 Jennie, for their sakes, O, marry me! My heart it said nay; I look'd for Jamie back; But the wind it blew high, and the ship it was a wrack; His ship it was a wrack — why didna Jamie dee? Or why do I live to cry, Wae's me?  The Companion, by L. Hunt - Page 3961828Full view - About this book
 | Sir Herbert Croft - Chatterton, Thomas, 1752-1770 - 1780 - 326 pages
...fpur. And again, after lying in bed ten months, at Demotica. " Though my mother couH na fpeak, •' She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break." The Abra of Prior's Solomon, " When fhe, with modeft fcorn, the wreath return'd, •' ReclinM her beauteous... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1782 - 348 pages
...Jemmy die ? And why do I live to fay waes me ? Auld Robin argued fair, tho' my miiher didna fpeak, She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break, So they gi'ed him my hand, tho' my heart was in the fea, And auld Robin Grey is gudeman to me. I hadna... | |
 | Goldfinch - 1782 - 318 pages
...Jenny die, And why do I live to cry, Waes me. Auld Robin argu'd fair, tho' my mither didna' fpeak, She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break, So they gied him my hand, tho' my heart was in the fea, And Auld Robin Gray is guidman to me. I hadna... | |
 | Florian - 1793 - 298 pages
...crus m'abuser. C'est moi, dit-il: pourquoi tant de surprise! Mon cher amour , je reviens t'épouser. But she look'd in my face , till my heart was like to break : Sa they gied him my hand, tho'my heart was in the sea , And auld Robin Gray was gude man to me. I... | |
 | 1794 - 470 pages
...Jamie dee ? And why do I live to fay, wa's me ? My father argu'd fair, tho' my mother did na fpeak, She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break ; So they gid him my hand, tho' my heart was at fea, And Auld Robin Gray is a gude man to me. I had... | |
 | 1807 - 550 pages
...And why was shcspar'cl to cry, wae is me? My faither urg'd me fair, but my mither did nae •peak, But she look'd in my face, till my heart was like to break ; Sae they gied him my hand, tho' my heart was in the ia, And auld Robin Gray was gudc man to inc.... | |
 | Fashion - 1807 - 472 pages
...And why was she spar'd to cry, wae is me? My faither urg'd me fair, but my milher did пае •peak, But she look'd in my face, till my heart was like to break ; Sae they gied him my hand, tho' my heart was in the sea, 1 had пае been a wife but weeks only... | |
 | Robert Hartley Cromek - Ballads, Scots - 1810 - 286 pages
...didna Jenny die, And why do I live to say, waes me ? My father argued sair, tho' my mither didna speak, She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break ; So they gi'ed him my hand, tho' my heart was in the sea, And auld Robin Gray is gudeman to me. I... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...? The ship it was a wreck; why didna Jenny die? Auld Robin argued sair: tho' my mither didna speak, She look'd in my face till my heart was like to break: So they gied him my hand, tho' my heart was in the sea: Now auld Robin Gray is a gudeman to me. I hadna... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1823 - 586 pages
...uncqualed for genuine poetical beauty and pathos. My father urg'd me sair, my mither di' ни ' speak, But she look'd in my face till my heart was like to break; So I gave him my hand, tho' my heart was far at sea ; But Auld Uobin Gray is a guid manto me. Your"s,&c.... | |
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