 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1876 - 630 pages
...That grao'd his mistress true ; Such charms the old world seldom saw, Nor oft I ween the new. . 20 Her raven hair plays round her neck, Like tendrils...dewy rosebuds deck, Her eyes like diamonds shine. Soon as his well-known ship she spied, 25 She cast her weeds away, And to the palmy shore she hied,... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1876 - 548 pages
...draw, That grac'd his mistress true ; Such charms the old world seldom saw, Nor oft I ween the new. 20 Her raven hair plays round her neck, Like tendrils...dewy rose-buds deck, Her eyes like diamonds shine. Soon as his well-known ship she spied, 25 She cast her weeds away, And to the palmy shore she hied,... | |
 | English poetry - 1880 - 486 pages
...scant had twenty seen. But who the countless charms can draw, That grac'd his mistress true ; Such charms the old world seldom saw, Nor oft I ween the...neck, Like tendrils of the vine ; Her cheeks red dewy rose buds deck, Her eyes like diamonds shine. Soon as his well-known ship she spied, She cast her weeds... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1887 - 458 pages
...scant had twenty seen, But who the countless charms can draw, That grac'd his mistress true ; Such charms the old world seldom saw, Nor oft I ween the...neck, Like tendrils of the vine ; Her cheeks red dewy rose buds deck, Her eyes like diamonds shine. Soon as his well-known ship she spied, She cast her weeds... | |
 | Ballads, Scots - 1891 - 228 pages
...scarce had twenty seen. But who the countless charms can draw That grac'd his mistress true ? Such charms the old world seldom saw, Nor oft I ween the...of the vine ; Her cheeks red dewy rose-buds deck, 24 Soon as his well-known ship she spied, She cast her weeds away, And to the palmy shore she hied,... | |
 | William Shillinglaw Crockett - Berwickshire (Scotland) - 1893 - 370 pages
...who the countless charms can draw, That grac'd his mistress true ? Such charms the old world never saw, Nor oft, I ween, the new. Her raven hair plays...dewy rosebuds deck, Her eyes like diamonds shine. Soon as his well-known ship she spied, She cast her weeds away, And to the palmy shore she hied, All... | |
 | William Shillinglaw Crockett - Berwickshire (Scotland) - 1893 - 374 pages
...countless charms can draw, That grac'd his mistress true? Such charms the old world never saw, Xor oft, I ween, the new. Her raven hair plays round her...dewy rosebuds deck, Her eyes like diamonds shine. Soon as his well-known ship she spied, She cast her weeds away, And to the palmy shore she hied, All... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1893 - 566 pages
...countless charms can draw, That grac'd his mistress true; Such charms the old world seldom saw, 5 20 Nor oft I ween the new. Her raven hair plays round...neck, Like tendrils of the vine; Her cheeks red dewy rose buds deck, Her eyes like diamonds shine. 10 25 Soon as his well-known ship she spied, She cast... | |
 | John Edward Patterson - English poetry - 1913 - 432 pages
...He scant had twenty seen. But who the countless charms can draw That graced his mistress true? Such charms the old world seldom saw, Nor oft, I ween,...dewy rosebuds deck ; Her eyes like diamonds shine. able seaman — and the last six words of the ballad seem to say that the piece is not more than 150... | |
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She cast her weeds away, And to the palmy shore she hied, All in her best array. In sea-green silk so neatly clad, She there impatient stood ; The crew with wonder saw the lad Repel the foaming flood. 
