Proud Maisie is in the wood, Walking so early; Sweet Robin sits on the bush, Singing so rarely. " 'Tell me, thou bonny bird, When shall I marry me?' 'When six braw gentlemen Kirkward shall carry ye.' * * * " 'Who makes the bridal bed, Birdie, say truly?'... Littell's Living Age - Sayfa 1811883Tam görünüm - Bu kitap hakkında
| Walter Scott - 1866 - 1204 sayfa
...Kirk ward shall carry ye." " Who makes the bridal bed, Birdie, say truly ? " — " The grey-headed sexton That delves the grave duly. " The glow-worm...owl from the steeple sing, 'Welcome, proud lady.'" From the Bride of Lammcrmoor. [1819.] LUCY ASHTON'S SONG. LOOK not thou on beauty's charming, — Sit... | |
| Walter Scott - 1867 - 670 sayfa
...gentlemen Kirkward shall carry ye." " Who makes the bridal bed, Birdie, say truly ?"— " The grey-headed sexton That delves the grave duly. " The glow-worm...owl from the steeple sing, 'Welcome, proud lady.'" From the Bride of Lammcrmoor. [1819.] LUCY ASHTON'S SONG. LOOK not thou on beauty's charming,— Sit... | |
| Walter Scott - 1868 - 268 sayfa
...Kirkward shall carry ye.* * * * » " 'Who makes the bridal bed, Birdie, say truly I'— ' The grey-headed sexton, That delves the grave duly.' * * * * " The...owl from the steeple sing, * Welcome, proud lady.'" Her voice died away with the last notes, and she fell into a elnmber, from which the experienced attendant... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 sayfa
...six braw gentlemen Kirkward shall carry ye.' ' Who makes the bridal bed, Birdie, say truly?' 10 — ' The gray-headed sexton That delves the grave duly....light thee steady; The owl from the steeple sing, 15 Welcome, proud lady.' Sir Walter Scott. CXC AN HOUR WITH THEE. An hour with thee ! — When earliest... | |
| 1868 - 220 sayfa
...Birdie, say, truly." " The gray-headed sexton, That delves the grave duly. " The glow-worm o'er the grave and stone Shall light thee steady ; The owl from the steeple sing, Welcome, proud lady ! " (68) Str Walter Scott. MARY'S LITTLE LAMB. ARY had a little lamb; Its fleece was white as snow:... | |
| 1869 - 444 sayfa
...so early ; Sweet Robin sits on the bush Singing so rarely. ' Tell me, thou bonny bird, When shall l marry me ? ' — ' When six braw gentlemen Kirkward...The owl from the steeple sing Welcome, proud lady. ' Sir W. Scott ccxxxi THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS ONE more Unfortunate We*y of breath Rashly importunate, Gone... | |
| Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 sayfa
...six braw gentlemen Kirkward shall carry ye.' 'Who makes the bridal bed, Birdie, say truly ?' IO — ' The gray-headed sexton That delves the grave duly....light thee steady; The owl from the steeple sing, . 15 Welcome, proud lady.' Sir Walter Scoit. CXCIV AN HOUR WITH THEE. An hour with thee! — When earliest... | |
| Gilbert Malcolm Sproat - 1871 - 144 sayfa
...youth, which ever joyously looks forward, heedless and reckless of any warning — THE PRIDE OF YOUTH. " Proud Maisie is in the wood, Walking so early ; Sweet...The owl from the steeple sing Welcome, proud lady.'" The lover of poetry should compare the above poem with a portion of GRAY'S ode on a distant prospect... | |
| Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 sayfa
...Kirk ward shall carry ye." " Who makes the bridal bed, Birdie, say truly ? " — " The grey-headed draw your latest breath Where all that's wretched pave the way for death p Such is that room ¡ Tho owl from the steeple sing Welcome, proud lady." Sir W. Scott— Born 1771, Died 1832. 1 33 1... | |
| Walter Scott - 1873 - 614 sayfa
...Kirkward shall carry ye." " Who makes the bridal bed, Biriiie, say truly ': " — " The grey-headed sexton That delves the grave duly. " The glow-worm o'er grave and stone Shall light tlice steady. The owl from the steeple sing, 'Welcome, proud lady.'" From the Brhl*: of Lammermoer.... | |
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