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... lassie , his darling and mine . She's fresh as the morning , the fairest in May ; She's sweet as the evening amang the new hay ; As blithe and as artless as the lamb on the lea , And dear to my heart as the light to my ee . But , oh ...
... lassie , his darling and mine . She's fresh as the morning , the fairest in May ; She's sweet as the evening amang the new hay ; As blithe and as artless as the lamb on the lea , And dear to my heart as the light to my ee . But , oh ...
Page 106
... lassie by him ? O wha can prudence think upon , And sae in love as I am ? O why , & c . How blest the humble cotter's fate ! He woos his simple dearie ; The sillie bogles , wealth and state , Can never make them eerie . O why should ...
... lassie by him ? O wha can prudence think upon , And sae in love as I am ? O why , & c . How blest the humble cotter's fate ! He woos his simple dearie ; The sillie bogles , wealth and state , Can never make them eerie . O why should ...
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... and vow that only thou Shall ever be my dearie . Only thou , I swear and vow , Shall ever be my dearie . Lassie , say thou lo'es me ; Or if thou wiltna be my ain , Sayna thou'lt refuse me : If it winna , canna. 118 BURNS .
... and vow that only thou Shall ever be my dearie . Only thou , I swear and vow , Shall ever be my dearie . Lassie , say thou lo'es me ; Or if thou wiltna be my ain , Sayna thou'lt refuse me : If it winna , canna. 118 BURNS .
Page 119
... lassie , quickly die , Trusting that thou lo'es me . Lassie , let me quickly die , Trusting that thou lo'es me . TUNE - Banks of Cree . Here is the glen , and here the bower , All underneath the birchen shade ; The village - bell has ...
... lassie , quickly die , Trusting that thou lo'es me . Lassie , let me quickly die , Trusting that thou lo'es me . TUNE - Banks of Cree . Here is the glen , and here the bower , All underneath the birchen shade ; The village - bell has ...
Page 124
... - bubbling fountains , The brave Caledonian views wi ' disdain ; He wanders as free as the winds of his mountains , Save love's willing fetters , the chains o ' his Jean . TUNE - The Lothian Lassie . Last May a braw 124 BURNS .
... - bubbling fountains , The brave Caledonian views wi ' disdain ; He wanders as free as the winds of his mountains , Save love's willing fetters , the chains o ' his Jean . TUNE - The Lothian Lassie . Last May a braw 124 BURNS .
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Page 132 - Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a
Page 13 - And sage experience bids me this declare — ' If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair, In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
Page 74 - But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an
Page 142 - As fair art thou, my bonie lass, So deep in luve am I : And I will luve thee still, my Dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a' the seas gang dry, my Dear, And the rocks melt wi' the sun : And I will luve thee still, my Dear, While the sands o
Page 137 - Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair? How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fu' o
Page 139 - My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
Page 130 - Of a' the airts the wind can blaw I dearly like the West, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best : There wild woods grow, and rivers row, And mony a hill between ; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tunefu...
Page 12 - But hark! a rap comes gently to the door; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neibor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek; Wi...
Page 131 - John Anderson, my jo. John Anderson, my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither; And monie a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither: Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson, my jo.
Page 15 - Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method, and of art, When men display to congregations wide, Devotion's...