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The Serpent Knight, and Other Ballads - George Henry Borrow
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Title: The Serpent Knight
and other ballads
Translator: George Borrow
Editor: Thomas J. Wise
Release Date: August 9, 2009 [eBook #29649]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)
***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SERPENT KNIGHT***
Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas Wise pamphlet by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org.
THE SERPENT KNIGHT
and
OTHER BALLADS
by
GEORGE BORROW
London:
printed for private circulation
1913
Table of Contents
THE SERPENT KNIGHT
Signelil sits in her bower alone,
Of her golden harp she waked the tone.
Beneath her mantle her harp she played,
Then in came striding the worm so laid.
"Proud Signelil, if thou me wilt wed,
I’ll give thee store of gold so red."
"Forbid the heavenly God so great
That I should become the Lindworm’s mate."
"Since thee I may not for a wife acquire,
Kiss me only and I’ll retire."
The linen so white betwixt she placed,
And the laidly worm she kissed in haste.
With his tail of serpent up strook he,
From beneath her dress the blood ran free.
The Lindworm down from the chamber strode,
Wringing her hands behind she trode.
And when she came out upon the stair
Her seven bold brothers met her there.
"Welcome our sister, whither dost hie?
Keep’st thou the Lindworm company?"
"Ah,
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