Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Fair Helen, again, is a poem of great tender ness and beauty; and The Flowers of the Forest has a haunting charm of its own in a more delicate and modern way. But another brief ballad (also lamenting F lodden) was w...