farer
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farers
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‘Far hae I ridden, And farer hae I gane, But lang-bearded maidens I saw never nane.’
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick
I 'm wae to see you, like a flower Kill'd by the winter's snaw, Jamie, Droop farer down frae hour to hour, An' waste sae fast awa, Jamie.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
When she came unto the guid church, She at the door did stan’; She was sae sair sunk down wi’ shame, She couldna come farer ben.
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick
‘Far hae I ridden, And farer hae I gane, But siller-handed spurtles I saw never nane.’
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick
‘Far hae I ridden, And farer hae I gane, But powder on a clocken-hen I saw never nane.’
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Frank Sidgwick
The centuries-old songs were traditionally sung by sea farers around the work, but after a few requests to Nathan's social media accounts and other landlubbers duetting, the craze grew.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2021
A healthy diet is even more crucial for space farers than it is here on the surface, because spending time in space makes your body start to lose bone and muscle mass.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 2, 2018
The spruit was here throttled between banks of worn stone, and the water roared over the drift at a depth that made it impassible to foot- farers.
From Vrouw Grobelaar and Her Leading Cases Seventeen Short Stories by Perceval Gibbon
You made us farers And equal sharers With homespun wearers In home-made joys; You made us princes No plea convinces That spirit winces At dust and noise.
From More Songs From Vagabondia by Bliss Carman
It was impossible to distinguish the faces of these dogged night- farers.
From The Rose in the Ring by George Barr McCutcheon
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