 I'll make a garland of thy hair Shall bind my heart for evermair Until the day I die. O that I were where Helen lies! Night and day on me she cries; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Says, "Haste and come to me!  English and Scottish Ballads - Page 212edited by - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 458 pages
...on me she cries ; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Says, " haste, and come to me !" O Helen fair ! O Helen chaste ! If I were with thee I were blest, Where...lies low, and takes thy rest, On fair Kirconnell Lee. I wish my grave were growing green, A winding sheet drawn ower my een, And I in Helen's arms lying,... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 472 pages
...on me she cries ; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Says, " Haste and come to me !" O Helen fair ! O Helen chaste ! If I were with thee, I were blest,...lies low, and takes thy rest, On fair Kirconnell Lee. I wish my grave were growing green, A winding sheet drawn ower my een, And I in Helen's arms lying,... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...on me she cries; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Says, Haste and come to me !" — 0 Helen fair! O Helen chaste! If I were with thee, I were blest. Where...Kirconnell Lee. 1 wish my grave were growing green, A wincling-sheet drawn ower my een, And I in Helen's arms lying, On fair Kirconnell Lee. I wish I were... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1835 - 418 pages
...and day on me she cries, Out of my bed she bids me rise, " O come my love to me." 0 Helen fair ! O Helen chaste ! If I were with thee I were blest, Where thou lies low and takes thy rest, On fair Kirconnel lea. 1 wish my grave were growing green, A winding-sheet drawn o'er my een, And I in Helen's... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...and day on me she cries, Out of my bed she bids me rise, " O come my love to me." 0 Helen fair ! O Helen chaste ! If I were with thee I were blest, Where thou lies low and takes thy rest, On fair Kirconnel lea. I wish my grave were growing green, A winding-sheet drawn o'er my een, And I in Helen's... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
..."Haste and come to me! " — 0 Helen fair ! O Helen chaste ! If I were with thee, I were blest, Were thou lies low, and takes thy rest. On fair Kirconnell...my grave were growing green, A winding-sheet drawn over my een, And I in Helen's arms lying, On fair Kirconnell Lee. I wish I were where Helen lies !... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - Ballads, English - 1844 - 178 pages
...me she cries ; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Says, " Haste and come to me !" — 0 Helen fair ! O Helen chaste ! If I were with thee, I were blest, Where thou lies low, and lakes thy rest, On lair Kirconnel Lee. 1 wish my grave were growing green, A winding-sheet drawn ower... | |
 | William Wordsworth - English poetry - 1851 - 750 pages
...on me she cries ; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Pays, "Haste and come to me!" — O Helen fair! O Helen chaste! If I were with thee, I were blest, Where thou lies low, and takes thy rest. On fair Kirconr.cl! Lee. I wish my grave were growing green, A winding-sheet drawn ower ray een, And I in Helen's... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pages
...on mo »lie cries; Out of my bed she bid« me rise, Says, "Haste and come to me!"— O Helen lair! O r when Lighted by gleams of moonlight from the sea take* thy raiL On fair Kirconnell Lee. I wish my grave were growing green, ^ A winding-sheet drawn... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - Ballads, English - 1853 - 464 pages
...me she cries ; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Says, " Haste and come to me ! " — O Helen fair ! O Helen chaste ! If I were with thee, I were blest,...lies low, and takes thy rest, On fair Kirconnell Lee. • I wish my grave were growing green, A winding-sheet drawn ower my een, And I in Helen's arms lyinjr,... | |
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