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    Brown William, The Power of the Harp, and Other Ballads
    Brown William, The Power of the Harp, and Other Ballads
    Brown William, The Power of the Harp, and Other Ballads
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    Brown William, The Power of the Harp, and Other Ballads

    By George Henry Borrow and Thomas James Wise

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      Brown William, The Power of the Harp, and Other Ballads - George Henry Borrow

      Brown William, by George Borrow

      The Project Gutenberg eBook, Brown William, Edited by Thomas J. Wise,

      Translated by George Borrow

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

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      Title: Brown William

      The Power of the Harp and Other Ballads

      Editor: Thomas J. Wise

      Release Date: October 6, 2008 [eBook #26788]

      Language: English

      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BROWN WILLIAM***

      Transcribed from the 1913 Thomas J. Wise pamphlet by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

      BROWN WILLIAM

      the power of the harp

      and

      other ballads

      by

      GEORGE BORROW

      London:

      printed for private circulation

      1913

      Copyright in the United States of America

      by Houghton, Mifflin & Co. for Clement Shorter.

      BROWN WILLIAM

      This ballad was written in consequence of the execution of William Christian, generally called William Donn, or Brown William, from the darkness of his complexion, who was shot at Hango Hill, near Castletown, in the Isle of Man, shortly after the Restoration, for alleged treason to the Derby family, who long possessed the sovereignty of Man. . . . The ballad of "Brown William," which gives an account of the betrayal of the poor patriot, and the vengeance taken by the hand of God upon his murderers, is the most popular of all the wild songs of Ellan Vannin.

      Let no one in greatness too confident be,

      Nor trust in his kindred, though high their degree;

      For envy and rage will lay any man low:

      Thy murder, Brown William, fills Mona with woe.

      Thou wast the Receiver of Mona’s fair state,

      Thy conduct was noble, thy wisdom was great,

      And ne’er of thy rule did she weariness show:

      Thy murder, Brown William,

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