Reliques of Ancient English Poetry (Vol. 1-3)
Collection of Old Heroic Ballads, Songs, and Other Pieces of Early PoetryBy Various Authors
Length39h 12m
About this audiobook
This work gives a unique opportunity to dive into the world of ancient British poetry and legends. Here, a reader will find the primary sources for the epic stories about Gilderoy, Winifred, Bryan, Sir Cauline, King Estmere, Sir Guy, King Arthur, the Fairy Queen, and many more. A collection in three volumes contains numerous works by famous and anonymous authors adapted to modern English. The significance of this work is apparent. It was the first collection of ballades in English poetry of this size. It influenced the Romantic movement greatly and contributed to the revivals of ballades in England. Robert Burns, Wordsworth, and Coleridge based their lyric poems on this collection. Although, this work could never see the light of the day. Back in the 18th century, Irish Bishop Thomas Percy saved a manuscript almost set afire by a housemaid. It was an ancient collection of ballades, which inspired the Bishop for further research. Today, it's not just an important historical book; it is also a great source of study materials as well as an exciting read for anyone fond of history and British poetry.
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Table of contents
1EDITOR'S PREFACE
102XXV. CORIN'S FATE.
2GENERAL INTRODUCTION (pt. 1)
103XXVI. JANE SHORE.
3GENERAL INTRODUCTION (pt. 2)
104XXVII. CORYDON'S DOLEFUL KNELL.
4ADVERTISEMENT TO THE FOURTH EDITION.58
105BOOK III.
5THE PREFACE
106I. THE COMPLAINT OF CONSCIENCE.
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6BOOK I.
107II. PLAIN TRUTH AND BLIND IGNORANCE.
7I. THE ANCIENT BALLAD OF CHEVY CHASE.
108III. THE WANDERING JEW.
8II. THE BATTLE OF OTTERBOURNE.
109IV. THE LYE,
9III. THE JEW'S DAUGHTER,
110V. VERSES BY KING JAMES I.
10IV. SIR CAULINE.
111VI. K. JOHN AND THE ABBOT OF CANTERBURY.
11V. EDWARD, EDWARD.
112VII. YOU MEANER BEAUTIES.
12VI. KING ESTMERE.
113VIII. THE OLD AND YOUNG COURTIER.
13VII. SIR PATRICK SPENCE,
114IX. SIR JOHN SUCKLING'S CAMPAIGNE.
14VIII. ROBIN HOOD AND GUY OF GISBORNE.
115X. TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON.
15IX. AN ELEGY ON HENRY FOURTH EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND.
116XI. THE DOWNFALL OF CHARING-CROSS.
16X. THE TOWER OF DOCTRINE.
117XII. LOYALTY CONFINED.
17XI. THE CHILD OF ELLE,
118XIII. VERSES BY K. CHARLES I.
18XII. EDOM O' GORDON,
119XIV. THE SALE OF REBELLIOUS HOUSHOLD-STUFF.
19BOOK II. BALLADS THAT ILLUSTRATE SHAKESPEARE.
120XV. THE BAFFLED KNIGHT, OR LADY'S POLICY.
20I. ADAM BELL, CLYM OF THE CLOUGH, AND WILLIAM OF CLOUDESLEY,
121XVI. WHY SO PALE?
21II. THE AGED LOVER RENOUNCETH LOVE.
122XVII. OLD TOM OF BEDLAM.
22III. JEPHTHAH JUDGE OF ISRAEL.
123XVIII. THE DISTRACTED PURITAN,
23IV. A ROBYN JOLLY ROBYN.
124XIX. THE LUNATIC LOVER,
24V. A SONG TO THE LUTE IN MUSICKE.
125XX. THE LADY DISTRACTED WITH LOVE,
25VI. KING COPHETUA AND THE BEGGAR-MAID
126XXI. THE DISTRACTED LOVER,
26VII. TAKE THY OLD CLOAK ABOUT THEE,
127XXII. THE FRANTIC LADY,
27VIII. WILLOW, WILLOW, WILLOW.
128XXIII. LILLI BURLERO.
28IX. SIR LANCELOT DU LAKE.
129XXIV. THE BRAES OF YARROW,
29X. CORYDON'S FAREWELL TO PHILLIS,
130XXV. ADMIRAL HOSIER'S GHOST
30XI. GERNUTUS THE JEW OF VENICE.
131XXVI. JEMMY DAWSON.
31XII. THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE.
132APPENDIX.
32XIII. TITUS ANDRONICUS'S COMPLAINT.
133ON THE ALLITERATIVE METRE, WITHOUT RHYME, IN PIERCE PLOWMAN'S VISIONS.
33XIV. TAKE THOSE LIPS AWAY.
134ADDITIONS TO THE ESSAY ON THE ALLITERATIVE METRE.
34XV. KING LEIR AND HIS THREE DAUGHTERS.
135BOOK I.
35XVI. YOUTH AND AGE,
136I. THE BOY AND THE MANTLE
36XVII. THE FROLICKSOME DUKE, OR THE TINKER'S GOOD FORTUNE.
137II. THE MARRIAGE OF SIR GAWAINE
37XVIII. THE FRIAR OF ORDERS GRAY.
138III. KING RYENCE'S CHALLENGE.
38BOOK III.
139IV. KING ARTHUR'S DEATH.
39I. THE MORE MODERN BALLAD OF CHEVY CHACE.
140V. THE LEGEND OF KING ARTHUR.
40II. DEATH'S FINAL CONQUEST.
141VI. A DYTTIE TO HEY DOWNE.
41III. THE RISING IN THE NORTH.
142VII. GLASGERION.
42IV. NORTHUMBERLAND BETRAYED BY DOUGLAS.
143VIII. OLD ROBIN OF PORTINGALE.
43V. MY MIND TO ME A KINGDOM IS.
144IX. CHILD WATERS.
44VI. THE PATIENT COUNTESS.
145X. PHILLIDA AND CORYDON.
45VII DOWSABELL.
146XI. LITTLE MUSGRAVE AND LADY BARNARD.
46VIII. THE FAREWELL TO LOVE.
147XII. THE EW-BUGHTS, MARION.
47IX. ULYSSES AND THE SYREN,
148XIII. THE KNIGHT, AND SHEPHERD'S DAUGHTER.
48X. CUPID'S PASTIME.
149XIV. THE SHEPHERD'S ADDRESS TO HIS MUSE.
49XI. THE CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE.
150XV. LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ELLINOR
50XII. GILDEROY
151XVI. CUPID AND CAMPASPE.
51XIII. WINIFREDA.
152XVII. THE LADY TURNED SERVING-MAN
52XIV. THE WITCH OF WOKEY
153XVIII. GIL MORRICE.
53XV. BRYAN AND PEREENE,
154BOOK II.
54XVI. GENTLE RIVER, GENTLE RIVER,
155I. THE LEGEND OF SIR GUY
55XVII. ALCANZOR AND ZAYDA,
156II. GUY AND AMARANT.
56APPENDIX I. AN ESSAY ON THE ANCIENT MINSTRELS IN ENGLAND.
157III. THE AULD GOOD-MAN.
57NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS REFERRED TO IN THE FOREGOING ESSAY.
158IV. FAIR MARGARET AND SWEET WILLIAM.
58APPENDIX II. ON THE ORIGIN OF THE ENGLISH STAGE, &c.
159V. BARBARA ALLEN'S CRUELTY.
59BOOK 1.
160VI. SWEET WILLIAM'S GHOST.
60I. RICHARD OF ALMAIGNE,
161VII. SIR JOHN GREHME AND BARBARA ALLAN.
61II. ON THE DEATH OF K. EDWARD THE FIRST.
162VIII. THE BAILIFF'S DAUGHTER OF ISLINGTON.
62III. AN ORIGINAL BALLAD BY CHAUCER.
163IX. THE WILLOW TREE.
63IV. THE TURNAMENT OF TOTTENHAM:
164X. THE LADY'S FALL
64V. FOR THE VICTORY AT AGINCOURT.
165XI. WALY WALY, LOVE BE BONNY.
65VI. THE NOT-BROWNE MAYD.
166XII. THE BRIDE'S BURIAL.
66VII. A BALET BY THE EARL RIVERS.
167XIII. DULCINA.
67VIII. CUPID'S ASSAULT: BY LORD VAUX.
168XIV. THE LADY ISABELLA'S TRAGEDY.
68IX. SIR ALDINGAR.
169XV. A HUE AND CRY AFTER CUPID.
69X. THE GABERLUNYIE MAN.
170XVI. THE KING OF FRANCE'S DAUGHTER.
70XI. ON THOMAS LORD CROMWELL.
171XVII. THE SWEET NEGLECT.
71XII. HARPALUS.
172XVIII. THE CHILDREN IN THE WOOD.
72XIII. ROBIN AND MAKYNE.
173XIX. A LOVER OF LATE.
73XIV. GENTLE HERDSMAN, TELL TO ME.
174XX. THE KING AND MILLER OF MANSFIELD.
74XV. K. EDWARD IV. AND TANNER OF TAMWORTH
175XXI. THE SHEPHERD'S RESOLUTION.
75XVI. AS YE CAME FROM THE HOLY LAND.
176XXII. QUEEN DIDO.
76XVII. HARDYKNUTE.
177XXIII. THE WITCHES' SONG
77BOOK II.
178XXIV. ROBIN GOOD-FELLOW,
78I. A BALLAD OF LUTHER, THE POPE, A CARDINAL, AND A HUSBANDMAN.
179XXV. THE FAIRY QUEEN.
79II. JOHN ANDERSON MY JO.
180XXVI. THE FAIRIES FAREWELL.
80III. LITTLE JOHN NOBODY.
181BOOK III.
81IV. Q. ELIZABETH'S VERSES, WHILE PRISONER AT WOODSTOCK,
182I. THE BIRTH OF ST. GEORGE.
82V. THE HEIR OF LINNE.
183II. ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON.
83VI. GASCOIGNE'S PRAISE OF THE FAIR BRIDGES, AFTERWARDS LADY SANDS,
184III. LOVE WILL FIND OUT THE WAY.
84VII. FAIR ROSAMOND.
185IV. LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ANNET,
85VIII. QUEEN ELEANOR'S CONFESSIÓN.
186V. UNFADING BEAUTY.
86IX. THE STURDY ROCK.
187VI. GEORGE BARNWELL.
87X. THE BEGGAR'S DAUGHTER OF BEDNALL-GREEN.
188VII. THE STEDFAST SHEPHERD.
88XI. FANCY AND DESIRE.
189VIII. THE SPANISH VIRGIN, OR EFFECTS OF JEALOUSY.
89XII. SIR ANDREW BARTON.
190IX. JEALOUSY TYRANT OF THE MIND.
90XIII. LADY ANNE BOTHWELL'S LAMENT.
191X. CONSTANT PENELOPE.
91XIV. THE MURDER OF THE KING OF SCOTS.
192XI. TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS.
92XV. A SONNET BY Q. ELIZABETH.
193XII. VALENTINE AND URSINE.
93XVI. KING OF SCOTS AND ANDREW BROWNE.
194XIII. THE DRAGON OF WANTLEY.
94XVII. THE BONNY EARL OF MURRAY.
195XIV. ST. GEORGE FOR ENGLAND.
95XVIII. YOUNG WATERS.
196XV. ST. GEORGE FOR ENGLAND.
96XIX. MARY AMBREE.
197XVI. MARGARET'S GHOST.
97XX. BRAVE LORD WILLOUGHBEY.
198XVII. LUCY AND COLIN
98XXI. VICTORIOUS MEN OF EARTH.
199XVIII. THE BOY AND THE MANTLE,
99XXII. THE WINNING OF CALES.
200XIX. THE ANCIENT FRAGMENT OF THE MARRIAGE OF SIR GAWAINE.456
100XXIII. THE SPANISH LADY'S LOVE.
201APPENDIX I. THE WANTON WIFE OF BATH.
101XXIV. ARGENTILE AND CURAN,
202APPENDIX II. ON THE ANCIENT METRICAL ROMANCES, &c.
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