 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
 | Vere Henry Collins - English poetry - 1914 - 198 pages
...Sae loud I hear ye lie : For Percy had not men yestreen, To dight my men and me. ' But I hae 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... | |
 | Gilbert Cannan - England, North West - 1916 - 436 pages
...CRITICAL STUDY THE JOY OF THE THEATRE SATIRE WINDMILLS ADVENTUROUS LOVE (POEMS) MEN BY GILBERT GANNAN I SAW A DEAD MAN WIN A FIGHT AND I THINK THAT MAN WAS I SECOND EDITION METHUEN & GO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET WG LONDON First Published . January ijth, Second... | |
 | George E. Teter - American poetry - 1918 - 464 pages
...Pavilions. 12. Dight. To equip, dress. "But I have dreamed a dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky;18 I saw a 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... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Readers - 1922 - 676 pages
...Douglas to wait for him "three dayu" at Otterbourne? 4. Describe the fulfillment of the Douglas's dream, "I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." 6. Note that in the description of Lady Percy, when she saw Lord Percy fall, we are told not how she... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - American literature - 1922 - 600 pages
...Douglas to wait for him "three dayis" at Otterbourne? 4. Describe the fulfillment of the Douglas's dream, "I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." 5. Note' that in the description of Lady Percy, when she saw Lord Percy fall, we are told not how she... | |
 | 1926 - 608 pages
...death in The Battle of Otterburn: 59 " But I have dreamed a dreary dream,51 Beyond the Isle of Sky; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." Still other ballads furnish dreams of ill omen. It is not 4:f On the sacred character of the birch... | |
 | Robert Graves - Ballads, English - 1927 - 148 pages
...not men yestreen To fight my men and me. " But I have dream'da dreary dream, Beyond the Isle of Sky; I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I." 1 field. * pavilions, tent). He belted on his guid braid sword, And to the field he ran; But he forgot... | |
 | Pamela Grey - Anthologies - 1928 - 272 pages
...fair Elf-land, Where you and I this night maun gae. Thomas the Rhymer. BUT I have dreamed a wearie dream Beyond the Isle of Skye, I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I. The Battle of Otter bourne. THOU wert the first put in my hand, When yet I could not understand, And... | |
 | Herbert Agar - History - 1957 - 213 pages
...rather like the Earl of Douglas in the ballad: But I hae dreamed a dreary dream Beyond the Isle o' Skye, I saw a dead man win a fight, And I think that man was I. II 1946 The Year of Frustration In 1946 Dean Acheson remarked that Americans have an odd name for problems.... | |
 | Peter-Eric Philipp, Andrew Lang - 2000 - 442 pages
...not men yestreen, To dight my men and me. "But I have 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 guid braid sword, And to the field he ran; But he forgot the helmet good, That should... | |
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