 This is a common motif for all manner of ballads having no other connection, such as "Fair Margaret and Sweet William", "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet", "Fair Janet", and "Lord Lovel", and in tales and ballads found throughout Europe and parts of Asia.This is found in the legend of Tristan and Iseult, which is sometimes supposed to be the source, but there is no evidence for its being older in the romances than in the ballad.Frederick William Burton drew upon a Danish ballad of this type for his "Meeting on the Turret Stairs", depicting the parting of the lovers before the fight.