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
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 636 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, l sigh'd, and said amang... | |
| Henry Mills Alden - 1880 - 980 páginas
...not there. "Do ye remember it, ma'am ?" said he; and he proceeded to repeat it for her : " Y'cstreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed through the lighted ha', To tliee my fancy took its wing ; I sat, but neither heard nor saw. " Though this was fair, and that was... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 632 páginas
...Mary Mori son. Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thec 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... | |
| Robert Burns - 1881 - 326 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...my fancy took its wing— I sat, but neither heard now saw. Though this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, l sighed, and said... | |
| Mary Wilder Tileston - 1881 - 210 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... | |
| Matthew Arnold - 1881 - 626 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... | |
| Thomas Humphry Ward - 1881 - 638 páginas
...lovely Mary Morison. Yestreen, when to the trembling string The -dance gaed thro' the lighted ha't 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... | |
| John Campbell Shairp - 1882 - 422 páginas
...few of his later love-songs, and was the first of his productions which revealed his lyric genius : "Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance...saw ; Though this was fair, and that was braw, And von the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said among them a', ' Ye are na Mary Morison.' " 0 Mary,... | |
| Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) - 1882 - 538 páginas
...had been the wooings of a prince — " 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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