 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 452 pages
...thy share, 'Twad been o'er meikle to gien thee mair, I mean an angel mind. AFTON AFTON WATER. FLOW gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise j My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...roeikle to've gien thee mair, I mean an angel mind. FL,OW GENTLY, SWEET AFTON. TUNE— A/ton Water. FLO w gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently,...asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afion, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds thro' the glen, Ye wild whistling... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1822 - 440 pages
...wave. 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. BOJVNIE BELL. THE smiling spring comes in rejoicing, And surly winter grimly flies : Fresh o'er the... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...and the rapture of the lover discreet. They would make a prudent and frugal pair. AFTON WATER. Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently,...thee a song in thy praise; My Mary's asleep by thy mnrmuring stream— Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 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. XXI. TcSE—Gilderoy. FROM thee, Eliza ! I must go, And from my native shore ; The cruel fates between... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pages
...along considered the most proper to be used whenever fair lady was to be addressed in rhyme. " Flow gently, sweet Afton,' among thy green braes. Flow...stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below, Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow ; There... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1826 - 288 pages
...a sheltering cave, \\ here waters flow and wild woods wave. AFTON WATER. VLOW gently, sweet Afion, among thy green braes ; Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; (Vly Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Clow gently, sweet Aftou, disturb not her dream. Thou... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Poets, Scottish - 1828 - 324 pages
...along considered the most proper to be used whenever fair lady was to be addressed in rhyme. " Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently,...stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below, Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow ; There... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 408 pages
...once popular, regarding the heroine : APTON WATER.* BURNS. TUNE — The Yellow-hair" d Laddie. FLOW gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently,...not her dream. Thou stock-dove, whose echo resounds through the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds, in yon flowery den, Thou green-crested lapwing, thy... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 418 pages
...which will execute itself without murmuring against the government, are very visible. ¿iivift. Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; ISIy Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Alton, disturb not her dream. Burns.... | |
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My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. 
