antic Ballads_ of that date. It is numbered to come
between _The Tournament_ and _Vidrik Verlandson_. The
second was written in 1829, and was intended to find a
place in _The Songs of Scandinavia_. The third was
prepared in 1854, with a view to its appearance in the
_Koempe Viser_. In the two earlier versions the Ballad
bears the tentative title _The Expedition of King
Diderik's Warriors to Birting's Land_. The texts of all
three differ very considerably, the final version being
that from which the Ballad was here printed.

THE SINGING MARINER. [_Who will ever have again_] 16

Previously printed in _The Monthly Magazine_, Vol. lvi,
1823, p. 335.

There exists an early Manuscript of this charming lyric,
differing entirely from the text as printed. This early
version is written in couplets, instead of in four-line
stanzas. Here is the first stanza, followed by the
equivalent couplet from the MS.:

Printed text.

_Who will ever have again_,
_On the land or on the main_,
_Such a chance as happen'd to_
_Count Arnaldos long ago_.

MS.

_Who had e'er such an adventure the ocean's waves
upon_,
_As had the Count Arnaldos the morning of St. John_.

Upon the opposite page I give a facsimile of this early
Manuscript, the exact size of the original. The tiny
waif affords a delightful specimen of Borrow's extremely
beautiful and graceful minute handwriting, of which one
or two other examples exist. The paper upon which the
lines are written is evidently a leaf torn from a small
note-book.

YOUTH'S SONG IN SPRING. [_O_, _scarcely is Spring a time 18
of pure bliss_]

THE NIGHTINGALE. [_In midnight's calm hour the 19
Nightingale sings_]

Previously printed in _The Monthly Magazine_, vol. lvi,
1823, p. 526.

LINES. [_Say from what mine took Love the yellow gold_] 20

MORNING SONG. [_From Eastern quarters now_] 21

Previously printed in _The Foreign Quarterly Review_,
vol. vi, 1830, p. 65.

FROM THE FRENCH. [_This world by fools is occupied_] 22

THE MORNING WALK. [_To the beech grove with so sweet an 23
air_]

Previously printed in _The Foreign Quarterly Review_,
vol. vi, 1830, pp. 80-81.

_Note_.--Each poem to which no reference is attached, appeared for the
first time in this vo