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" When a month and a day had come and gane, Kilmeny sought the greenwood wene ; There laid her down on the leaves sae green, And Kilmeny on earth was never mair seen. But O, the words that fell from her mouth, Were words of wonder, and words of truth !... "
The Poetical Works of the Ettrick Shepherd: Including the Queen's Wake ... - Page 120
by James Hogg - 1840
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The Queen's Wake: A Legendary Poem

James Hogg - Scottish literature - 1815 - 616 pages
...greenwood wene ; There laid her down on the leaves sae green, And Kilmeny on earth was never mair seen. But O, the words that fell from her mouth, Were words...thought again. He ceased ; and all with kind concern Blest in their hearts the bard of Ern. By that the chill and piercing air, 'The pallid hue of ladies...
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The Queen's Wake: A Legendary Poem. ...

James Hogg - Scottish poetry - 1818 - 252 pages
...Were words of wonder, and words of truth ! But all the land were in fear and dread, For they keadna whether she was living or dead. It wasna her hame,...thought again. He ceased ; and all with kind concern Blest in their hearts the bard of Ern. By that the chill and piercing air, The pallid hue of ladies...
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The Queen's Wake: A Legendary Poem

James Hogg - English poetry - 1819 - 408 pages
...greenwood wene; There laid her down on the leaves sae green, And Kilmeny on earth was never mair seen. But O, the words that fell from her mouth, Were words...thought again. He ceased; and all with kind concern Blest in their hearts the bard of Ern. By that the chill and piercing air, The pallid hue of ladies...
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The Queen's Wake: A Legendary Poem

James Hogg - English poetry - 1819 - 398 pages
...greenwood wene ; There laid her down on the leaves sae green, And Kilmeny on earth was never mair seen. But O, the words that fell from her mouth, Were words...thought again. He ceased ; and all with kind concern Blest in their hearts the bard of Ern. By that the chill and piercing air, The pallid hue of ladies...
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The Queen's Wake: A Legendary Poem

James Hogg - English poetry - 1819 - 404 pages
...greenwood wene ; There laid her down on the leaves sae green, And Kilmeny on earth was never mair seen. But O, the words that fell from her mouth, Were words...and pain, And returned to the land of thought again. I He ceased ; and all with kind concern Blest in their hearts the bard of Ern. By that the chill and...
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The North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 9

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American literature - 1819 - 476 pages
...Were words of wonder, and words of truth ! But all the land were in fear and dread, For they kcndna whether she was living or dead, It wasna her hame,...pain, And returned to the land of thought again.' p. 123. There is not much poetry in the volume of so high a character as this ; but it bears marks...
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The Bardiad: A Poem ; in Two Cantos

Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...greenwood wene ; There laid her down on the leaves sae green, And Kilmeny on earth was never mair seen. But O, the words that fell from her mouth, Were words...pain, And returned to the land of thought again." •• But once let woman's soothing tongue Implore hia help or clemency, Around him let her arms be...
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The cabinet; or The selected beauties of literature [ed. by J ..., Volume 1

Cabinet - Literature - 1824 - 440 pages
...greenwood wene ; There laid her down on the leaves sae green, And Kilmeny on earth was never mair seen. But O, the words that fell from her mouth, Were words...and pain, And returned to the land of thought again. HELL'S BRIDGE. A DEADLY feud subsisted almost from time immemorial between the families of M'Pherson...
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The Poetical Melange

English poetry - 1828 - 814 pages
...green-wood wene ; There laid her down on the leaves so green, And Kilmeny on earth was never mair seen. Bnt O, the words that fell from her mouth, Were words...and pain, And returned to the land of thought again. Hogg. ON A TEAR. / Oh that the chemist's magic art Could crystallize this sacred treasure ! Long should...
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The Dublin university magazine

University magazine - 1845 - 772 pages
...the leaves sae green. And Kilmeoy on earth was never mair seen. It wns na her home, and she conM na remain ; She left this world of sorrow and pain, And returned to the land of thonght again." There is more of human interest in Mrs. Gray's poem. Her heroine is restored, and love...
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