The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life, Volume 5Cochrane and M'Crone, 1834 - 394 páginas |
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... Jeanie . O why should fate sic pleasure have , Life's dearest bands untwining ? Or why sae sweet a flower as love Depend on Fortune's shining ? II . This warld's wealth when I think on , Its pride , and a ' the lave o't- Fie , fie on ...
... Jeanie . O why should fate sic pleasure have , Life's dearest bands untwining ? Or why sae sweet a flower as love Depend on Fortune's shining ? II . This warld's wealth when I think on , Its pride , and a ' the lave o't- Fie , fie on ...
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... Jeanie to the tryste , He danc'd wi ' Jeanie on the down ; And , lang ere witless Jeanie wist , Her heart was tint , her peace was stown . VI . As in the bosom o ' the stream , The moon - beam dwells at dewy e'en ; So trembling , pure ...
... Jeanie to the tryste , He danc'd wi ' Jeanie on the down ; And , lang ere witless Jeanie wist , Her heart was tint , her peace was stown . VI . As in the bosom o ' the stream , The moon - beam dwells at dewy e'en ; So trembling , pure ...
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... Jeanie fair , I lo'e thee dear ; O canst thou think to fancy me ! Or wilt thou leave thy mammie's cot , And learn to tent the farms wi ' me ? XI . At barn or byre thou shalt na drudge , Or naething else to trouble thee ; But stray amang ...
... Jeanie fair , I lo'e thee dear ; O canst thou think to fancy me ! Or wilt thou leave thy mammie's cot , And learn to tent the farms wi ' me ? XI . At barn or byre thou shalt na drudge , Or naething else to trouble thee ; But stray amang ...
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... Jeanie : - " Though father and mother and a ' should gae mad , Thy Jeanie will venture wi ' thee , my lad . " Who the lady was , no one has told us : Jeanies abounded in the district : some of them were eminently beautiful ; yet none ...
... Jeanie : - " Though father and mother and a ' should gae mad , Thy Jeanie will venture wi ' thee , my lad . " Who the lady was , no one has told us : Jeanies abounded in the district : some of them were eminently beautiful ; yet none ...
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... Jeanie own That equal transports move her ? I ask for dearest life alone , That I may live to love her . II . Thus in my arms , wi ' a ' thy charms , I clasp my countless treasure ; I'll seek nae mair o ' heaven to share , Than sic a ...
... Jeanie own That equal transports move her ? I ask for dearest life alone , That I may live to love her . II . Thus in my arms , wi ' a ' thy charms , I clasp my countless treasure ; I'll seek nae mair o ' heaven to share , Than sic a ...
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Página 22 - Ye banks and braes and streams around The castle o' Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, Your waters never drumlie ! There simmer first unfauld her robes, And there the langest tarry ; For there I took the last fareweel O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Was my...
Página 51 - Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard or saw : Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them a',
Página 22 - O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow and lock'd embrace Our parting was fu' tender; And pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder; But, Oh!
Página 122 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha s>ae 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 260 - Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that ; That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Página 276 - Their groves o' sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon, Where bright-beaming summers exalt the perfume ; Far dearer to me yon lone glen o' green breckan, Wi' the burn stealing under the lang yellow broom. Far dearer to me are yon humble broom bowers, Where the blue-bell and gowan lurk lowly unseen : For there, lightly tripping amang the wild flowers. A listening the linnet, aft wanders my Jean. Tho...
Página 156 - Take, oh take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn; But my kisses bring again, bring again, Seals of love, but seal'd in vain.
Página 138 - And surely I'll be mine; And we'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet For auld lang syne.
Página 52 - O Mary, canst thou wreck his peace Wha for thy sake wad gladly dee ? 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
Página 172 - I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee. Or did misfortune's bitter storms Around thee blaw, around thee blaw. Thy bield l should be my bosom, To share it a', to share it a'.