Little Engel - a ballad with a series of epigrams from the Persian

Little Engel, by George Borrow
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Title: Little Engel a ballad with a series of epigrams from the Persian
Translator: George Borrow Editor: Thomas J. Wise Release Date: October 7, 2008 Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 [eBook #26805]
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LITTLE ENGEL
A BALLAD WITH A SERIES OF
EPIGRAMS FROM THE PERSIAN
BY
GEORGE BORROW LONDON:
PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION
1913
LITTLE ENGEL.
It was the little Engel, he So handsome was and gay; To Upland rode he on a tide And bore a maid away. In ill hour he to Upland rode And made a maid his prize; The first night they together lay Was down by Vesteryse. It was the little Engel he Awoke at black midnight, And straight begins his dream to state In terror and affright. “Methought the wolf-whelp and his dam, The laidly she-wolf gray, Tore out my heart, and twixt their teeth Did hold it as I lay.” “That thou dream’st little Engel thus Can cause slight wonderment, When me thou’st ta’en by might and main Nor asked my friends’ consent.” In came Solwey ...