 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 460 pages
...FLOW gently sweet Afton among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock dove whose echo resounds thro' the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den,... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. TO MARY IN HEAVEN. THOU lingering star, with lessening ray, That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...FLOW gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds through the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den,... | |
 | Sir Egerton Brydges - Bibliography - 1809 - 914 pages
...gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently ; I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream} Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not my dream." &c. " Behold the hour, the boat arrive; Thou goest, the darling of my heart j Sever'd from... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pages
...Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. • V. SONG LVI. WHERE CART RINS ROWIN, AIR THB GALLANT WEAVER. WHERE Cart rins rowin to the sea, By... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 452 pages
...winding rills ; There daily I wander as noon rises high, My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye. How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below, Where...woodlands the primroses blow ; There oft as mild evening weeps over the lea, The sweet scented birk shades my Mary and me. Thy Thy crystal stream, Afton, how... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1822 - 440 pages
...FLOW gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream. Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds thro' the Thou green-crested lapwing, thy screaming forbear, I... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...Flow gently, sweet Afion, among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. BONNIE BELL. THE smiling spring comes in rejoicing, And surly winter grimly flies : Now crystal clear... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...gently, sweet Afton ! among thy green braes ; Flow gently, sweet river ! the theme of my lays ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream : Flow gently, sweet Afton ! disturb not her dream. XXI. TcSE—Gilderoy. FROM thee, Eliza ! I must go, And from my native shore ; The cruel fates between... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream— Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. The pastoral feeling, which Burns infused into this sweet song, is in strict conformity with nature.... | |
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