 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' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them a', 'Ye...  The poetical works of Robert Burns, with a prefatory notice by J. Skipsey - Seite 174von Robert Burns - 1885Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 460 Seiten
...trysted hour; Those smiles and glances let me see, That make the miser's treasure poor: How blythly wad I bide 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 thro' the lighted ha', To thee my fancy... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 450 Seiten
...trysted hour ! Those smiles and glances let me see, That make the miser's treasure poor : How blythly wad I bide the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun...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' Tho' this... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1814 - 502 Seiten
...hour; Those smiles and glanees let me see, That make the miser's treasure poor : How hlythly wad I hide the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun ; Could I the rieh reward seeure, The lovely Mary Morison. Yestreen, when to the tremhling string, The danee gaed... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 Seiten
...despairing, Than aught in the world beside — Jessy ! " The conclusion of the other is as follows. " Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed...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 among them... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 Seiten
...beside — Jessy!" The conclusion of the other is as follows. " Yestreen, when to the tremblingwstring The dance gaed through the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took us wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw. Tho' this was fair, and that was bra', And yon the toast... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 Seiten
...trysted hour ! Those smiles and glances let me see, That make the miser's treasure poor: How blithly wad I bide the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun...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... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 Seiten
...in his collection. It deserves, however, to be preserved. MARY MORISON. 201 How blithely wad I bid the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun ; Could...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... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1822 - 232 Seiten
...my fame up with a shriek, like dames Who dread to soil their slippers. MAY MORISON enters singing. Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed...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 — the sword,... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 Seiten
...' Those smiles and glances let me see, That make the miser's treasure poor : How blithely wad I bid the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun ; Could...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... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 Seiten
...wish'd, the trysted hour ! Those smiles and glances let me see, That make the miser's treasure poor: How blithely wad I bide the stoure, A weary slave frae sun 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... | |
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