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+The Project Gutenberg eBook of Mollie Charane, Edited by Thomas J. Wise,
+Translated by George Borrow
+
+
+This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with
+almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or
+re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included
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+Title: Mollie Charane
+ and Other Ballads
+
+
+Editor: Thomas J. Wise
+
+Release Date: December 4, 2008 [eBook #27408]
+
+Language: English
+
+Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)
+
+
+***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MOLLIE CHARANE***
+</pre>
+<p>Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David
+Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org.&nbsp; Many thanks to Norfolk and
+Norwich Millennium Library, UK, for kindly supplying the images
+from which this transcription was made.</p>
+<h1>MOLLIE CHARANE<br />
+<span class="smcap">and other ballads</span></h1>
+<p style="text-align: center"><span class="smcap">by</span><br />
+GEORGE BORROW</p>
+<p style="text-align: center"><span
+class="smcap">London</span>:<br />
+<span class="smcap">printed for private circulation</span><br />
+1913</p>
+<p style="text-align: center"><!-- page 4--><a
+name="page4"></a><span class="pagenum">p. 4</span><i>Copyright in
+the United States of America</i><br />
+<i>by Houghton</i>, <i>Mifflin &amp; Co. for Clement
+Shorter</i>.</p>
+<h2><!-- page 5--><a name="page5"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+5</span>MOLLIE CHARANE <a name="citation5"></a><a
+href="#footnote5" class="citation">[5]</a></h2>
+<p>&ldquo;O, Mollie Charane, where got you your gold?&rdquo;<br
+/>
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lone, lone you have left me here.<br />
+&ldquo;O not in the curragh, deep under the mould.&rdquo;<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lone, lone, and void of cheer.</p>
+<p>&ldquo;O, Mollie Charane, where got you your stock?&rdquo;<br
+/>
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lone, lone you have left me here.<br />
+&ldquo;O not in the curragh from under a block.&rdquo;<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lone, lone, and void of cheer.</p>
+<p><!-- page 6--><a name="page6"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+6</span>&ldquo;O, Mollie Charane, where got you your
+goods?&rdquo;<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lone, lone you have left me here.<br />
+&ldquo;O not in the curragh from under two sods.&rdquo;<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lone, lone, and void of cheer.</p>
+<p>Two pair of stockings, and one pair of shoes&mdash;<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lone, lone you have left me here&mdash;<br />
+For twenty-six years old Mollie did use.<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lone, lone, and void of cheer.</p>
+<p>His stockings were white, but his sandals, alack!&mdash;<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lone, lone you have left me here&mdash;<br />
+Were not of one colour, one white, t&rsquo;other black.<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lone, lone, and void of cheer.</p>
+<p>One sandal was white and t&rsquo;other dark brown&mdash;<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lone, lone you have left me here;&mdash;<br />
+But he&rsquo;d two of one colour for kirk and for town.<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lone, lone, and void of cheer.</p>
+<p><!-- page 7--><a name="page7"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+7</span>&ldquo;O, father, I really can&rsquo;t walk by your
+side&rdquo;&mdash;<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lone, lone you have left me here&mdash;<br />
+&ldquo;If you go to the church in those sandals of
+hide.&rdquo;<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lone, lone, and void of cheer.</p>
+<p>&ldquo;O, daughter, my dear, if my brogues give you
+pain&rdquo;&mdash;<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lone, lone you have left me here&mdash;<br />
+&ldquo;There&rsquo;s that in the coffer will make you look
+fain.&rdquo;<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lone, lone, and void of cheer.</p>
+<p>A million of curses on Mollie Charane&mdash;<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lone, lone you have left me here&mdash;<br />
+The first who gave tocher to daughter in Man.<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lone, lone, and void of cheer.</p>
+<h2><!-- page 8--><a name="page8"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+8</span>THE DANES OF YORE</h2>
+<p>Well we know from saga<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; And from scaldic lore,<br />
+That heroic warriors<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Were the Danes of yore.<br />
+That the noble schildings,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; And the men they led,<br />
+Oft for Danish honour<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Stoutly fought and bled.</p>
+<p>What a time for Athelings,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; What a time for thanes!<br />
+What a time for yeomen,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; True devoted Danes!<br />
+But I&rsquo;ll say with pleasure<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; That, in ancient days,<br />
+Death did not annihilate<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; All that noble race.</p>
+<p><!-- page 9--><a name="page9"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+9</span>Frederic see, exalted<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; On his father&rsquo;s throne,<br />
+Sits a splendid monarch,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Brighter never shone.<br />
+Long to him be granted<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; That of Grendel&rsquo;s kin<br />
+He may check the cruel<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Cursed deeds of sin.</p>
+<p>And that long may flourish<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Round about the King,<br />
+They who love gold treasures<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; All around to fling.<br />
+Lords, the first of heroes,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; With their trenchant swords;<br />
+Counsellors held in honour,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; For their golden words.</p>
+<p>To the Lord of angels<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Praise devout I&rsquo;ll sing,<br />
+That from out the grave-hill<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; &rsquo;Twas my lot to bring<br />
+<!-- page 10--><a name="page10"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+10</span>Golden dishes, goblets,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Things of mighty worth,<br />
+Which for thousand winters<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Lay entombed in earth.</p>
+<p>That men in gold smithery<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Cunning, might from them<br />
+For the grey haired hero<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Frame a diadem.<br />
+Under which his grey locks<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Might all glorious shine,<br />
+Whilst the sun, bright flaming,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Seeks the western brine.</p>
+<p>Until, tired of glory,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Such as meets it here,<br />
+Soars the hero&rsquo;s spirit<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; To a higher sphere;<br />
+Where, with souls united<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Of departed friends,<br />
+&rsquo;Twill experience glory<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Such as never ends.</p>
+<h2><!-- page 11--><a name="page11"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+11</span>A SURVEY OF DEATH</h2>
+<p>My blood is freezing, my senses reel,<br />
+So horror stricken at heart I feel;<br />
+Thinking how like a fast stream we range<br />
+Nearer and nearer to that dread change,<br />
+When the body becomes so stark and cold,<br />
+And man doth crumble away to mould.</p>
+<p>Boast not, proud maid, for the grave doth gape,<br />
+And strangely altered reflects thy shape;<br />
+No dainty charms it doth disclose,<br />
+Death will ravish thy beauty&rsquo;s rose;<br />
+And all the rest will leave to thee<br />
+When dug thy chilly grave shall be.</p>
+<p><!-- page 12--><a name="page12"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+12</span>O, ye who are tripping the floor so light,<br />
+In delicate robes as the lily white,<br />
+Think of the fading funeral wreath,<br />
+The dying struggle, the sweat of death&mdash;<br />
+Think on the dismal death array,<br />
+When the pallid corse is consigned to clay!</p>
+<p>O, ye who in quest of riches roam,<br />
+Reflect that ashes ye must become;<br />
+And the wealth ye win will brightly shine<br />
+When buried are ye and all your line;<br />
+For your many chests of much loved gold<br />
+You&rsquo;ll nothing obtain but a little mould!</p>
+<h2><!-- page 13--><a name="page13"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+13</span>DESIDERABILIA VIT&AElig; <a name="citation13"></a><a
+href="#footnote13" class="citation">[13]</a></h2>
+<p>Give me the haunch of a buck to eat,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; And to drink Madeira old;<br />
+And a gentle wife to rest with,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; And in my arms to fold.</p>
+<p>An Arabic book to study,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; A gipsy pony to ride;<br />
+And a house to live in shaded by trees,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Near to a river&rsquo;s side.</p>
+<p>With such good things around me,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; And with good health withal,<br />
+Though I should live for a hundred years<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; For death I would not call.</p>
+<h2><!-- page 14--><a name="page14"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+14</span>SAINT JACOB</h2>
+<p>Saint Jacob he takes our blest Lord by the hand:<br />
+&ldquo;I gladly would Christianize Garsia land.&rdquo;</p>
+<p>&ldquo;O how wilt thou bring it within Christian pale?<br />
+No ship hast thou here o&rsquo;er the salt sea to
+sail.&rdquo;</p>
+<p>&ldquo;Thy power, O Lord, is so wondrously great,<br />
+Full quickly a ship Thou for me canst create.&rdquo;</p>
+<p>&ldquo;Saint Jacob, hie down to the salt ocean strand,<br />
+There standeth so little a stone by the land.&rdquo;</p>
+<p>Saint Jacob he taketh a book in his hand,<br />
+And down he proceeds to the salt ocean strand.</p>
+<p><!-- page 15--><a name="page15"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+15</span>Saint Jacob he made o&rsquo;er the stone the
+cross-mark,<br />
+From the land straight it floated, as though &rsquo;twere a
+bark.</p>
+<p>It rode o&rsquo;er the billows so rapid and free,<br />
+Right, right towards Garsia promontoree.</p>
+<p>So rapid the stone to glide thither began,<br />
+A hundred miles space in one short hour it ran.</p>
+<p>In comes a foot-boy, to the King doffs his bonnet:<br />
+&ldquo;Here cometh a stone, and a man sits upon it.&rdquo;</p>
+<p>A woman rushed in, in her eyes wonder shone:<br />
+&ldquo;Here cometh a man, and he sits on a stone.&rdquo;</p>
+<p>King Garsia taketh his axe in his hand,<br />
+And down he proceeds to the salt ocean strand.</p>
+<p>&ldquo;Now hear thou, Saint Jacob, I say unto thee,<br />
+What hast thou in this land, in this land here with
+me?&rdquo;</p>
+<p><!-- page 16--><a name="page16"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+16</span>&ldquo;Unto thee I am come to this land &rsquo;cross the
+brine,<br />
+Because that my Maker is greater than thine.&rdquo;</p>
+<p>&ldquo;O how can thy Maker be greater than mine?<br />
+Mine drinks every day the brown mead and the wine.&rdquo;</p>
+<p>&ldquo;O then my Creator is greater than thine,<br />
+For mine can the water convert into wine.</p>
+<p>&ldquo;My Maker can turn the black mould into bread,<br />
+Can give life back to them who long, long have been
+dead.&rdquo;</p>
+<p>&ldquo;If thou canst restore me my dearly loved son,<br />
+I&rsquo;ll trust in thy Maker, and no other one.</p>
+<p>&ldquo;If I again view him, with flesh and hair dight,<br />
+As he fifteen years since disappeared from my sight;</p>
+<p>&ldquo;If I get him again both with hawk and with hound,<br />
+Just, just as he sank in the depths of the sound;</p>
+<p><!-- page 17--><a name="page17"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+17</span>&ldquo;With hair on his head, and with flesh on his
+bone,<br />
+As though he the pang of death never had known.&rdquo;</p>
+<p>Then the blessed Saint Jacob upon his book pored:<br />
+&ldquo;&rsquo;Twill be no easy matter to get him
+restored.&rdquo;</p>
+<p>When he had stood reading a wee little time,<br />
+He raised up the man from hell&rsquo;s sorrowful clime.</p>
+<p>&ldquo;Now again thou hast got him with flesh and hair
+dight,<br />
+As he fifteen years since disappeared from thy sight.</p>
+<p>&ldquo;Thou hast got him again, both with hawk and with
+hound,<br />
+Just, just as he sank in the ocean profound.</p>
+<p>&ldquo;With hair on his head, and with flesh on his bone,<br
+/>
+As though he the pang of death never had known.&rdquo;</p>
+<p><!-- page 18--><a name="page18"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+18</span>&ldquo;Now hear thou, my dear son, so fine and so
+fair,<br />
+What news from thy journey afar dost thou bear?&rdquo;</p>
+<p>&ldquo;The news which I bring from the far distant place,<br
+/>
+Is that one little knows of the other&rsquo;s hard case.</p>
+<p>&ldquo;There the woman, who&rsquo;s hated the child of her
+womb,<br />
+Out of the snake-tower can ne&rsquo;er hope to come.</p>
+<p>&ldquo;There the cruel step-mother, her child who has
+slain,<br />
+Goes begirt with a sword fraught with festering bane.</p>
+<p>&ldquo;The merchants who here in heaps money up-rake,<br />
+There hiss in the likeness of serpent and snake.</p>
+<p>&ldquo;The Sysselmen, wretches with hearts hard as stone,<br
+/>
+There in the snake-tower despairingly moan.&rdquo;</p>
+<h2><!-- page 19--><a name="page19"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+19</span>THE RENEGADE</h2>
+<p>Now pay ye the heed that is fitting,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Whilst I sing ye the Iran adventure;<br />
+The pasha on sofa was sitting,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Midst his harem&rsquo;s glorious centre.</p>
+<p>Greek sang, and Tcherkass, for his pleasure,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; And Kergoosian captive is dancing;<br />
+In the eyes of the first heaven&rsquo;s azure,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; In the others black Eblis is glancing.</p>
+<p>But the pasha&rsquo;s attention is failing,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; O&rsquo;er his visage his fair turban stealeth;<br
+/>
+From chebouk he sleep is inhaling,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Whilst around him sweet vapours he dealeth.</p>
+<p>What rumour without is there breeding?<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Ye fair ranks asunder why wend ye?<br />
+Kyslar Aga, a strange captive leading,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Cometh forward, and crieth &ldquo;Efendy.&rdquo;</p>
+<p><!-- page 20--><a name="page20"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+20</span>&ldquo;Whose face has the power when present<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; &rsquo;Mong the stars round the divan which
+muster?<br />
+Who amidst the gems of night&rsquo;s crescent<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Has the blaze of Aldeboran&rsquo;s lustre?</p>
+<p>&ldquo;Glance nearer, bright star! I have tiding,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Glad tiding.&nbsp; Behold how in duty<br />
+From far Lehistan the wind, gliding,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Has brought this fresh tribute of beauty.</p>
+<p>&ldquo;In the padishaw&rsquo;s garden there bloometh<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; In proud Istambul no such blossom;<br />
+From the wintry regions she cometh,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Whose memory so lives in thy bosom.&rdquo;</p>
+<p>Then the gauzes removes he which shade her,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; At her beauty all wonder intensely;<br />
+One moment the pasha surveyed her,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Then, dropping his chebouk, without sense lay.</p>
+<p>His turban has fallen from his forehead,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; To assist him the bystanders started.<br />
+His mouth foams, his face blackens horrid,&mdash;<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; See, the Renegade&rsquo;s soul has departed!</p>
+<h2><!-- page 21--><a name="page21"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+21</span>AN IMPROMPTU</h2>
+<p>And darest thou thyself compare<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; With one who quaffs at Helicon;<br />
+Whose playfellows the Muses are,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; And whom Apollo calleth son?<br />
+Who, had he lived in olden day,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; With some fierce host had strode along;<br />
+Like Taillefer to Hasting&rsquo;s fray,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Cheering the Normans with his song.</p>
+<p>The laurel wreath Apollo gave<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; I would not change for kingly crown;<br />
+A King is but an exalted slave,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Rebellion soon may hurl him down.<br />
+But who can force me from the height<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Whereto I&rsquo;ve soared on Eagle&rsquo;s wing?<br
+/>
+I leave to Monarchs ceaseless fright<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; For what the coming day may bring.</p>
+<p><!-- page 22--><a name="page22"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+22</span>Though poor I be, I&rsquo;ve Minstrelsy,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; When fortune frowns I&rsquo;ll strike my lyre;<br />
+Against the world&rsquo;s inclemency<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; &rsquo;Twill warm my soul with heavenly fire.<br />
+Then wonder not if proud the air<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Of one who&rsquo;s high Apollo&rsquo;s son;<br />
+Nor henceforth dare thyself compare<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; With one who quaffs at Helicon.</p>
+<h2><!-- page 23--><a name="page23"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+23</span>A HYMN</h2>
+<p>O Jesus, Thou Fountain of solace and gladness<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Of Heaven&rsquo;s high Three second person
+divine;<br />
+Forgive, O forgive me my blindness and madness,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; And guide to Thy kingdom this spirit of mine.</p>
+<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dearly, O Jesus,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thou boughtest me,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Yon Friday dark<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Upon the tree.</p>
+<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Thy foes were numerous,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Fierce and fell;<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Few and weak those<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Who wished Thee well.</p>
+<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<!-- page 24--><a name="page24"></a><span
+class="pagenum">p. 24</span>Nigh stood Thy mother,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Full of fears,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Wringing her hands<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; And bathed in tears.</p>
+<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Often, O Jesus,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wilfully<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; With my great sins<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I&rsquo;ve tortured Thee.</p>
+<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Causing Thy wounds<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To open again,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Waking anew<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The ancient pain.</p>
+<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All the kindness<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thou hast display&rsquo;d,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; With black ingratitude<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I&rsquo;ve repaid.</p>
+<p>But Jesus, Creator of earth and of ocean,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Who me, a vile sinner, so dearly didst buy;<br />
+My damnable ignorance turn to devotion,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; And guide my poor soul to Thy courts in the sky.</p>
+<h2><!-- page 25--><a name="page25"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+25</span>THE TRANSFORMED DAMSEL. <a name="citation25"></a><a
+href="#footnote25" class="citation">[25]</a></h2>
+<p>My father up of the country rode,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; A maiden he would wed;<br />
+And a foul witch he married then,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; If the whole truth be said.</p>
+<p>The first night they together slept,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; She was a mother kind to me;<br />
+But when the second night arrived,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; A cruel stepmother was she.</p>
+<p>I was seated at my father&rsquo;s board<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; With dogs and whelps amused;<br />
+Towards me striding my stepmother came,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; And cruelly me she used.</p>
+<p><!-- page 26--><a name="page26"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+26</span>She changed me to a little hind,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Bade me into the forest wend;<br />
+My seven maids then she changed to wolves,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; And ordered them my flesh to rend.</p>
+<p>But my seven maids would rend me not,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; So dearly me they loved;<br />
+Then vexed sore my step-dame was,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; That no worse my fortune proved.</p>
+<p>Sir Orm he serves in the King&rsquo;s palace,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; A Knight is he so fair;<br />
+He sighs for the maiden day and night,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; But in secret he keeps his care.</p>
+<p>Sir Orm he rode from the King&rsquo;s palace,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; He could enjoy no peace;<br />
+He rode into the good green wood,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; The hart and hind to chase.</p>
+<p>Sir Orm set his bow his knee before,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; He rode to the hind so near;<br />
+But the hind would not from the sleuth-hounds flee,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; For the Knight to her was dear.</p>
+<p><!-- page 27--><a name="page27"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+27</span>But the hounds advanced to the hind so near,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; That the hind was forced to fly;<br />
+She changed herself to a little bird,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; And flew high up in the sky.</p>
+<p>Anon down flew the little bird,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Perched a linden bough upon;<br />
+Sir Orm he stood there down below,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; And sorely did he moan.</p>
+<p>Down flew the lovely little bird,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; And &rsquo;gan on the bait to feast,<br />
+Which out of his bosom Sir Orm had cut,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; So well it pleased her taste.</p>
+<p>And then the lovely little bird<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Dropped down on the yellow sand,<br />
+And she became the fairest damsel,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Was ever seen in the land.</p>
+<p>The Damsel stood under the linden bough,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Freed was she now from thrall;<br />
+Sir Orm he stood so near thereby,<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; They related their sorrows all.</p>
+<p><!-- page 28--><a name="page28"></a><span class="pagenum">p.
+28</span>&ldquo;Many thanks to thee, Sir Orm the bold<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Thou&rsquo;st freed me from my woe;<br />
+Except beside my snow-white side<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; Thou sleep shalt nevermoe.&rdquo;</p>
+<p>Thanks be to him, Sir Orm the bold<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; He kept his faith so well;<br />
+The Monday morn thereafter<br />
+&nbsp;&nbsp; His bridal it befell.</p>
+<p style="text-align: center">* * * * *</p>
+<p style="text-align: center"><span
+class="smcap">London</span>:<br />
+Printed for THOMAS J. WISE, Hampstead, N.W<br />
+<i>Edition limited to Thirty Copies</i></p>
+<h2>Footnotes:</h2>
+<p><a name="footnote5"></a><a href="#citation5"
+class="footnote">[5]</a>&nbsp; This ballad is founded on a real
+character&mdash;a miser&mdash;who by various means acquired a
+considerable property, and was the first person who ever left
+&ldquo;tocher,&rdquo; that is fortune, to daughter in Man.&nbsp;
+His name was Mollie Charane, which words interpreted are
+&ldquo;Praise the Lord.&rdquo;&nbsp; He lived and possessed an
+estate on the curragh, a tract of boggy ground, formerly a
+forest, on the northern side of the island, between the mighty
+mountains of the Snefell range and the sea.</p>
+<p><a name="footnote13"></a><a href="#citation13"
+class="footnote">[13]</a>&nbsp; Previously printed, with a
+slightly different text, and arranged in six lines instead of in
+three four-line stanzas, in <i>Lavengro</i>, 1851, Vol. i, p.
+306.</p>
+<p><a name="footnote25"></a><a href="#citation25"
+class="footnote">[25]</a>&nbsp; This Ballad should be compared
+with <i>The Cruel Step-dame</i>, printed in <i>The Serpent Knight
+and Other Ballads</i>, 1913, pp. 30&ndash;33.&nbsp; Also with
+<i>The Transformed Damsel</i>, printed in <i>The Return of the
+Dead and Other Ballads</i>, 1913, pp. 13&ndash;14.</p>
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