 | Charles Underwood Dasent - Language and languages - 1877 - 238 pages
...varying number of accents it is very effective. " Ye flow'ery banks' o' bon'nie Doon', How can' ye bloom' sae fair', How can' ye chant', ye lit'tle birds', And I' sae fu" o' care' ! Thou'lt break' my heart', thou bon'nie bird', That sings' upon' the bough' ; Thou minds' me o" the... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - Poetry - 1878 - 358 pages
...Except the mill-wheel's sound. PB Shelley. DESERTED. YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fair! How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o' care! Thou'll break my heart, thou bonnie bird That sings upon the bough; Thou minds me o' the happy days When my fau'se Luve was true.... | |
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 390 pages
...Except the mill-wheel's sound. PB Shelley. DESERTED. YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fair! How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o' care ! Thou'll break my heart, thou bonnie bird That sings upon the bough; Thou minds me o' the happy days When my fause Luve was true.... | |
 | Classical philology - 1912 - 476 pages
...thesis to identify this wistful return of the old poet upon himself with the modern mood of Burns: How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o' care? It is perhaps the part of a spoil-sport to object to point-making by the juxtaposition of extremes... | |
 | American poetry - 1923 - 748 pages
...KATHARINE TYNAN 55 "YE BANKS AND BRAES O' BONNIE DOON" YE banks and braes o' boonie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fair? How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o' care? Thou '11 break my heart, thou bonnie bird That sings upon the bough ; Thou minds me o' the happy days... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - Electronic journals - 1896 - 876 pages
...How can ye blume sae fair 1 How can ye bloom sae fresh and fa,Lr ! How can ye chant, ye little birds, How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o' care I And I sae weary, fa' o' care ! Thou 'It break my heart, thou bonnie Thou 'It break my heart, thou... | |
 | Jon Stallworthy - Literary Criticism - 1986 - 422 pages
...self, are changed For a dream's sake. Robert Burns THE BANKS O' BOON Ye flowery banks o' bonie Doon, How can ye blume sae fair; How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o' care ! BURNS • BLAKE Thou'll break my heart, thou bonie bird That sings upon the bough; Thou minds me... | |
 | Farah J. Griffin, Cheryl J. Fish - Literary Collections - 1999 - 388 pages
...narration. He knew most of Bobby Bums by heart; and his favorite poem was, Ye flowery banks o' bonnie Doon. How can ye blume sae fair? How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o' care? Finally we made landfall at Madeira and dropped anchor at Funchal. Here we took on water and provisions... | |
 | Sara Donati - Fiction - 2010 - 674 pages
...without hesitation, her voice steady but a little rough with disuse: Ye flowery banks o' bonnie Doow, How can ye blume sae fair; How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o' care! Mr. Thornburn 's jaw sagged, and then snapped sharply closed. "A Red Indian wha' kens Rab Burns's verse.... | |
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Doon, How can ye blume sae fair ! How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o' care. Thou'll break my heart, thou bonie bird, That sings upon the bough ; Thou minds me o' the happy days, When my fause luve was true. 
