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... morning Of all the trades from east to west P. Pain'd with her flighting Jamie's love Peggy , now the king's come Pious Selinda goes to prayers Pray now , John , let Jug prevail Pretty parrot fay , when I was away Phillis the fairelt of ...
... morning Of all the trades from east to west P. Pain'd with her flighting Jamie's love Peggy , now the king's come Pious Selinda goes to prayers Pray now , John , let Jug prevail Pretty parrot fay , when I was away Phillis the fairelt of ...
Page xix
... morning begins to peep . 208 Ten years like Troy , my stubborn heart 228 ' Twas when the feas were roaring 244 The ordinance aboard 251 Though cruel you feem to my pain 255 Tranfported with pleasure 273 The fages of old 313 The fmiling ...
... morning begins to peep . 208 Ten years like Troy , my stubborn heart 228 ' Twas when the feas were roaring 244 The ordinance aboard 251 Though cruel you feem to my pain 255 Tranfported with pleasure 273 The fages of old 313 The fmiling ...
Page xx
... morning for foft recreation Upbraid me not , capricious fair 104 443 W. 49 4 9 What beauties does Flora difclofe When we meet again Phely When flow'ry meadows deck the year Why hangs that cloud upon thy brow . While fops in faft Italian ...
... morning for foft recreation Upbraid me not , capricious fair 104 443 W. 49 4 9 What beauties does Flora difclofe When we meet again Phely When flow'ry meadows deck the year Why hangs that cloud upon thy brow . While fops in faft Italian ...
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... Morning . ELESTIAL mufes , tune your lyres , Grace all my raptures with your lays , Charming , enchanting Kate infpires , In lofty founds her beauties praife .: How undefigning fhe displays Such fcenes as ravish with delight ; Tho ...
... Morning . ELESTIAL mufes , tune your lyres , Grace all my raptures with your lays , Charming , enchanting Kate infpires , In lofty founds her beauties praife .: How undefigning fhe displays Such fcenes as ravish with delight ; Tho ...
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... morning early , In what , my dear , art thou to blame ? Come own it all fincerely . I've done , Sir , what I dare not name , With a lad that loves me dearly . The greatest fault in myself I know , Is what I now difcover . Then you to ...
... morning early , In what , my dear , art thou to blame ? Come own it all fincerely . I've done , Sir , what I dare not name , With a lad that loves me dearly . The greatest fault in myself I know , Is what I now difcover . Then you to ...
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Alake auld baith beauty Becauſe beſt bleft blifs bluſhes blyth bofom bonny breaſt Broom of Cowdenknows charms chearful Chloe cou'd cry'd dear defire delight derol deſpair drink e'er ev'ry eyes faft faid fair fcorn feek feven fhall fhepherd fhine fhould fighs filly fince fing firft fleep fmiles foft fome foon forrow foul fpring frae ftill fuch fwain fweet grace green hame happy heart highland laddie houſe Invermay Jeany Jenny kifs laddie lady laffie lafs laft lov'd lover maid maun merry morning muft muſt nae mair ne'er never night nymph o'er paffion pain Peggy pleaſe pleaſure praiſe rife Rob Morris rofe ſhall ſhe ſmile SONG ſpeak ſweet tell thee thefe theſe thofe thou thouſand treaſure Tune Twas vows wawking Whilft Whofe wife wine wou'd Yarrow young
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Page 236 - Of all the days that's in the week I dearly love but one day — And that's the day that comes betwixt A Saturday and Monday...
Page 103 - Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.
Page 243 - I have skill to complain, Though the Muses my temples have crowned ; What though, when they hear my soft strain, The Virgins sit weeping around; Ah ! COLIN ! thy hopes are in vain ! Thy pipe and thy laurel resign! Thy False One inclines to a Swain, Whose music is sweeter than thine!
Page 138 - Bethink thee, William, of thy fault, Thy pledge, and broken oath: And give me back my maiden vow, And give me back my troth.
Page 344 - O dinna ye mind, young man," said she, "When ye was in the tavern a drinking, That ye made the healths gae round and round, And slighted Barbara Allan?" He turnd his face unto the wall, And death was with him dealing: "Adieu, adieu, my dear friends all, And be kind to Barbara Allan.
Page 244 - Wide o'er the foaming billows She cast a wistful look ; Her head was crown'd with willows That trembled o'er the brook. Twelve months are gone and over, And nine long tedious days ; Why didst...
Page 138 - How could you say my face was fair, And yet that face forsake? How could you win my virgin heart, Yet leave that heart to break?
Page 199 - Say often what they never mean, Ne'er mind their pretty lying tongue, But tent the language of their een: If these agree, and she persist To answer all your love with hate. Seek elsewhere to be better blest, And let her sigh when 'tis too late. ROGER Kind Patie, now fair fa' your honest heart, — Ye 're ay sae cadgy, and have sic an art To hearten ane!
Page 357 - He was a braw gallant, And he rid at the ring; And the bonny Earl of Murray, Oh he might have been a King! He was a braw gallant, And he playd at the ba; And the bonny Earl of Murray, Was the flower amang them a'.
Page 244 - How can they say that Nature Has nothing made in vain ? Why, then, beneath the water Should hideous rocks remain ? No eyes the rocks discover That lurk beneath the deep, To wreck the wandering lover, And leave the maid to weep...