...We hear nae mair lilting at our yowe-milking, Women and bairns are heartless and wae ; Sighing and moaning on ilka green loaning — The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away. The " Flowers of the Forest" are the young men of the districts of Selkirkshire and Peebleshire, anciently...

...that aye fought the foremost, The prime of our land, are now cauld in the clay; There's sighing and moaning on ilka green loaning, The flowers of the forest are a' wede away." I am no sentimentalist ; and yet it is utterly impossible to describe the intensity of living force...

...Well hear nae mair lilting, mt the evo-milldng ; Women and bairns an heartlera and WM : ptglilag and moaning on ilka green loaning — The flowers of the forest are a* wede away. aCOTTISH BA1XAD. TWAS on a sultry summer noon, The sky was blue, the breeze was still, And Nature with...

...MISCELLANEOUS PIECES. MISS JANE ELLIOT!'. I'VE heard them lilting at the 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' wede awae. At bughts in the morning nae blythe lads are scorning; Lasses are lonely, and^dowie, and...

...nae luck, &c. MISS JANE ELLIOTT. I'VE heard them lilting at the ewe-milking, Lasses a' lilting before dawn of day; But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning ; " The flowers of the forest are a1 wede awae. At bughts in the morning nae blythe lads are scorning; Lasses are lonely, and dowie,...

...We hear nae mair lilting at our yowe-milking, Women and bairns are heartless and wae ; Sighing and moaning on ilka green loaning — The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away. THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. SECOND VERSION. MBS. COCKBURN, born about the year 1710, died 1794. I'VE...

...We hear nae mair lilting at our yowe-milking, Women and bairns are heartless and wae ; Sighing and moaning on ilka green loaning,— The Flowers of the Forest are a' wcde away. MRS. ALICIA COCKBURN. 1794. ALICIA RUTHERFORD of Fernilie, North Britain, who became the...

...THE FOREST." A BALLAD OF FLODDEN FIELD. I 'VE heard the lilting at our yowe-milking, Lasses a-lilting ts lustre to an insect's wing, And wheels His throne...worlds. Much conversant with heaven, she often holds buchte,' in the morning, пае blythe lads are scorning, The lasses are lonely, and dowie, and wae...

...THE FOREST." A BALLAD OF FLODDEN FIELD. I'VE heard the lilting at our yowe-milking, Lasses a-lilting ar or two, j 1 wedc away. At buchts,! in the morning, nae blythe lads are scorning, The lasses are lonely, and dowie,...

...nae luck, &c. MISS JANE ELLIOTT. I'VE heard them lilting at the 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' wede awae. At bughts in the morning nae blythe lads are scorning; Lasses are lonely, and dowie, and...