The modern Scottish minstrel; or, The songs of Scotland of the past half century, with memoirs of the poets, and specimens in English verse of modern Gaelic bards, by C. Rogers, Volume 3Charles Rogers 1856 |
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Pagina 7
... green Cemetery . He had mar- ried , in July 1811 , Miss Jane Walker of Preston Mill , near Dumfries , who still survives . Of a family of four sons and one daughter , three of the sons held military appointments in India , and the ...
... green Cemetery . He had mar- ried , in July 1811 , Miss Jane Walker of Preston Mill , near Dumfries , who still survives . Of a family of four sons and one daughter , three of the sons held military appointments in India , and the ...
Pagina 10
... green The lovely lass of Preston Mill . Her naked feet , amang the grass , Seem'd like twa dew - gemm'd lilies fair ; Her brow shone comely ' mang her locks , Dark curling owre her shoulders bare ; Her cheeks were rich wi ' bloomy youth ...
... green The lovely lass of Preston Mill . Her naked feet , amang the grass , Seem'd like twa dew - gemm'd lilies fair ; Her brow shone comely ' mang her locks , Dark curling owre her shoulders bare ; Her cheeks were rich wi ' bloomy youth ...
Pagina 12
... green , and burns rin clear , Till my last drap o ' blood be still , My heart shall haud nae other love , " Quo ' the lovely lass of Preston Mill . There's comely maids on Dee's wild banks , And Nith's romantic vale is fu ' ; By lanely ...
... green , and burns rin clear , Till my last drap o ' blood be still , My heart shall haud nae other love , " Quo ' the lovely lass of Preston Mill . There's comely maids on Dee's wild banks , And Nith's romantic vale is fu ' ; By lanely ...
Pagina 13
... green leaf o ' loyalty ' s beginning for to fa ' , The bonnie white rose it is withering an ' a ' But I'll water ' t wi ' the blude of usurping tyrannie , An ' green it will grow in my ain countrie . It's hame , and it's hame , hame ...
... green leaf o ' loyalty ' s beginning for to fa ' , The bonnie white rose it is withering an ' a ' But I'll water ' t wi ' the blude of usurping tyrannie , An ' green it will grow in my ain countrie . It's hame , and it's hame , hame ...
Pagina 20
... talent . She died on the 5th February 1854 , and her remains rest in the Pagan family's burying- ground , in Terregles ' churchyard . Round the green bosom'd earth , sea - swept , 20 THE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL . Lovely woman,
... talent . She died on the 5th February 1854 , and her remains rest in the Pagan family's burying- ground , in Terregles ' churchyard . Round the green bosom'd earth , sea - swept , 20 THE MODERN SCOTTISH MINSTREL . Lovely woman,
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Pagina 257 - Twas a dream of those ages of darkness and blood, When the minister's home was the mountain and wood ; When in Wellwood's dark valley the standard of Zion, All bloody and torn 'mong the heather was lying.