The Verner Raven; The Count of Vendel's Daughter - and Other Ballads

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Verner Raven; The Count of Vendel's Daughter, by Anonymous, Edited by Thomas Wise, Translated by George Borrow This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Verner Raven; The Count of Vendel's Daughter and other Ballads Author: Anonymous Editor: Thomas Wise Release Date: May 29, 2009 [eBook #28825] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE VERNER RAVEN; THE COUNT OF VENDEL'S DAUGHTER*** Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org. Many thanks to Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, UK, for kindly supplying the images from which this transcription was made. THE VERNER RAVEN the count of vendel’s daughter and other ballads by GEORGE BORROW London: printed for private circulation 1913 p. 4Copyright in the United States of America by Houghton Mifflin & Co. for Clement Shorter. p. 5THE VERNER RAVEN The Raven he flies in the evening tide, He in day dares not intrude; Whoever is born to have evil luck In vain may seek for good. Lustily flies the Verner Raven, High o’er the wall he’s flown, For he was aware that Irmindlin fair Sate in her bower alone.