| Roundelay - 1815 - 260 páginas
...wae's me. I gang like a ghaist, I catena to spin, I darena think on Jamie, for that would be a sin; But I'll do my best a gude wife to be, For auld Robin Gray is kind unto me. Woman first and greatest Treasure. \\TOMAN, first and greatest treasure Man on earth... | |
| Jean Pierre Claris de Florian - 1820 - 390 páginas
...and I canna like to spin ; I dare nae think o Jamit" , for tl at wou'd be a sin : But l'Il da my bcst a gude wife to be ; For auld Robin Gray is very kind to me. Après ce dernier couplet , sir Edouard , s'avançant à travers les arbres , se trouva tout à coup... | |
| Mary Ann Kelty - 1824 - 256 páginas
...that before she had concluded her little pathetic narrative, I was close behind her chair. " But I interrupted her not till she had finished it, not...whispered her name. She started from me with momentary surprise ; but the smile of delight which quickly pervaded her speaking features, emboldened me to... | |
| Mary Ann Kelty - 1824 - 240 páginas
...in tones that made me almost ready to weep, she wound up the whole with — ' 111 do my best a glide wife to be, For auld Robin Gray is very kind to me.'...whispered her name. She started from me with momentary surprise ; but the smile of delight which quickly pervaded her speaking features, emboldened me to... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 páginas
...? I gang like a ghaist, and carena to spin ; I darena think on Jamie, for that vvou'd be a sin; But I'll do my best a gude wife to be, For auld Robin Gray is kind unto me. This exquisite song was written by Lady Ann Lindsay, and appeared before her ladyship... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1829 - 414 páginas
...! I gang like a ghaist, and I carena to spin ; I daurna think on Jamie, for that wad be a sin ; But I'll do my best a gude wife to be, For auld Robin Gray is kind unto me. LANGSYNE. MISS BLAMIRE. TUNE — Auld langfynr. WHEN silent time, wi' lightly foot, Had... | |
| 1831 - 272 páginas
...canna like to spin, I dare nae think o' Jemmy, for that would be a sih-{ But I'll do my best a pudc wife to be, For Auld Robin Gray is very kind to me. ALICE GRAY. Mrs. P. Millurd. SUB'S all my fancy painted her, She's lovely, she's divine ; But he< heart... | |
| 1835 - 320 páginas
...and I care na to spin, I dare na think of Jamie for that wou'd be a sin, So I will do my best a^gude wife to be, For Auld Robin Gray is very kind to me. A HIGHLAND LAD. A HIGHLAND lad my love was born, The lowland laws he held in scorn, But he still was... | |
| Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks - 1839 - 590 páginas
...honor to her good sense, and her virtue. "I may not think of Jamie, For that would be a sin. But I maun do my best, A gude wife to be ; For auld Robin Gray Is very kind to me." You ask my sentiments on a truce for five or seven years, in which no mention should be made of that... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 596 páginas
...honor to her good sense, and her virtue. "I may not think of Jamie, For that would be a sin. But I maun do my best, A gude wife to be ; For auld Robin Gray Is very kind to me." You ask my sentiments on a truce for five or seven years, in which no mention should be made of that... | |
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