"Fair Margaret and Sweet William" (also known as "Lady Margaret" and "Lady Margaret and Sweet William") is a folk song, collected by Francis James Child and cataloged as Child Ballad 74. It appeared in The Percy Folio, and Thomas Percy reported that it was quoted in the Knight of the Burning Pestle (1611).
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Famous quotes containing the words fair and/or sweet:
“whence such fair garments, such prosperi-ty?’—
‘O didn’t you know I’d been ruined?’ said she.”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)
“Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.”
—Hesiod (c. 8th century B.C.)