Ballads and poems.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrington, Elizabeth Still, -1912, author.

Contributor:

William Clowes and Sons, publisher.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

English poetry--19th century.

English poetry.

German poetry--19th century.

German poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Harrington, Elizabeth Still, -1912 (autograph) (former owner) (Kislak Center copy)

Physical Description:

16 pages ; 18 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street, and Charing Cross, [approximately 1871-1872?]

Language Note:

Poems in English (some translated from German) and German.

Contents:

In imitation of an old German cavalry song

Free translation of an old German ballad, "Es zogen drei Bursche wohl über den Rhein"

The garden on the hill

To

-

The fair maid of Northumberland

Ein grünes Bändelein an meinen Degen

Lament of the Bavarian recruit

In imitation of an old German ballad, "Es ist ein Schnitter der heisst Tod"

Es waren einmal drei Reiter gefang'n

In imitation of an old German ballad.

Notes:

Anonymous. By Elizabeth Still Harrington (Elizabeth Still Stanhope, Countess of Harrington), the "E.S.H." mentioned on page 8.

Place of printing and printer's name from undated colophon. Imprint date range conjectured by bookseller.

Includes imitations of German ballads, three of the latter being printed in German.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2024 from Christopher Edwards.

Kislak Center copy: "some [poems] have the original verses written in manuscript against them, and two (on pp. 6-7) are signed 'E.S.H.' It's clear that Elizabeth Harrington was the author, and it is to be presumed that this was her copy."--Bookseller's description.

OCLC:

556660748