| Robert Burns - 1880 - 1024 pages
...Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. THE HIGHLAND LASSIE. The date of Buvns's attachment to Highland Mary, and several of the circumstances... | |
| Robert Burns - 1877 - 116 pages
...sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I '11 sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary 's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds thro" the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 618 pages
...sweetAfton, among thy green braes ; Flow gently, I '11 sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary 'a asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her divnm. Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds through the glen, ^ Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon... | |
| Henry Norman Hudson - Readers - 1878 - 488 pages
...rills ! There daily I wander as noon rises high, My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye. 4 Hpw pleasant thy banks and green valleys below, Where...woodlands the primroses blow ! There, oft as mild evening weeps over the lea, The sweet-scented birch shades my Mary and me. 5 Thy crystal stream, Afton, how... | |
| John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 786 pages
...Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream — Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream ! THE BIRKS OF ABERFELDY. Bonny lassie, will ye go, Will ye go, will ye go, Bonny lassie, will ye go... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1878 - 280 pages
...gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I 'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream — Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove, whose echo resounds through the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1878 - 550 pages
...Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, — Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. 308 309 THE SMILING SPRING. [Both the hours of the day and the seasons of the year are in this lively... | |
| John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 816 pages
...Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream— Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream I THE BIRKS OF ABERFELDY. Bonny lassie, will ye go, Will ye go, will ye go, Bonny lassie, will ye go... | |
| Allan Cunningham, Charles Mackay - Poetry - 1879 - 628 pages
...Flow gently, sweet Afton ! among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays ! My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream — Flow gently, sweet Afton ! disturb not her dream. CXLII. THE SMILING SPRING. Tunt— " The Bonnie Bull." IDS ... TM1 IB E ATM. LONDON VIRTUE Jt :« 1U9... | |
| Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1880 - 738 pages
...clear-winding rills! There daily I wander as noon rises high, My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye. How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below, Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow 1 There, oft as mild evening weeps over the lea, The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me. Thy... | |
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