Mettie
Americannoun
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For example, the seventh couplet in the earlier reads: I’ll gage my war courser, the steady and tried, That thou canst not obtain the fair Mettie, my bride.
From A Bibliography of the writings in Prose and Verse of George Henry Borrow by Thomas James Wise
But, I say, Mettie, now you are come, and it is all right, do you think I might go to St. Matthew's?
From The Pillars of the House, V1 by Charlotte Mary Yonge
At one and the same moment, Lance exclaimed, 'Jack and Mettie!
From The Pillars of the House, V1 by Charlotte Mary Yonge
Sir Olaf a tune on his golden horn blew, To the house of fair Mettie the thrilling sounds flew.
From Proud Signild and Other Ballads by George Henry Borrow
Sir Olaf he plays on his gold harp a strain, That heard the proud Mettie far over the plain.
From Proud Signild and Other Ballads by George Henry Borrow
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