Poems from Manxland: With Legends and Translations from the Manx and German

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E. Stock, 1868 - 192 pages
 

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Page 119 - GOD sent his Singers upon earth With songs of sadness and of mirth, That they might touch the hearts of men, And bring them back to heaven again.
Page 177 - O, the pride of the German heart in this noble river ! And right it is ; for, of all the rivers of this beautiful earth, there is none so beautiful as this. There is hardly a league of its whole course, from its cradle in the snowy Alps to its grave in the sands of Holland, which boasts not its peculiar charms.
Page 23 - Town, than chuse to stand still, exposed and alone, to such a dreadful tempest. His curiosity exciting him to draw nearer, that he might discover who it was that seemed so little to regard the fury of the elements, he perceived she retreated on his...
Page 23 - A mighty bustle they also make of an apparition, which, they say, haunts Castle Russin, in the form of a woman, who was some years since executed for the murder of her child. I have heard not only persons who have been confined there for debt, but also the soldiers of the garrison, affirm they have seen it various...
Page 177 - ... noble river! And right it is; for of all the rivers of this beautiful earth, there is none so beautiful as this. There is hardly a league of its whole course, from its cradle in the snowy Alps to its grave in the sands of Holland, which boasts not its peculiar charms. By Heavens!
Page 23 - ... she retreated on his approach, and at last, he thought, went into the Castle, though the gates were shut. This obliging him to think he had seen a spirit, sent him home very much terrified ; but the next day, relating his adventure to some people who lived in the Castle, and describing, as near as he could, the garb and stature of the apparition, they told him it was that of the woman...
Page 157 - There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification.
Page vii - Introduction to the Legends of Manx Land," has truthfully observed : " Popular tales, songs, and superstitions are not altogether profitless ; like the fingers of a clock, they point to the time of day. Turns and modes of thought, that else had set in darkness, are by them preserved and reflected, even as objects sunk below the horizon are occasionally brought again into view by atmospheric reflection. Fables are facts in so far as they mirror the minds of our less scientific ancestors.
Page 44 - ... to be attempted prejudicial to the king, or his laws, or the realm of Scotland.' 1 It was indeed amiable for the Scots to tolerate the Manx within their borders for even fifteen days, for, five years earlier, the Manx had passed a law ordaining that ' all Scots avoid the land with the next vessels that goeth into Scotland, upon paine of forfeiture of their goods and their bodys to prison.'2 The probable explanation, however, is that King James had never heard of the law in question ! Returning...

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