| Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1876 - 626 pages
...of hin earlieit pntroueM, Mrs. General Stewart, of Afton-loJge, when he wrote this nweet pustoral.] FLOW gently, sweet Afton ! among thy green braes,...murmuring stream — Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove, whose echo resounds thro' the glen ; Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon... | |
| Robert Burns - 1880 - 1024 pages
...the neighborhood of C'oilsfield, the residence of Iiis friend and patroness Mis. Stewart of Stair. FLOW gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow...murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds through the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon... | |
| John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 786 pages
...dinna ken — Still hae a stake — I'm wae to think upo' yon den, Even for your sake ! AFTON WATER. Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow...murmuring stream — Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove, whose echo resounds through the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon... | |
| John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 816 pages
...Ye aiblins might—I dinna ken— Still hae a stake— I'm wae to think upo' yon den, AFTON WATER. Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow...murmuring stream— Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove, whose echo resounds through the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1878 - 280 pages
...auater. TUNE—" The Yellow-hair 'd FLOW gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I 'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary's asleep...murmuring stream — Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove, whose echo resounds through the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon... | |
| Robert Burns - 1878 - 550 pages
...wave. Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, — Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. 308 309 THE SMILING SPRING. [Both the hours of the day and the seasons of the year are in... | |
| Allan Cunningham, Charles Mackay - Poetry - 1879 - 628 pages
...of his earliest patroness, Mrs. General Stewart, of Aflonlodge, when, he wrote this sweet pastoral.] FLOW gently, sweet Afton ! among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy prai* ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring streamFlow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. II.... | |
| Archibald R. Adamson - 1879 - 298 pages
...reminded that this stream is celebrated by Burns in the song beginning— " Flow gently sweet Afton amang thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise." For a long distance beyond New Cumnock the railway skirts the Nith, and as the train dashes along,... | |
| Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1880 - 738 pages
...shall rest, And joy shall revisit my bosom no more. AFTON WATER. Tune — The Yellow-haired Laddie. FLOW gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow...stream, — Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove, whose echo resounds through the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon... | |
| Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1881 - 1138 pages
...and hands prepared The blessings they enjoy to guard ! TOBIAS SMOLLETT. FLOW GENTLY, SWEET A FT ок. , then can 4 her dream. Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds through the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon... | |
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