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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: The Whistle-A Ballad
by Robert Burns My Heart's In The HighlandsTo Mary In HeavenThe Whistle-A Ballad I sing of a Whistle, a Whistle of worth, I sing of a Whistle, the pride of the North. Was…Brewer's: Ballad
means, strictly, a song to dance-music, or a song sung while dancing. (Italian, ballare, to dance, ballata, our ballad, ballet [q.v.]). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…Brewer's: Ballads
“Let me make the ballads, and who will may make the laws.” Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, in Scotland, wrote to the Marquis of Montrose, “I knew a very wise man of Sir Christopher Musgrave's…D'Urfey, Thomas
(Encyclopedia) D'Urfey, ThomasD'Urfey, Thomasdûrˈfē [key], 1653–1723, English songwriter and dramatist. His comedies for the stage were forerunners of the ballad opera. In 1699–1700 Wit and Mirth; or…ballad opera
(Encyclopedia) ballad opera, in English drama, a play of comic, satiric, or pastoral intent, interspersed with songs, most of them sung to popular airs. First and best was The Beggar's Opera (1728)…Hurst, Fannie
(Encyclopedia) Hurst, Fannie, 1889–1968, American author, b. Hamilton, Ohio, grad. Washington Univ., 1909. She is noted for her sympathetic, sentimental novels including Lummox (1923), Back Street (…Sackville, Charles, 6th earl of Dorset
(Encyclopedia) Sackville, Charles, 6th earl of Dorset, 1638–1706, English poet and courtier. After the restoration, he became a member of the intimate circle of young rakes and wits at the court of…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Election Ballad
by Robert Burns Gudewife, Count The LawinElegy On Captain Matthew HendersonElection Ballad At the close of the contest for representing the Dumfries Burghs, 1790. Addressed to R.…Brewer's: Fabila's sad Fate
The king Don Fabila was a man of very obstinate purpose and fond of the chase. One day he encountered a boar, and commanded those who rode with him to remain quiet and not interfere; but…The Koran/Sura XXXVIII — Sad
Sura XXXVIII — SadMecca — 88 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful SAD.[320] By the Koran full of warning! In sooth the Infidels are absorbed in pride, in contention…Trending
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