Ballads

Famous quotes containing the word ballads:

    “Lately our poets loiter’d in green lanes,
    Content to catch the ballads of the plains;”
    —Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)

    “Fight on for Scottland and Saint Andrew
    Till you heare my whistle blowe.”
    —Unknown. Sir Andrew Barton.

    EnSB. English and Scottish Ballads (The Poetry Bookshelf)

    “Strike on your drummes, spread out your ancyents!
    Sound out your trumpetts, sound out amaine!”
    —Unknown. Sir Andrew Barton. . .

    English and Scottish Ballads (The Poetry Bookshelf)