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 or saw : Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them a', A Literary History of Scotland - Seite 403von John Hepburn Millar - 1903 - 703 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Robert Burns - 1800 - 460 Seiten
...the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun ; Could I the rich reward secure, The lovely Mary Mori son. Yestreen when to the trembling string, The dance gaed...heard or saw: Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them a', " Ye are na Mary Morison." O Mary,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1806 - 450 Seiten
...the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun ; Could I the rich reward secure, The lovely Mary Morison. Yestreen when to the trembling string, The dance gaed...took its wing, I sat, but neither heard or saw. Tho' Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them... | |
| 1809 - 574 Seiten
...another song} for Yestreen is far from being an unintelligible, and is moreover a very pretty word. ' Yestreen when to the trembling string, The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha ? To thee my fancy look its wing, I sat, but neither heard or saw : Tho' this was fair and that was braw, And yon the... | |
| Robert Burns - 1816 - 468 Seiten
...the stoure, A weary slave 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'j To thee my i'aney took ils wing, I sat, but neither heard or saw. cS Tho' this was fair, and that... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 Seiten
...conclusion of the other is as follows. " Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed through the lighted ha', To thee my Fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw. Tho' this was fair, and that was bra', And yon the toast of a' the town, I sighed and said... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 274 Seiten
...the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun ; Could I the rich reward secure, The lovely Mary Morison. Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed...heard or saw : Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And you the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them a', ' Ye arena Mary Morison.' O Mary,... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 Seiten
...the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun ; Could I the rich reward secure, The lovely Mary Morison. Yestreen when to the trembling string, The dance gaed...neither heard or saw : Tho' this was fair, and that was br . And you the toast of a' the towv O Mary, canst thou wreck his peace, Wha for thy sake wad gladly... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1822 - 232 Seiten
...slippers. MAY MORISON enters singing. Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed through the lighted ha, To thee my fancy took its wing : I sat, but neither heard nor saw. (.Dresses her.) Eh ! help me, madam, you 've a martial look ; The bonnet fits you rarely —... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 464 Seiten
...the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun ; Could I the rich reward secure, The lovely Mary Morison ! Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed...heard or saw : Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, ami said amang them a', " Ye arena Mary Morison." O Mary,... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 Seiten
...to sun, Could I the rich reward secure Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gacd through the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, hut neither heard nor saw: Though this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town,... | |
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