lea_]

Sir Swerkel. [_There's a dance in the hall of Sir 19
Swerkel the Childe_]

Finn and the Damsel, or The Trial of Wits. ["_What's 23
rifer than leaves_?" _Finn cried_]

Epigrams by Carolan:

1. On Friars. [_Would'st thou on good terms with friars 26
live_]

2. On a surly Butler, who had refused him admission to 26
the cellar. [_O Dermod Flynn it grieveth me_]

Lines. [_How deadly the blow I received_] 27

The last four lines of this Poem had already served (but
with a widely different text) as the last four lines of
the _Ode from the Gaelic_, printed in _Romantic Ballads_,
1826, pp 142-143.

There is a copy of _Ulf Van Yern and Other Ballads_ in the Library of the
British Museum. The Press-mark is C. 44. d. 38.

[Picture: Manuscript of Damsel Mattie]

[Picture: Manuscript of Sir Swerkel]

(35) [ELLEN OF VILLENSKOV: 1913]

Ellen of Villenskov / and Other Ballads / By / George Borrow / London: /
Printed for Private Circulation / 1913.

Collation:--Square demy octavo, pp. 22; consisting of: Half-title (with
blank reverse) pp. 1-2; Title-page, as above (with blank reverse) pp.
3-4; and Text of the _Ballads_ pp. 5-22. There are head-lines
throughout, each page being headed with the title of the particular
_Ballad_ occupying it. Following p. 22 is a leaf, with blank reverse,
and with the following imprint upon its recto: "_London_: / _Printed for
Thomas J. Wise_, _Hampstead_, _N.W._ / _Edition limited to Thirty
Copies_." The signatures are A (a half-sheet of four leaves), with B (a
full sheet of eight leaves) inset within it.

Issued in bright green paper wrappers, with untrimmed edges, and with the
title-page reproduced upon the front. The leaves measure 8.5 x 6.875
inches.

Thirty Copies only were printed.

_Contents_.

PAGE

Ellen of Villenskov. [_There lies a wold in Vester Haf_] 5

Uranienborg. [_Thou who the strand dost wander_] 13

Previously printed, with an earlier and far inferior
text, under the title _The Ruins of Uranienborg_, in _The
Foreign Quarterly Review_. _June_, 1830, pp. 85-86.

The Ready Answer. [_The brother to his dear sister 19
spake_]

Epigrams:

1. _Th