The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language: Selected and Arranged with NotesFrancis Turner Palgrave White, Stokes, & Allen, 1886 |
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Page 145
... frae his dear mouth And tell me how he fareth ! ' O tell sweet Willie to come doun And hear the mavis singing , And see the birds on ilka bush And leaves around them hinging . ' The lav'rock there , wi ' her white breast And gentle ...
... frae his dear mouth And tell me how he fareth ! ' O tell sweet Willie to come doun And hear the mavis singing , And see the birds on ilka bush And leaves around them hinging . ' The lav'rock there , wi ' her white breast And gentle ...
Page 151
... frae the Ferry , The ship rides by the Berwick - law , And I maun leave my bonnie Mary . The trumpets sound , the banners fly , The glittering spears are ranked ready ; The shouts o ' war are heard afar , The battle closes thick and ...
... frae the Ferry , The ship rides by the Berwick - law , And I maun leave my bonnie Mary . The trumpets sound , the banners fly , The glittering spears are ranked ready ; The shouts o ' war are heard afar , The battle closes thick and ...
Page 152
... frae me the meed . I'll wear thy colours in my cap , Thy picture at my heart ; And he that bends not to thine eye Shall rue it to his smart ! Then tell me how to woo thee , Love ; O tell me how to woo thee ! For thy dear sake , nae care ...
... frae me the meed . I'll wear thy colours in my cap , Thy picture at my heart ; And he that bends not to thine eye Shall rue it to his smart ! Then tell me how to woo thee , Love ; O tell me how to woo thee ! For thy dear sake , nae care ...
Page 156
... Frae aff its thorny tree ; And my fause luver staw the rose , But left the thorn wi ' me . R. Burns CXL THE PROGRESS OF POESY A Pindaric Ode AWAKE , Aeolian lyre , awake , And give to rapture all thy trembling strings . From Helicon's ...
... Frae aff its thorny tree ; And my fause luver staw the rose , But left the thorn wi ' me . R. Burns CXL THE PROGRESS OF POESY A Pindaric Ode AWAKE , Aeolian lyre , awake , And give to rapture all thy trembling strings . From Helicon's ...
Page 176
... frae sun to sun , Could I the rich reward secure , The lovely Mary Morison . 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 nor saw : - Tho ...
... frae sun to sun , Could I the rich reward secure , The lovely Mary Morison . 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 nor saw : - Tho ...
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adieu Love Arethuse beauty behold beneath birds blest bonnie bower breast breath bright Brignall brow cheek chidden clouds County Guy dark dead dear death deep delight dost doth dream earth ELIZABETH OF BOHEMIA eyes fair Fancy fear flowers frae gentle glory Gray green happy hast hath Hazeldean hear heard heart heaven Heigh hills Kirconnell kiss ladies leaves light live look'd Lord Lord Byron love's lover Lycidas lyre maid mind morn mountains Muse ne'er never night nonny Nymph o'er P. B. Shelley pale passion Pindar pleasure poems poet Poetry Rosaline rose round Rule Britannia seem'd shade Shakespeare shore sigh sight sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit spring star stream sweet tears thee There's thine thou art thought tree voice waly waly waves weep wild winds wings Wordsworth Yarrow youth