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 11
... leave sic a lass , To seek for love in a far countrie ? " Her tears drapp'd down like simmer dew : I fain wad kiss'd them frae her e'e . I took but ane o ' her comely cheek ; " For pity's sake , kind sir , be still ! My heart is fu ' o ...
... leave sic a lass , To seek for love in a far countrie ? " Her tears drapp'd down like simmer dew : I fain wad kiss'd them frae her e'e . I took but ane o ' her comely cheek ; " For pity's sake , kind sir , be still ! My heart is fu ' o ...
Pagina 15
... mast ; And bends the gallant mast , my boys , While , like the eagle free , Away the good ship flies , and leaves Old England on the lec . Oh for a soft and gentle wind ! I hear ALLAN CUNNINGHAM . 15 A wet sheet and a flowing sea,
... mast ; And bends the gallant mast , my boys , While , like the eagle free , Away the good ship flies , and leaves Old England on the lec . Oh for a soft and gentle wind ! I hear ALLAN CUNNINGHAM . 15 A wet sheet and a flowing sea,
Pagina 25
... ' mourn the sad hour that my swain took his leave ; Now , since I despised , an ' was deaf to his maen , I fear he ' ll ne'er offer to woo me again ! Oh ! wad he but now to his Jean be EBENEZER PICKEN . 25 Woo me again,
... ' mourn the sad hour that my swain took his leave ; Now , since I despised , an ' was deaf to his maen , I fear he ' ll ne'er offer to woo me again ! Oh ! wad he but now to his Jean be EBENEZER PICKEN . 25 Woo me again,
Pagina 27
... leaving him to meet the demands of the firm . Surrendering his effects to his creditors , he returned to his native place , almost penniless , and suffering mental depression from his mis- fortunes , which he recklessly sought to remove ...
... leaving him to meet the demands of the firm . Surrendering his effects to his creditors , he returned to his native place , almost penniless , and suffering mental depression from his mis- fortunes , which he recklessly sought to remove ...
Pagina 30
... leave my love , And wander far from Lanark Mills ? Can I forget th ' ecstatic hours , When ( ' scaped the village evening din ) I met my lass ' midst Braxfield bowers , Or near the falls of Corhouse Linn ! While close I clasp'd her to ...
... leave my love , And wander far from Lanark Mills ? Can I forget th ' ecstatic hours , When ( ' scaped the village evening din ) I met my lass ' midst Braxfield bowers , Or near the falls of Corhouse Linn ! While close I clasp'd her to ...
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Pagina 235 - The burn sang to the trees, And we with Nature's heart in tune. Concerted harmonies; And on the knowe abune the burn, For hours thegither sat In the silentness o' joy, till baith Wi
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Pagina 246 - Beauty embodied to- oar sight, A type of heaven. So dear to us thou wert, thou art Even less thine own self than a part Of mine and of thy mother's heart, Casa Wappy! Thy bright, brief day knew no decline — 'Twas cloudless joy ; Sunrise and night alone were thine.
Pagina 16 - I heard a fair one cry; But give to me the snoring breeze And white waves heaving high; And white waves heaving high, my boys, The good ship tight and free — The world of waters is our home, And merry men are we.
Pagina 183 - From the lone shieling of the misty island Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas — Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides: Fair these broad meads, &c.
Pagina 233 - The luve o' life's young day ! The fire that's blawn on Beltane e'en May weel be black gin Yule; But blacker fa' awaits the heart Where first fond luve grows cule. 0 dear, dear Jeanie Morrison, The thochts o" bygane years Still fling their shadows ower my path And blind my een wi...
Pagina 75 - Behave yourseP before folk, Behave yoursel' before folk ; Nor heat my cheeks wi' your mad freaks, But aye be douce before folk. Ye tell me that my lips are sweet, Sic tales, I doubt, are a
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.