Servian Popular Poetry

About this eBook

Translator

Bowring, John, 1792-1872

Credits

Transcribed from the 1827 Baldwin, Cradock and Joy edition by David Price

Language

English

LoC Class

PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature

Subject

Serbian poetry -- History and criticism

Category

Text

eBook-No.

39028

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39028

Release Date

March 2, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.НАРОДНЕ СРПСКЕ ПЈЕСМЕ.
2. 2.TO DR. STEPH. VUK KARADJICH.
3. 3.INTRODUCTION.
4. 4.HISTORICAL, TRADITIONAL, AND RELIGIOUS BALLADS. — ABDUCTION OF THE BEAUTIFUL ICONIA. — THE STEPSISTERS. — THE BROTHERS. — DUKA LEKA. — AJKUNA’S MARRIAGE. — ILLNESS OF PRINCE MUJO. — FINDING OF THE HEAD OF LAZAR. — JELITZA AND HER BROTHERS. — HASSAN AGA’S WIFE’S LAMENT. — JAKSHICH’S PARTITIONING. [58] — THE BUILDING OF SKADRA. [64a] — BATTLE OF KOSSOVA. — THE HOLY NICHOLAS. — ERDELSKA’S BANITZA. — THE MOORISH KING’S DAUGHTER. — MARKO AND THE TURKS. — DEATH OF KRALEVICH MARKO.
5. 5.LYRICS, SONGS, AND OCCASIONAL POEMS. — THE CURSE. — FAREWELL. [112] — THE VIOLET. — SMILIA. [116] — HARVEST SONG. — MAIDEN’S PRAYER. — KISSES. — HARVEST SONG. — CURSE. — SALUTATION OF THE MORNING STAR. — THE KNITTER. — ROYAL CONVERSE. — ROSA. — THE MAIDEN AND THE SUN. — THE MAIDEN’S WISH. — THE FALCON. — HEROES SERVED. — YOUTH AND AGE. — CHOICE. — ANXIETY. — INQUIRY. — FROZEN HEART. — UNION IN DEATH. — DEER AND VILA. — VIRGIN AND WIDOW. — NIGHTINGALES. — THE RING. — THE FRATRICIDE. — LOVE. — MAPLE TREE. — SEMENDRIAN BEAUTY. — SELF-ADMIRATION. — ASSIGNATION. — FOOLISH VOW. — VILAS. — LEPOTA. [158] — IMPRECATIONS. — SECRETS DIVULGED. — WISHES. — LOVER ASLEEP. — EARLY SORROWS — THE YOUNG SHEPHERDS. — THOUGHTS OF A MOTHER. — COUNSEL. — DESOLATION. — APPREHENSION. — MILITZA. — THE CHOICE. — FOR WHOM? — LIBERTY. — THE DANCE. — ELEGY. — INQUIRY. — DOUBT. — THE SULTANESS. — BETROTHING. — CAUTIONS. — MAIDEN’S CARES. — MAHOMMEDAN SONG. — MINE EVERY WHERE. — MAID AWAKING. — MOTHER’S LOVE. — THE GREYBEARD. — MAHOMMEDAN TALE. — LOVE’S DIFFICULTIES. — WITCHES. — PLEDGES. — COMPLAINT. — SONG. — MAHOMMEDAN SONG. — BROTHERLESS SISTERS. — MISFORTUNES. — TIMIDITY. — YOUTH ENAMOURED. — BLUE AND BLACK EYES. — THE WIDOW. — ALARMS. — FOND WIFE. — UNHAPPY BRIDE. — LAST PETITION. — LOVE FOR A BROTHER. — REBUKE. — MAN’S FAITH. — MAIDEN’S AFFECTION.
6. 6.MARRIAGE SONGS. — THE MARRIAGE LEADER. — APPROACHING BRIDEGROOM. — PARTING OF THE BRIDE. — DEPARTURE OF THE WEDDING GUESTS. — TO THE BRIDE, WHEN THE MARRIAGE HOOD [233] IS FIRST PUT ON. — AT THE MARRIAGE.
7. 7.Footnotes

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