 So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whispered '"Twere better by far...  McGuffey's New 4th, 6th, Eclectic Reader - Page 415by William Holmes McGuffey - 1867Full view - About this book
 | 1808 - 416 pages
...took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar, — ' Now tread we a measure !' said young Lochinvar. So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That...bonnet and plume ; And the bride-maidens whispered, ' 'Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.' One touch to her hand,... | |
 | Walter Scott - Flodden, Battle of, England, 1513 - 1808 - 526 pages
...Now tread we a measure !" said young Lochinvar. So stately his form, and so lovely her face, ' , TLat never a hall such a galliard did grace ; While her...bonnet and plume ; And the bride-maidens whispered, " 'Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." f One touch to her hand,... | |
 | Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1809 - 494 pages
...took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar — " Now tread we a measure !" said young Lochinvar. So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That...bonnet and plume ; And the bride-maidens whispered, " "Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand,... | |
 | 1809 - 914 pages
...took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar — " Now tread we a measure !" sakj young Lochinvar, So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That...bonnet and plume ; And the bride-maidens whispered, " 'Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 320 pages
...took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar, — " Now tread we a measure !" said young Lochinvar. So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That...bonnet and plume ; And the bride-maidens whispered, " 'Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young LochOne touch to her hand, and one... | |
 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 330 pages
...He took her soft hand ere her mother could bar,— " Now tread we a measure!" said young LOCIIINVAK. So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That...dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whisper'd, a 'T were better by far To have match'd our fair cousin with young LOCHINTAE." One touch... | |
 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 386 pages
...eye. He took her soft hand ere her mother could bar, " Now tread we a measure," said young Lochinvar. So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That...dangling his bonnet and plume ; And the bride-maidens whisper'd, " 'twere better by far [invar," To have match'd our fair cousin with young LochOne touch... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1810 - 960 pages
...!" said young Lochiuvar. 4 SŤ So stately nis form, and so lovely her fate, That '\'-.va hull sucl> a galliard did grace : While her mother did fret,...bonnet and plume ; And the bride-maidens whispered, " 'Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1810 - 532 pages
...Lochinvar. So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace ; R2 While her mother did fret, and her father did fume,...bonnet and plume ; , And the bride-maidens whispered, " Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand,... | |
 | Parodies - 1813 - 410 pages
...He took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar,— "Now tread we a measure!" said young Lochinvar. So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That...bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whispered, " 'Twere better by far, To have match'd our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand,... | |
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