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ANCIENT BALLADS
BY
TORU DUTT
AUTHOR OF “A SHEAF GLEANED IN FRENCH FIELDS,” AND
“LE JOURNAL DE MADEMOISELLE D'ARVERS.”
WITH AN INTRODUCTORY MEMOIR
BY EDMUND GOSSE.
[Illustration]
LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH &CO.
MDCCCLXXXV
“I never heard the old song of Percie and Douglas, that I found not
my heart moved, more than with a trumpet: and yet it is sung but by
some blinde crowder, with no rougher voice, than rude style.”
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY.
Transcriber's Note:
Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. Archaic
spellings have been retained. Punctuation has been normalised. The
oe ligature has been transcribed as [oe].