 O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie; For dear to me as light and...  The Rhode-Island Literary Repository - Page 1301814Full view - About this book
 | Scottish songs - 1852 - 356 pages
...there the latigest tarry ; For there I took the last fareweel O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's...to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu' tender ; And pledging aft to meet again, We... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1852 - 792 pages
...langest tarry ; For there I took the last fareweel O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom 'd tary nest: Long may the ruin spare its hallow 'd guest ! A« jars the hinge, what sullen e clasped her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to... | |
 | Songs - 1853 - 456 pages
...fare-weel fare - we;l 0 How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk ! How rich the hawthorn's blossom ! At, underneath their fragrant shade, I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours, on an^el wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me. as light and life, Was my sweet Highland... | |
 | Scottish ballads and songs - 1854 - 606 pages
...there the langest tarry! For there I took the last fareweel 0' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's...to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' monie a vow, and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu' tender; And pledging aft to meet again, We... | |
 | English poetry - 1854 - 608 pages
...there the langest tarry! For there I took the last fareweel O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's...to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' monie a vow, and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu' tender; And pledging aft to meet again, But,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pages
...there the langest tarry ; For there I took the last fareweel % O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's...to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' many a vow, and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu' tender ; And, pledging aft to meet again, We... | |
 | Ballads, Scots - 1854 - 356 pages
...there the langest tarry ; For there I took the last fareweel O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's...to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu' tender ; And pledging aft to meet again, We... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 pages
...there the langest tarry ; For there I took the last farewell 0' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's...and my dearie ; For dear to me, as light and life, Wi' mony a vow, and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu' tender ; And, pledging aft to meet again, We... | |
 | William Wells Brown - Fugitive slaves - 1855 - 338 pages
...langest tarry ; For there I took the last fareweel 0' my sweet Highland Mary. ' How sweetly bloomed the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasped her to my bosom ! The golden hours, on angel wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie : For dear to... | |
 | Ralph Knight - Literary Criticism - 1959 - 246 pages
...there the langest tarry! For there I took the last fareweel O' my sweet Highland Mary! How sweetly bloom'd the gay, green birk, How rich the hawthorn's...to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' monie a vow and lock'd embrace Our parting was fu' tender; And, pledging aft to meet again, We... | |
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