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Página ix
This historian , in alluding to a victory which Sir John de Soulis , the governor of
Eskdale , gained , with fifty men , over a body of English , amounting to three
hundred , under Sir Andrew Hercla , forbears to “ reherss the maner ” of the fight ...
This historian , in alluding to a victory which Sir John de Soulis , the governor of
Eskdale , gained , with fifty men , over a body of English , amounting to three
hundred , under Sir Andrew Hercla , forbears to “ reherss the maner ” of the fight ...
Página xi
His touch upon the harp produced a sound so utterly sweet , and so truly
delightful to the hearers , that he seemed to be born a second Orpheus , or , as it
were , the prince and prelate of all harpers . ” John Major , writing about twenty or
thirty ...
His touch upon the harp produced a sound so utterly sweet , and so truly
delightful to the hearers , that he seemed to be born a second Orpheus , or , as it
were , the prince and prelate of all harpers . ” John Major , writing about twenty or
thirty ...
Página xix
We are informed by John Knox , in his “ Historie , ” that soon after the death of
James V. , ane Wilsoun , servant to the Bischope of Dunkeld , quha nether knew
the New Testament nor the Auld , made a dispyteful railling ballat against the ...
We are informed by John Knox , in his “ Historie , ” that soon after the death of
James V. , ane Wilsoun , servant to the Bischope of Dunkeld , quha nether knew
the New Testament nor the Auld , made a dispyteful railling ballat against the ...
Página xx
It seems also probable , that the stanza preserved by John Knox was a sort of
parody , or imitation of it , which either the same author , or some other , sent forth
a few months after , when the castle was taken by the French anti - reformers .
It seems also probable , that the stanza preserved by John Knox was a sort of
parody , or imitation of it , which either the same author , or some other , sent forth
a few months after , when the castle was taken by the French anti - reformers .
Página xxxii
It happens , that those which correspond with the titles mentioned in the
Complaynt of Scotland , are , upon the whole , less outré than the greater part ;
but , by way of a fair specimen , the following may be quoted : John , come kiss
me now ...
It happens , that those which correspond with the titles mentioned in the
Complaynt of Scotland , are , upon the whole , less outré than the greater part ;
but , by way of a fair specimen , the following may be quoted : John , come kiss
me now ...
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Página 19 - I'll wage thee! Who shall say that Fortune grieves him While the star of hope she 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 to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met - or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Página 288 - I forget the hallowed grove, Where by the winding Ayr we met, To live one day of parting love ! " Eternity will not efface Those records dear of transports past ; Thy image at our last embrace ; Ah ! little thought we 'twas our last ! " Ayr gurgling kiss'd his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thickening, green, The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar, Twin'd amorous round the raptured scene.
Página 232 - But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar?
Página 287 - Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear. My Mary, dear departed shade ! Where is thy place of blissful rest ? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid ? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast ? Vol.
Página 288 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ! Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Página 232 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied; — Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide,- And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Página 244 - Soft shall be his pillow. There, through the summer day, Cool streams are laving : There, while the tempests sway, Scarce are boughs waving...
Página liv - At the end of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth century...
Página 131 - I've heard them lilting, at our ewe-milking Lasses a' lilting before dawn of day : But now they are moaning, on ilka green loaning, The Flowers of the forest are a
Página 121 - I do confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love thee ; Had I not found the slightest prayer That lips could speak had power to move thee : But I can let thee now alone, As worthy to be loved by none.
Informações bibliográficas
| Título | The Scottish Songs, Volume 1 The Scottish Songs, Robert Chambers |
| Editor | Robert Chambers |
| Ilustrado por | Robert Chambers |
| Editora | Ballantyne, 1829 |
| Original de | Universidade de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 1 mar. 2006 |
| Num. págs. | 370 páginas |
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