 | John Wilson - 1842 - 380 pages
...altogether equal, has much of simple beauty throughout : — " Of a' the airts the wind can blaw, 1 dearly like the west, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best. " There wild-woods grow, and rivers row, And mony a hill between ; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever... | |
 | English poetry - 1843 - 368 pages
...alas, for ever ! Deep in heart-wrung tears I pledge thee, Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee. OF a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west, For there the bonnie lassie li ves, The lassie I lo'e best : Though wild woods grow, and rivers row, And mony a hill between ;... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pages
...honour of Mrs. Burns, during the honey-moon. Tune.— Mist Admiral Gordon's Strathspey. OF a' the airtsb the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west ; For there...lassie I lo'e best : There wild woods grow, and rivers row,8 And monie a hill between ; u Clothes. w Heed. * Fault. y Malt* z Stool of repentance. o Talk... | |
 | Catherine Sinclair - 1846 - 338 pages
...venture, to me,— Tho" wild woods grow, and rivers row, wi' mony a hill between, Both day and uight, my fancy's flight, is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flow'rs, so lovely, sweet, and fair, I hear her voice in ilka bird, wi' music charm the air; There's... | |
 | 1846 - 444 pages
...passionate strains. " Of a' tie airts the wind can blaw I dearly loe the west, For there the bonnle lassie lives, The lassie I loe best. There wild woods grow, and rivers flow, Wi' mony a hill between ; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. " I sec her... | |
 | percy b. st. john - 1846 - 436 pages
...passionate strains. " Of a' the airts the wind can blnw I dearly loe the west, For there the bonnic lassie lives. The lassie I loe best. There wild woods grow, and rivers flow, Wi' mony a hill between ; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. " I see her... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1847 - 704 pages
...during the honey-moon. Tune.— Mtw Admiral Gordon*! Strathspey. OF a' the airtsb the wind can blaw, 1 dearly like the west ; For there the bonnie lassie...lassie I lo'e best : There wild woods grow, and rivers row,e And monie a hill between ; n Clothes. то Heed. i Fault у Milt z Stool of repentance. a Talk... | |
 | W A. Williamson - 1849 - 134 pages
...exclusively as the place of the wind, or the direction from which it blows, as preserved in Burns : — " Of a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west ; For there the bonny lassie lives, The lass that I like best." The term yad, a stiff-legged country horse, has strayed... | |
 | Frederick Dinsdale - English language - 1849 - 192 pages
...AIRLY, a. Early. AIRNEST, a. Earnest. AIRT, n. The point from •which, the wind blows. Jam., Car. " Of a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west." Scot. Museum, iii, 244. Burns, iv, 137. AIRT NOR PART. "Neither airt nor part," in no way concerned... | |
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I hear her in the tunefu' birds, I hear her charm the air : There's not a bonnie flower that springs By fountain... 
