Download or read book Ballad Stories Classic Reprint written by Mary Macleod and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ballad Stories Our ballads, however, are in the main the productions of individual singers, working on older material, and influenced by the tradition of older models. These singers were poets of the people, who cared only for the song itself, who did not seek for posthumous glory, and who have left no name. In some instances a professional minstrel may have been the poet. In Some instances he may have taken the matter of his story from some medieval'romance, and Condensed it into a ballad. Again, in some instances, the story may have been a fragment of contemporary or recent history, and the persons of the narrative may have been the actual persons of history. But history repeats itself, and history sometimes bears a resemblance to romance or fictitious narrative. With an alteration of names, and a slight recasting of incidents, it would sometimes have been easy to adapt an older theme to contemporary events, and heighten the interest of traditional romance with the interest of historical actuality. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Ballad Stories of the Affections written by Robert Buchanan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-24 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ballad Stories of the Affections: From the Scandinavian And all because he would not listen to the warnings of a mermaid, but deliberately cut her head ofi. There is no such pausing, no such description, as would infer a doubt of the reality of any folk in the story. The point is, not to convey the fact that sea - maidens exist, a truth of which every listener is aware, but to prove the folly of dis regarding their advice when they warn us against going to sea in bad weather. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Ballad Classic Reprint written by Frank Sidgwick and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ballad We are, then, to picture such a community, and picture it clearly, for we shall have much to do with it in considering the origin of folk poetry. We must sweep our thoughts clear of all conventional ideas, and of all acquaintance with trivial fond records. We must continually test our state of mind by confronting ourselves, for example, with such a question as What is a word We must emancipate ourselves from the literate habit of at once visualising a written or printed word, which is of course only a con ventional sign for the vocalised symbol of a thought. Obviously, the thought comes first in chronological order: but we are not dealing with the days before speech: next comes the sounded, spoken word mox daturus pro geniem vitiosiorem _the word expressed by ideogram, hieroglyph, or writing. It is the middle stage of these three which we have to imagine. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Tales and Ballads Classic Reprint written by Caroline Gilman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Tales and Ballads A soft and solemn depth was in the tones of the speaker, and her full dark lids were wet with tears. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Ballad in Literature Classic Reprint written by T. F. Henderson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-26 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ballad in Literature Still the minute study of other forms of early verse, and the very comprehensive knowledge we now possess of the literary characteristics and themes of the surviving ballad versions of different nations, have tended to dissipate various erroneous pre conceptions, and, on several important points, have supplied the means of more than plausible conjecture and comparison and criticism may still further help to clear up difficulties, and bring about a more general agreement of opinion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Old Ballad of the Boy and the Mantle Classic Reprint written by Thomas Percy and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-15 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Old Ballad of the Boy and the Mantle Hensheehadtakenthe mantle; i i l Shestoodeassheehadheenemaddc. It was from the top to the toe As sheeres had itt shread. Ne while was itt 'gule's Another while was itt greener Anotherwhilewasittwadded Illittdidher beseeme. Nother while was it hlaeke By my troth, I think thou he not true. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Ballad of Hattonchatel Classic Reprint written by Charles Louis Seeger and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-25 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Ballad of Hattonchatel Clio, thou most adorable, make me veracious; Calliope, bestow an epic strain, I pray; Polymnia, grant rhythm to my lines, and gracious Melpomene, spread piously a pal] Upon the tragedy that havoc made Of the fair town Whose fete I Will relate. Erato, no, dear, run away, I shall not need you, come another day. My theme demands your sober sisters' aid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Quest of the Ballad Classic Reprint written by William Roy MacKenzie and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-08-08 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Quest of the Ballad Andhchoerddlthetweaeaid. Andhetooktohieheehtothcriver-aide, Andhebmdedhiabreaetandhcewmn. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A Ballad Book Classic Reprint written by Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Ballad BookIn an old scrap-book Mr Sharpe had been in the habit of pasting the stray notes on ballads and letters relating to them which he received from time to time from Sir Walter Scott. It was Mr Laing's wish that these scraps should be made public, as an illustration of the intercourse that went on between the two collectors. AS none of Scott's letters are dated, there has been considerable difficulty in determining the time when they were written; and all that can be said with cer tainty is, that they fall within the years from 1813 to when Sharpe Settled in Edinburgh, and 182 3, the year when the 'ballad Book' was issued.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Ballads and Ballad Poetry written by Edward Everett Hale (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Bundle of Ballads Classic Reprint written by Ruth Manning-Sanders and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-21 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Bundle of Ballads People in those far-off days liked stories just as much as people do now; and because they had few books or none, and for the most part could not read, they delighted in the visits of the minstrels, who roamed the country from one great lord's house to another, singing their stories and accompanying themselves on the harp. The stories the minstrels sang were On familiar themes; stories of well-known battles, of historic raids and captures and daring rescues, of the deeds of bold outlaws, of gallant lovers, and of that mysterious realm of magic that hung like a shimmer ing mist behind all the busy doings of mankind. Of these old ballads no one can say when any particular one was composed, or who was the author of it. One minstrel, hearing the song from another, would take a fancy to it and sing it again, inventing his own lines when his memory failed him, adding new verses according to his fancy, and perhaps giving the story a slightly different twist to suit his audience. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Stories and Ballads for Young Folks Classic Reprint written by Ellen Tracy Alden and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Stories and Ballads for Young Folks The north-west Wind, driving feathery flakes of snow before it, heaps up gray masses of cloud over the sunny afternoon, and then, as if bent on subduing What cheeri ness remains among the shadows it has brought, howls dismally down the chimneys, moans at the easements dismally. The Lieutenant throws himself down on the lounge, and draws a long sigh. Kate slips quietly out of the room, catches up her shawl and hat from the rack in the hall, and her brother, hearing her go down the steps into the street, wonders Where she is bound for, and Why she didn't say something about it, and then falls back into his gloomy reverie. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Poems and Ballads Classic Reprint written by Bergen Weeks Applegate and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Poems and Ballads Take these poor songs of mine, Maiden, To thee, and none else, they belong; For thou wert their birth in their weakness, Maiden, Thou only may lift them up strong. Some faltering melodies, Maiden, Charm with echoes, sweet music long dead; I am paid having caught but the cadence From the songs that the master hearts fed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Ballad Book Classic Reprint written by Katharine Lee Bates and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-08 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ballad Book What Shakespeare knew, and Scott loved, and Mac Donald echoes, can hardly be beneath the admiration of high school and university students. Rugged language, broken metres, absurd plots, dubious morals, are power less to destroy the vital beauty that underlies all these. There is a philosophical propriety, too, in beginning poetic study with ballad lore, for the ballad is the germ of all poem varieties. From it are successively developed the epic, lyric, and drama. This volume attempts to present such a selection from the old ballads as shall represent them fairly in their three main classes, - those derived from superstition, whether fairy-lore, witch-lore, ghost-lore, or demon-lore; those derived from tradition, Scotch and English; and those derived from romance and from domestic life in general. The Scottish ballads, because of their far superior poetic value, are found here in greater number than the English. The notes state in each case what version has been followed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Old English Ballads Classic Reprint written by James Pinckney Kinard and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Old English Ballads U'nlike the earlier collections of ballads, this little vol ume is offered to the public without apology for the poems; they have long since established themselves in the body Of our literature. Many teachers, however, have been unable to put them into the hands Of their pupils for want Of a cheap yet faith ful text, and this edition is offered in the hope of answering such a need. The little trouble necessary for mastering the somewhat antiquated forms Of the language will be amply repaid by the fuller knowledge that will be gained of the real thought and feeling Of our ancestors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Stories from Famous Ballads written by Grace Greenwood and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Stories From Famous Ballads: For Children This maiden was clad in a simple russet gown, the dress of a peasant. She wore no ornaments, and she needed none. Fairer than pearls were her lovely arms and neck, and more beautiful than a coronet of gold and jewels were the rich masses of sunny curls flowing to her waist, and softly shad ing her sweet face, as she sat and sang. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Ballads and Tales written by John Henry Haaren and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-23 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Ballads and Tales: Fourth Reader Grade The selections of this little volume are made from the more familiar and popular ballads and tales relating to historic or legendary incidents and personages that have been celebrated in literature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
