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" All striped wi' the bars of the rainbow's rim ; And lovely beings round were rife, Who erst had travelled mortal life ; And aye they smiled, and 'gan to... "
The Queen's Wake: A Legendary Poem - Page 177
by James Hogg - 1819 - 384 pages
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The Poets of the Nineteenth Century

Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 644 pages
...yon green-wood he walks his lane. In that green wene Kilmeny la}', Her bosom happ'd wi' the flowerets gay ; But the air was soft, and the silence deep,...Kilmeny fell sound asleep ; She kend nae mair, nor open'd her e'e, Till waked by the hymns of a far countryc. She 'waken'd on a couch of the silk sae...
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The Queen's Wake, and Other Poems

James Hogg - Scottish poetry - 1860 - 392 pages
...yon green-wood he walks his lane. In that green wene Kilmeny lay, Her bosom happed wi' the flowerets gay ; But the air was soft and the silence deep, And...waked by the hymns of a far countrye. She 'wakened on a couch of the silk sae slim, All striped wi' the bars of the rainbow's rim ; And lovely beings round...
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Chambers's readings in English poetry

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...! KILMENT. From The Queen's Wake. In that green wene Kilmeny lay, Her bosom happed wi' the flowrets gay ; But the air was soft, and the silence deep,...sound asleep ; She kend nae mair, nor opened her e'e, knew no more Till waked by the hymns of a far countrye, She wakened on a couch of the silk Bae slim,...
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The works of the Ettrick shepherd, Volume 1; Volume 16

James Hogg, Thomas Thomson - 1866 - 590 pages
...flowerets gay ; But the air was soft and the silenee deep, And bonny Kilmeny fell sound asleep. She kenned nae mair, nor opened her ee, Till waked by the hymns of a far eountrye. She woke on a eoueh of the silk sae slim, All striped wi' the bare of the rainbow's rim ;...
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Ed- Dimiryaht, and other poems

William Forsell Kirby - 1867 - 316 pages
...darkened glass, a lime-ball looke like a black spot on the sun. (Lardner's Chemistry.) 42. "She waked on a couch of the silk sae slim , All striped wi' the bars of the rainbow's rim." Hogg-'s Kilmeny. 43. "And now my love, my seraph-fair, arise." Keats' Eve of St. Agnes. 44. Asaf, the...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...green -wood he walks his lane. In that green wen« Kilmcny lay, Her bosom happed wi' the flowerets ay Kilmcny fell sound asleep ; She kcnd nue inair, nor opened her ее, Till waked by the hymns of a far...
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A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets

American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...yon green-wood he walks his lane. In that green wene Kilmeny lay, Her bosom happed wi' the flowerets at far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Vet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the пае mair, nor opened her ее, Till waked by the hymns of a far couutrye. She wakened on a conch...
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Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry: From Caedmon and ..., Volume 2

Samuel Orchart Beeton - American poetry - 1873 - 782 pages
...you green-wood ho walks his lane. In that green wene, Kilmeny lay, Her bosom happ'd wi' the flowerets : Flings from the Sun direct the flaming day ; Feeds every creature ; hurls tho tempests fo kenn'd пае mair, nor open'd her e'e, Till waked by the hymns of a far countrye. She 'waken'd on...
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The casquet of literature, a selection in poetry and prose, ed ..., Volumes 3-4

Casket - 1873 - 912 pages
...in yon groen wood he walks his lane. In that green wene Kilmeny lay, Her bosom happed wi1 flowerets gay; But the air was soft and the silence deep, And bonny Kilmeny fell sound asleep-. She kenn'd пае mair, nor opened her ее, Till waked by the hymns of a far countrye She woke on a couch...
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The student's treasury of English song, selections from the poets of the ...

English song - 1873 - 566 pages
...yon greenwood he walks his lane ! In that green wene Kilmeny lay, Her bosom hap'd wi' the flowerets gay ; But the air was soft, and the silence deep, And bonny Kilmeny fell sound asleep. She kenned nae mair, nor opened her ee, Till waked by the hymns of a fair countrye. She woke on a couch...
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