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... 'd , To make a heart furrender . I love her mair than bees do flow'rs , Or birks the spreading leafy bow'rs ; Her prefence yields me what the fhow'rs , To hills and valleys render . Cou'd I obtain my charmer's love , Mair ftable than B 2 ...
... 'd , To make a heart furrender . I love her mair than bees do flow'rs , Or birks the spreading leafy bow'rs ; Her prefence yields me what the fhow'rs , To hills and valleys render . Cou'd I obtain my charmer's love , Mair ftable than B 2 ...
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... hill tune up the reed , An ' wi ' a fang commend her . For her I'd live a life remote ; Wi ' her I'd love a rustic cot , There blefs kind fortune for my lot , And ilka comfort lend her MEG OF WAPPING . ' TWAS landlady Meg , that made ...
... hill tune up the reed , An ' wi ' a fang commend her . For her I'd live a life remote ; Wi ' her I'd love a rustic cot , There blefs kind fortune for my lot , And ilka comfort lend her MEG OF WAPPING . ' TWAS landlady Meg , that made ...
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... sportsmen of the town , The virgin game in view ; Are full content to run them down , Then they in turn pursue . With their hey how chivy , Hark forward tantivy , & c . B 4 LILIES OF THE VALLEY . O'ER barren hills and flow'ry 23.
... sportsmen of the town , The virgin game in view ; Are full content to run them down , Then they in turn pursue . With their hey how chivy , Hark forward tantivy , & c . B 4 LILIES OF THE VALLEY . O'ER barren hills and flow'ry 23.
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LILIES OF THE VALLEY . O'ER barren hills and flow'ry dales , O'er feas and distant fhores , With merry fong and jocund tales , I've pafs'd fome pleasant hours : Tho ' wand'ring thus , I near could find , A girl like blithefome Sally ...
LILIES OF THE VALLEY . O'ER barren hills and flow'ry dales , O'er feas and distant fhores , With merry fong and jocund tales , I've pafs'd fome pleasant hours : Tho ' wand'ring thus , I near could find , A girl like blithefome Sally ...
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... hills where Stinchar flows , ' Mang moors an moffes many , 0 ; The wintry fun the day has clos'd , An ' I'll away to Nannie , O : The weftlin wind blaws loud an ... hill to Nannie , O. My Nannie's charming , fweet an ' young , Nae 27.
... hills where Stinchar flows , ' Mang moors an moffes many , 0 ; The wintry fun the day has clos'd , An ' I'll away to Nannie , O : The weftlin wind blaws loud an ... hill to Nannie , O. My Nannie's charming , fweet an ' young , Nae 27.
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Page 41 - Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree and a' that. For a
Page 94 - 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, kiss'd his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thickening green ; The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar, Twined amorous round the raptured scene.
Page 40 - Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that ! What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man, for a
Page 75 - Yet shall poor Tom find pleasant weather, When He who all commands Shall give, to...
Page 65 - Tis I'm grown very old, And my doublet is not very new, Well-a-day!' Then line thy worn doublet with ale; Gaffer Gray; And warm thy old heart with a glass. 'Nay, but credit I've none, And my money's all gone; Then say how may that come to pass? Well-a-day!' Hie away to the house on the brow, Gaffer Gray; And knock at the jolly priest's door.
Page 75 - BOWLING HERE, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom Bowling, The darling of our crew; No more he'll hear the tempest howling, For Death has broached him to. His form was of the manliest beauty. His heart was kind and soft ; Faithful below he did his duty, But now he's gone aloft.
Page 75 - ... aloft. Tom never from his word departed, His virtues were so rare; His friends were many and true-hearted, His Poll was kind and fair: And then he'd sing so blithe and jolly; Ah, many's the time and oft! But mirth is turned to melancholy, For Tom is gone aloft.
Page 41 - A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might : Guid faith, he mauna fa' that ! For a
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Page 58 - Are up and gotten lear, They'll help to gar the boatie row, And lighten a' our care. The boatie rows, the boatie rows, The boatie rows fu...