 | Alexander Hunter - 1803 - 622 lapas
...Song, called the " LAIDLEY wORM of Spindlestone-Haughs ;" Their spells were vain. The hags return^ To the Queen in sorrowful mood, ^', >' ' Crying that witches have no power, Where there is Rown-tree wood. The last line of this Song leads to the true reading of a line in Shakspeare's Tragedy... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1810 - 232 lapas
...silken sails, Full glancing in the sun, To sink the ship she went away, Her witch wives every one. The spells were vain ; the hags returned To the queen...Crying that witches have no power, , ' / Where there is rown-tree wood, Her last effort, she sent a boat, . . Which in the haven lay. With armed men to board... | |
 | Thomas Evans - 1810 - 386 lapas
...sink the ship she sent away i Her witch wives every one. Their spells were vain. The hags return ".d To the queen in sorrowful mood, Crying, that witches have, no power Where there is rown-tree wood. Her last effort — she sent a boat, Which in the haven lay, With armed men to board... | |
 | John Bell - 1812 - 340 lapas
...silken sails, Full glancing in the sun, To sink the ship she sent away Her witch wives every one. The spells were vain ; the hags returned To the queen...Crying that witches have no power, Where there is rown-tree wood. Her last effort, she sent a boat, Which .in the haven lay, With armed men to board... | |
 | 1826 - 408 lapas
...property of driving away witches and evil spirits; and this property is recorded in a very ancient song. Their spells were vain. The hags returned To the queen...mood, Crying that witches have no power Where there is a Roan-tree wood. " This tree will grow upon any soil, strong or light, moist or dry. It will flourish... | |
 | 1826 - 400 lapas
...property of driving away witches and evil spirits ; and this property is recorded in a very ancient song. Their spells were vain. The hags returned To the queen...mood, Crying that witches have no power Where there is a Roan-tree wood. " This tree will grow upon any soil, strong or light, moist or dry. It will flourish... | |
 | William Carr - 1828 - 376 lapas
...the Laidley worm in Northumberland Garland, p. 63, we read, " The spells were vain, the Hag returnes To the Queen in sorrowful mood, Crying that witches have no power, Where there is rown tree wood ! " I go to mother Nicnevens, answered the maid, and she is witch enough to rein the... | |
 | 1830 - 614 lapas
...property, as Dr. Hunter remarks, in a very ancieut song, called tbc Laidley Worm of Spindleston Heughs : "Their spells were vain: The hags returned To the queen in sorrowful mood, Crying, that iritchcs have IM /JÜWÍT, Where there is Rown-trcc wood." And this leads, as some commentators imagine,... | |
 | 1852 - 576 lapas
...often mourns thv absence in her tears. THE MOUNTAIN ASH. THEIR spells were vain ! the boys return'd To the queen in sorrowful mood, Crying that " witches have no power Where there is roan-tree wood." BY MARIANNE. EMMA. To procure a powerful ally, Lothaire. son of Louis d'Outremer and Gerberge, married... | |
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The spells were vain ; the hags returned To the queen in sorrowful mood, Crying that witches have no power Where there is rown-tree wood. 
