, When the deer sweeps hy, and the hounds are in cry, And the hunter's horn is ringing.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 282 pages
...tear."— The Minstr.el tried his simple art, But distant far was Ellen's heart. XII. ALICE BRAND. Merry it is in the good green wood, When the mavis * and merle t are singing, When the deer sweeps by, and the hounds are in cry, And the hunter's horn is ringing.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 294 pages
...— The minstrel tried his simple art, But distant far was Ellen's heart. XII. BALLAD. ALICE BRAND. Merry it is in the good green wood, When the mavis" and merlet are singing, When the deer sweeps by, and the hounds are in cry, And the hunter's horn is ringing.... | |
 | Zoology - 1829 - 494 pages
...terms merle for the blackbird, and Mavis for the Thrush, are used chiefly by the poets. Merry is it in the good green wood, When the Mavis and merle ,are singing, When the deer sweeps by and. the hounds are in cry, And the hunter's horn is ringing. SCOTT. Take thy delight... | |
 | 1854
...and silken hair, and the long-lost loving face, that seemed to welcome her wanderer home. (" To le continued.} THE CHASE. HUNTING NOTES FOR SEPTEMBER....singing, When the fox sweeps by, and the hounds are in 1117, And the hunter's horn U ringing. The master or manager of fox-hounds should now be at home actively... | |
 | William Dunlop, Backwoodsman - Canada Emigration and immigration - 1832 - 136 pages
...nose above the snow, it is to have it bit off by the frost. CHAPTER V. • 'Tis merry, 'tis merry, in the good green wood, When the mavis and merle are singing, When the deer sweep by, and the hounds are in cry, And the hunter's horn is ringing.' SIR WALTER SCOTT. Field-Sports... | |
 | Edward Jesse - Animal behavior - 1834 - 372 pages
...make the affidavit, because the truth of their assertion had been doubted. ' Tis merry, 'tis merry, in the good green wood, ' When the mavis and merle are singing, ' When the deer sweep by, and the hounds are in cry, ' And the hunter's horn is ringing.' SIR W. SCOTT. I AM writing... | |
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The Minstr.el tried his simple art, But distant far was Ellen's heart. XII. ALICE BRAND. Merry it is in the good green wood, When the mavis * and merle t are singing, When the deer sweeps by, and the hounds are in cry, And the hunter's horn is ringing. 
