O, WERT thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea, My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee. Or did misfortune's bitter storms Around thee blaw, around thee blaw, Thy bield should be my bosom, To share it a', to share... History of the burgh of Dumfries, with notices of Nithsdale, Annandale, and ... - Page 712by William McDowall - 1867 - 916 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Burns - 1800 - 460 pages
...'Tis done ! says Jove ; so ends my story, And winter once rejoic'd in glory. ADDRESS TO A LADY. OH wert thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea ; My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee: Or did misfortune's bitter storms... | |
| Anne MacVicar Grant - Authors, English - 1807 - 238 pages
...landscape and simple pathos, overlook songs richer in poetry, to shelter under the bard's plaid : " 0 wert thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea, My plaidy to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee." Or f " Wander \vi Jean in yon glen... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...sing my highland lassie, O! OH, WERT THOU IN THE CAULD BLAST. TUNE — The lass of Licingstone. OH, wert thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea; My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee. Or did misfortune's bitter storms... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1822 - 440 pages
...'Tis done! says Jove ; so ends my story, And Winter once rejoic'd in glory. ADDRESS TO A LADY. Ou, wert thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea ; My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee : Or did misfortune's bitter storms... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...imagine I have restored it to the sense which Burns intended. OH, WERT THOU IN THE CAULD BLAST? Oh, wert thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea ? My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee. Or did misfortune's bitter storms... | |
| Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1825 - 388 pages
...imagine I have restored it to the sense which Burns intended. OH, WERT THOU IN THE CAULD BLAST ? Oh, wert thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea ? My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee. Or did misfortune's bitter storms... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...by his side, Never to rise again, O ! LXV. ADDRESS TO A LADY. TUNE — The Lass of Livingit0nc. O, WERT thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea ; My plaidie to the angry airt, IM shelter thee, I 'd shelter thee. Or did misfortune's bitter storms... | |
| Robert Burns - 1826 - 288 pages
...her silk-soft fan Ids to rest, Till fley'd awa by Phoebus' ligTit." 55 • _ ADDRESS TO A LADY. OR, wert thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea, My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee : Or did misfortune's bitter storms... | |
| Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 388 pages
...flee to his arms I loe best, And that's my dainty Davie. OH, WERT THOU IN THE CAULD BLAST. BURNS. On, wert thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea ; My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shalter thee, I'd shelter thee : Or did misfortune's bitter storms... | |
| Robert Burns - Scotland - 1831 - 484 pages
...Tis done ! says Jove ; so ends my story, And Winter once rejoic'd in glory. ADDRESS TO A LADY. OH, wert thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea ; My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee : Or did misfortune's bitter storms... | |
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