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'; —... Once a Week - Página 881871Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Peter Freeland Aiken - 1876 - 468 páginas
...reward secure, The lovely Mary Morison. 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, 1 sigh'd and said amang them... | |
| Thomas Arnold - 1876 - 564 páginas
...reward secure, The lovely Mary Morison ! 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 sighed, and said amang... | |
| Robert Burns, Alexander Melville Bell - 1876 - 184 páginas
...reward secure, The lovely Mary Morison. 8 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, 1 sigh'd, and said... | |
| Robert Burns - 1878 - 550 páginas
...wad I bide 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,...saw, Though this was fair, and that was braw, And you the toast of a' the town, 1 sighed, and said amang them a', " Ye are na Mary Morison." O Mary,... | |
| Alexander Mackenzie, Alexander Macgregor, Alexander Macbain - 1878 - 500 páginas
...The very essence of love may be found in a hundred of his ditties, notably in " Mary Morrison " — Yestreen, when to the trembling string, The dance...saw. Though this was fair, and that was braw, And you the toast of a' the town, I sighed, and said amang them a', " Ye are my Maiy Morrison." A deeper... | |
| Alexander Mackenzie, Alexander Macgregor, Alexander Macbain - 1878 - 504 páginas
...The very essence of love may be found in a hundred of his ditties, notably in " Mary Morrison " — Yestreen, when to the trembling string, The dance...I sat, but neither heard nor saw. Though this was fuir, and that was braw, And you the toast of a' the towu, I sighed, and said araang them a', " Ye... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1879 - 428 páginas
...blithely wad I bide the stoure, A weary slave frae enn to sun, Could I the rich reward secure, The lovely Mary Morison. Yestreen when to the trembling string...To thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither neard nor saw. Though this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sighed,... | |
| Allan Cunningham, Charles Mackay - 1879 - 628 páginas
...reward secure, The lovely Mary Morison. n. 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... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1880 - 800 páginas
...sweetheart is not there ? " Do ye remember it, ma'am ? " said he ; and he proceeded to repeat it for her — Yestreen, when to the trembling string, The dance...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,... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 642 páginas
...reward secure, The lovely Mary Morison. 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... | |
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