The Serpent Knight, and Other Ballads

By George Borrow

This is a collection of 7 ballads by George Borrow..These are all written as poems and are about imagined or mythical characters. Borrow was an English writer who traveled extensively in Europe and also in Russia. Most of his literary output is about travel or in the form of novels.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 18, 2019
• ISBN: 4064066160487

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George Borrow

The Serpent Knight, and Other Ballads

Published by Good Press, 2019

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EAN 4064066160487

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THE SERPENT KNIGHT

SIR OLAF

THE TREACHEROUS MERMAN

THE KNIGHT IN THE DEER’S SHAPE or THE DECEIVER DECEIVED

THE STALWART MONK

THE CRUEL STEP-DAME

THE CUCKOO

THE SERPENT KNIGHT

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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