The Scottish Songs, Volumen2Robert Chambers Ballantyne, 1829 - 370 páginas |
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... frae the cauld blast , the drift , and the snaw : This impassioned lyric is said to have been the composition of Dr Alexander Webster , one of the ministers of Edinburgh , who died in 1784 . There is a tradition , that he wrote it in ...
... frae the cauld blast , the drift , and the snaw : This impassioned lyric is said to have been the composition of Dr Alexander Webster , one of the ministers of Edinburgh , who died in 1784 . There is a tradition , that he wrote it in ...
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... frae every cauld blast that can blaw : Come under my plaidie , and sit down beside me ; There's room in't , dear lassie , believe me , for twa . Gae ' wa wi ' yere plaidie ! auld Donald , gae ' wa ; I fear na the cauld blast , the drift ...
... frae every cauld blast that can blaw : Come under my plaidie , and sit down beside me ; There's room in't , dear lassie , believe me , for twa . Gae ' wa wi ' yere plaidie ! auld Donald , gae ' wa ; I fear na the cauld blast , the drift ...
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... frae my ee , When my gudeman lies sound by me . The authorship of this beautiful ballad was for a long time disputed : it was , indeed , about thirty years ago , a sort of questio vexata among anti- quaries and others ; insomuch that at ...
... frae my ee , When my gudeman lies sound by me . The authorship of this beautiful ballad was for a long time disputed : it was , indeed , about thirty years ago , a sort of questio vexata among anti- quaries and others ; insomuch that at ...
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... frae the door , Whom I left in his prime , And grat to see the lad come back , He bore about langsyne . I ran through every weel - kenn'd room , In hopes to meet friends there ; I saw where ilk ane used to sit , And hang o'er ilka chair ...
... frae the door , Whom I left in his prime , And grat to see the lad come back , He bore about langsyne . I ran through every weel - kenn'd room , In hopes to meet friends there ; I saw where ilk ane used to sit , And hang o'er ilka chair ...
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... frae thee . Syne I'll gang to the bower , Which thou wi ' roses tied : ' Twas there , by mony a blushing bud , I strove my love to hide . I'll doat on ilka spot Where I hae been wi ' thee ; I'll ca ' to mind some fond love - tale , By ...
... frae thee . Syne I'll gang to the bower , Which thou wi ' roses tied : ' Twas there , by mony a blushing bud , I strove my love to hide . I'll doat on ilka spot Where I hae been wi ' thee ; I'll ca ' to mind some fond love - tale , By ...
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Página 258 - I forget the hallowed grove, Where by the winding Ayr we met, To live one day of parting love ! " Eternity will not efface Those records dear of transports past ; Thy image at our last embrace ; Ah ! little thought we 'twas our last ! " Ayr gurgling kiss'd his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thickening, green, The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar, Twin'd amorous round the raptured scene.
Página 406 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand, or freeman fa?
Página 553 - Waken, lords and ladies gay." Waken, lords and ladies gay, To the green-wood haste away; We can show you where he lies, Fleet of foot, and tall of size; We can show the marks he made When 'gainst the oak his antlers frayed; You shall see him brought to bay, "Waken, lords and ladies gay.
Página 552 - Waken, lords and ladies gay, On the mountain dawns the day ; All the jolly chase is here, With hawk and horse and hunting-spear; Hounds are in their couples yelling. Hawks are whistling, horns are knelling, Merrily merrily mingle they: Waken, lords and ladies gay...
Página 562 - You violets that first appear, By your pure purple mantles known Like the proud virgins of the year, As if the spring were all your own ; What are you when the rose is blown ? So, when my mistress shall be seen In form and beauty of her mind, By virtue first, then choice, a Queen, Tell me, if she were not design'd Th...
Página 339 - I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee. Or did misfortune's bitter storms Around thee blaw, around thee blaw, Thy bield should be my bosom, To share it a', to share it a'.
Página 460 - What is title? What is treasure? What is reputation's care ? If we lead a life of pleasure 'Tis no matter how or where...
Página 441 - Langley-dale; His step is first in peaceful ha', His sword in battle keen" — But aye she loot the tears down fa
Página 258 - O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
Página 412 - Or canst thou break that heart of his, Whase only faut is loving thee ? If love for love thou wilt na gie, At least be pity to me shown ! A thought ungentle canna be The thought o