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The King's Wake and Other Ballads by George Borrow

By George Borrow

2021-09-15 01:21:20

EXCERPT: To-night is the night that the wake they hold, To the wake repair both young and old. Proud Signelil she her mother address’d: “May I go watch along with the rest?” “O what at the wake wouldst do my dear? ... Read more

EXCERPT:

To-night is the night that the wake they hold,
To the wake repair both young and old.

Proud Signelil she her mother address’d:
“May I go watch along with the rest?”

“O what at the wake wouldst do my dear?
Thou’st neither sister nor brother there.

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Book Details

Print pages25
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781318910632
George Henry Borrow (5 July 1803 – 26 July 1881) was an English writer of novels and of travel books based on his personal experiences in Europe. During his travels, he developed a close affinity wi...

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