...productions of the present day. " Had we never lov'd sae blindly, " Had we never lov'd sae kindly, " Never met or never parted, " We had ne'er been broken-hearted. " Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest ! " Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest I " Thine be ilka joy and treasure,...

...to fade into a shadow. The subject of the song, Had we never lov'd sae kindly — Had we never lov'd sae blindly — Never met— or never parted — We had ne'er been broken-hearted, was also real, and I am afraid, a person of the same description. Of these four lines, Sir Walter Scott...

...him ! Me, пае cheerfu' twinkle lights me ; Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy : But...parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest ! Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest .' Thine be ilka joy and treasure,...

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...manner. The following exquisitely affecting stanza contains the essence of a thousand loye tales : — " Had we never loved sae kindly , Had we never loved...or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted." There are one or two political songs, which, for any wit or humour they contain, might have been very...

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...leaves him ? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me ; Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy ; But...parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest ! Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest ! Thine be ilka joy and treasure,...