The Serpent Knight, and Other Ballads

By George Borrow

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• Language: English
• Publisher: DigiCat
• Release date: Sep 16, 2022
• ISBN: 8596547329381

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George Borrow

The Serpent Knight, and Other Ballads

EAN 8596547329381

DigiCat, 2022

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Table of Contents

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 and I’ll