 Barbara. She was in love; and he she loved proved mad And did forsake her. She had a song of 'willow' — An old thing 'twas, but it expressed her fortune, And she died singing it.  English country gentlemen - Page 145by Washington Irving - 1835Full view - About this book
 | Washington Irving - England - 1896 - 410 pages
...hard-hearted husband of low o the alehouse, leaves her lovers' troubles 183 to a cheerless home, to labor, penury, and childbearing. When I see poor Phoebe going...forsake her ; she had a song of willow, An old thing 't was ; but it express'd her fortune, And she died siuging it." I hope, however, that a better lot... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1896 - 402 pages
...husband of low leaves her to a cheerless home, to labor, penury, and childbearing. When I see poor Phcebe going about with drooping eye, and her head hanging...forsake her ; she had a song of willow, An old thing 't was ; but it express'd her fortune, And she died singing it." I hope, however, that a better lot... | |
 | Montgomeryshire (Wales) - 1896 - 416 pages
...feelings of sorrow to the willow. Shakespeare in Othello says of Desdemona anticipating her death : — " My mother had a maid called Barbara, She was in love...she had a song of willow, An old thing 'twas, but it expressed her fortune, And she died singing it ; that song to-night Will not go from my mind." So sad... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Promptbooks - 1899 - 542 pages
...do die before thee, prithee shroud me In one of them. Emil. [Soothingly. Come, come, you talk. Des. My mother had a maid called Barbara ; She was in love,...forsake her : she had a song of willow, An old thing 't was, but it expressed her fortune, And she died singing it. That song, to-night, Will not go from... | |
 | Mary Macleod - 1902 - 492 pages
...Desdemona's thoughts were running on sad themes. " My mother had a maid called Barbara," she said musingly. " She was in love, and he she loved proved mad, and...forsake her. She had a song of ' willow ' : an old thing it was, but it expressed her fortune, and she died singing it ; that song to-night will not go from... | |
 | Frank James Mathew - 1922 - 460 pages
...suggested to him by the fact that in it the slave who wrought the mischief was black. Desdemona's words : My mother had a maid called Barbara : She was in love...a song of " Willow " ; An old thing 'twas, but it expressed her fortune, And she died singing it, may have suggested Ophelia's sorrow and death instead... | |
 | University of Wisconsin - Language and languages - 1922 - 300 pages
...means of Tropes and figures, he quotes a passage from Othello, IV, HI: ^ "My mother had a maid call'd Barbara ; She was In love, and he she loved proved...forsake her. She had a song of willow ; An old thing it was," etc ; and In a footnote he comments : "This charming passage, translated into the finical... | |
 | Audio equipment industry - 1925 - 1020 pages
...Desdemona in her bedroom at night, is overcome by gloomy thoughts ; she recalls a maid of lier mother's : " She was in love, and he she loved proved mad and did forsake her ; she had a song of willow . . . that song to-night will not go from my mind." Then follows Shakespeare's well-known lyric, "... | |
 | Edward Bliss Reed - Ballads, English - 1925 - 410 pages
...man's life." PAGE 60. "The poor soul." Before singing this song, Desdemona speaks the following lines: My mother had a maid called Barbara, She was in love:...She had a song of Willow, An old thing 'twas, but it expressed her fortune, And she died singing it. That song to-night Will not go from my mind. I have... | |
 | Edmund Spenser - 1928 - 386 pages
...Willow worne of forlorne Paramours, the willow worn by unhappy lovers. Cp. Desdemona's song in Othello: "She was in love, and he she loved proved mad, And...had a song of 'willow,' An old thing 'twas but it ezpress'd her fortune And she died singing it." Act iv, Sc. iii. 76. obedient to the benders will,... | |
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