 Ye lie, ye lie, ye liar loud ! Sae loud I hear ye lie : For Percy had not men yestreen To dight my men and me. " But I have dream'da dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Skye ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I.  Macmillan's Magazine - Page 1271859Full view - About this book
 | Francis James Child - 1866 - 352 pages
...men yestreen To dight my men and me. " But I have dream'da dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky ; T saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was L" He belted on his guid braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That... | |
 | Ballads - 1867 - 638 pages
...men yestreen, To dight a my men and me. " But I hae dream'da dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." He belted on his good braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That should... | |
 | James Maidment - Ballads, English - 1868 - 584 pages
...hear ye lie : For Percy had not men yestreen To dight my men and me.* " But I 1 !.•!'• dream'da dreary dream Beyond the Isle of Skye : I saw a dead man win a fight : And I think that man was I." He belted on his good braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good That should... | |
 | Scottish border - 1869 - 624 pages
...loud ! Sae loud I hear ye lie : For Percy had not men yestreen 1 To dight my men and me. " But I have dreamed a dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Skye ;...dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." He belted on his guid braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forgot the helmet good, That should... | |
 | 1869 - 636 pages
...battle, for presently he looked up, and murmured the verse : ' " I had a dream, n weary dream, Ayont the Isle of Skye ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." That stave keeps ringing in my brain ; nor can I tell where or when I have heard it.' 'Tis from the... | |
 | 1869 - 680 pages
...battle, for presently he looked up, and murmured the verse : ' " I had a dream, a weary dream, Ayont the Isle of Skye ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." That stave keeps ringing in my brain ; nor can I tell where or when I have heard it.' ' Tis from the... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1869 - 244 pages
...is an old prophecy that a dead man shall gain a field, and I hope it will be accomplished to-night." ["I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I."] With these words he expired, and the fight being renewed with double obstinacy, by morning the victory... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - English fiction - 1870 - 430 pages
...battle, for presently he looked up, and murmured the verse : " ' I had a dream, a weary dream, Ayont the Isle of Skye ; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." That stave keeps ringing in my brain ; nor can I tell where or when I have heard it." "Tis from the... | |
 | Charles Alfred Maxwell - Orkney (Scotland) - 1870 - 500 pages
...both dramatic and antiquarian interest. " ' But I ha'e dream'da dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I.' He belted on his good braid sword, And to the field he ran ; But he forget the helmet good, That should... | |
 | Ballads - 1871 - 692 pages
...loud I hear ye lie; For Percy had not men yestreen To dight my men and me. 19 " But I have dream'da dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Skye: I saw a dead man win a fight. And I think that man was I." 20 He belted on his gude braid sword, And to the field he ran; But he forgot the helmet good That shou'd... | |
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