ballads there are in old books-ballads of days when the yew bow was in every man's hands, and war and the chase gave life a colour; but they are dead.
"Hodge and His Masters"
Richard Jefferies
Her little ballads, though the same that she had always sung, yet breathed a more tender spirit.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
"No country can boast of a richer collection of ballads than Scotland, and no Editor for these ballads could be found more accomplished than Professor Aytoun.
"Cattle and Cattle-breeders"
William M'Combie