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 British Poets: Including Translations ... - Seite 205von British poets - 1822Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 Seiten
...the stnure, A weary slave frae sun to sun ; Could 1 the rich reward secure, Tho lovely Mary Morieon. Yestreen when to the trembling string, The dance gaed thro' the lighted hi' To tliee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard or saw : Tho' this was fair, and that... | |
| Robert Burns - 1865 - 236 Seiten
...Those smiles and glances let me see, That make the miser's treasure poor : How blythely wad I bide the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun, Could I...thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw. Tlio' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said... | |
| John Aikin - 1852 - 792 Seiten
...smiles and glances let me see, That make the miser's treasure poor : How blithely wad I bide the sloure, A weary slave frae sun to sun ; Could I the rich reward...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 or saw : Though this... | |
| 1853 - 560 Seiten
...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...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 : Though... | |
| 1853 - 456 Seiten
...me see, That mak' the mi - ser's trea - sure poor. How i—» , ». Yestreen, when to the tighten'd string The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thee...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... | |
| Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 Seiten
...! Those smiles and glances let my see That make the miser's treasure poor : How blithely wad I bide the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun ; Could...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." 0 Mary,... | |
| Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1855 - 616 Seiten
...yet. OH Mary, at thy window be It is the wish'd, the trysted hour! 228 229 How blythely wad I bide the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun, Could I...string, The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thee ray fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw. Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And... | |
| Robert Burns - 1856 - 538 Seiten
...That make the miser's treasure poor ; How blithely wad I bide the stoure, A weary slave frae §jin to sun; Could I the rich reward secure, The lovely...fancy took its wing, — I sat, but neither heard nor saw ! Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And you the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said... | |
| Robert Burns - 1856 - 728 Seiten
...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, The lovely Mary Morrison. Yestreen when to the trembling string, The dance gaed through the lighted ha', To thee my... | |
| 1856 - 390 Seiten
...cannot resist the pleasure of quoting : " 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. Though this was fair, and that was braw, And yon, the toast of a' the town, I sighed, and... | |
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