The Nightingale, the Valkyrie and Raven - and other ballads

The Nightingale, the Valkyrie and Raven, by George Borrow
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Title: The Nightingale, the Valkyrie and Raven and other ballads
Translator: George Borrow Editor: Thomas J. Wise Release Date: October 7, 2008 Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 [eBook #26834]
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Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
THE NIGHTINGALE THE VALKYRIE AND RAVEN
AND OTHER BALLADS
BY
GEORGE BORROW LONDON:
PRINTED FOR PRIVATE CIRCULATION
1913 Copyright in the United States of America by Houghton , Mifflin and Co. for Clement Shorter .
p. 4
THE NIGHTINGALE, OR THE TRANSFORMED DAMSEL
I know where stands a Castellaye, Its turrets are so fairly gilt; With silver are its gates inlaid, Its walls of marble stone are built. Within it stands a linden tree, With lovely leaves its boughs are hung, Therein doth dwell a nightingale, And sweetly moves that bird its tongue. A gallant knight came riding by, He heard its dulcet ditty ring; And sorely, sorely, wondered he At midnight hour that it should sing. “And ...