Highland Mary: Interesting Papers on an Interesting SubjectJohn Dawson Ross A. Gardner, 1894 - 147 pages |
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... flowers , Your waters never drumlie ! There simmer first unfaulds her robes , An ' there the langest tarry ; For ... flower sae early , Now green's the sod , and cauld's the clay , That wraps my Highland Mary ! Oh pale , pale , now ...
... flowers , Your waters never drumlie ! There simmer first unfaulds her robes , An ' there the langest tarry ; For ... flower sae early , Now green's the sod , and cauld's the clay , That wraps my Highland Mary ! Oh pale , pale , now ...
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... flowers sprang wanton to be prest , The birds sang love on every spray- Till too , too soon , the glowing west Proclaim'd the speed of wingéd day . Still o'er these scenes my mem❜ry wakes , And fondly 14 Highland Mary .
... flowers sprang wanton to be prest , The birds sang love on every spray- Till too , too soon , the glowing west Proclaim'd the speed of wingéd day . Still o'er these scenes my mem❜ry wakes , And fondly 14 Highland Mary .
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... flower who gav'st thy leal heart to the Bard That oft in noblest lays of thee has sung Melodious as thine own soft Gaelic tongue , And cherished thee with sacredest regard . Pure as the sparkling dew on beauteous rose , And chaste as ...
... flower who gav'st thy leal heart to the Bard That oft in noblest lays of thee has sung Melodious as thine own soft Gaelic tongue , And cherished thee with sacredest regard . Pure as the sparkling dew on beauteous rose , And chaste as ...
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... flowers Along the Ayr were seen . The laverock darted up on high , Scattering his fiery notes ; And merle and mavis shook the songs From their enamoured throats . And love was in the scented sod , And the 54 Highland Mary .
... flowers Along the Ayr were seen . The laverock darted up on high , Scattering his fiery notes ; And merle and mavis shook the songs From their enamoured throats . And love was in the scented sod , And the 54 Highland Mary .
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... flowers ! and there Ye sweetest song birds nestle ! For there was ta'en that last farewell , In hope , indulged how blindly ; And there was given that long last gaze " That dwelt " on him " " sae kindly . " XXI . No word of thine ...
... flowers ! and there Ye sweetest song birds nestle ! For there was ta'en that last farewell , In hope , indulged how blindly ; And there was given that long last gaze " That dwelt " on him " " sae kindly . " XXI . No word of thine ...
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ALLAN CUNNINGHAM Annie Ardrossan Ayrshire bard beautiful Bible blissful rest brother Burns and Mary Burns's Highland Mary Campbeltown Castle celebrated Coilsfield daughter dear departed shade DUNCAN MACGREGOR Dunoon faith farewell father Firth of Clyde flowers forswear thyself friends Gavin Hamilton genius girl Glasgow golden hair Grand GRAVE OF HIGHLAND hand heart Highland lassie Highland Mary HIGHLAND MARY'S GRAVE honour immortal Jean Armour John kirk letters lived Lord thine oaths lovers Macpherson Mary Campbell Mary in Heaven Mary's death Masonic Mauchline memory Montgomery Montgomery Castle monument Mossgiel mother never o'er passion Peter M'Pherson place of blissful plighted poems poet poet's possession relic Robert Burns Robert Weir Robertson romantic sang says Scotia's Scotland shalt not forswear shalt perform unto sister song stone stream sweet Tarbolton tender true songs Turnbull unto the Lord verse volume vows West Highlands West Indies wrote ye go
Popular passages
Page 96 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Page 42 - Again ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not, forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths...
Page 82 - O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow and lock'd embrace Our parting was fu' tender; And pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder; But, Oh!
Page 107 - I forget the hallowed grove, Where by the winding Ayr we met, To live one day of parting love ! Eternity will not efface Those records dear of transports past ; Thy image at our last embrace ; Ah ! little thought we 'twas our last ! Ayr gurgling kissed his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thickening, green ; The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar, Twined amorous round the raptured scene.
Page 85 - Autumn following, she crossed the sea to meet me at Greenock : where she had scarce landed when she was seized with a malignant fever, which hurried my dear girl to the grave in a few days ! before I could even hear of her illness.
Page 86 - ... promised compliance ; but still remained where he was, striding up and down slowly, and contemplating the sky, which was singularly clear and starry. At last Mrs. Burns found him stretched on a mass of straw, with his eyes fixed on a beautiful planet ' that shone like another moon,' and prevailed on him to come in.
Page 9 - LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon.