 The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw ; Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them a', "Ye are na Mary Morison.  The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature - Page 3381809Full view - About this book
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1867 - 360 pages
...The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha'. To thee my fancy took its wing,— 1 sat, but neither heard nor saw : Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said amartg them a' : ' Ye are na Mary Morison.' Or canst thou break that heart of his, Whase only faut... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1868 - 688 pages
...Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard or saw : Tho' this...and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, 1 sigh'd, and said amang them a', j ' Ye are na Mary Morison.' O Mary, canst thou wreck his peace,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1868 - 312 pages
...fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw ; Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And you the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd and said, amang them a', "Ye are na Mary Morison." 0 Mary, canst thou wreck his peace, AVha for thy sake wad gladly die ? Or canst tho« break that heart... | |
 | English poetry - 1869 - 444 pages
...dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing, — I sat, but neither heard nor saw : Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon...of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them a', <xYe are na Mary Morison. ' O Mary, canst thou wreck his peace Wha for thy sake wad gladly dee ? Or... | |
 | John Tomlinson - English poetry - 1869 - 192 pages
...The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha' ; To thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw ; Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town ; I sigh'd, and said, among them a', Ye are na Mary Morison." The principal subjects of his songs are a love of nature and... | |
 | 1869 - 632 pages
...fancy took its wing ; I sat, but neither heard nor saw : Tho' this was fair and that was braw, And you the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them a', ' Ye are na Mary Morison. ' " As any notice of the poet would be incomplete without considering his letters, we will notice them... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - Scotland - 1870 - 642 pages
...fancy took its wing — I sat, but neither heard nor saw : Though this was fair and that was braw,4 And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said, amang them a', "Ye are na Mary Morrison." O Mary, canst thou wreck his peace, Wha for thy sake wad gladly die ? Or canst thou break... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1871 - 692 pages
...lovely Mary Morison ! Yestreen, when to the trembling string, The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the...and said amang them a', ' Ye are na Mary Morison.' O Mary, canst thou wreck his peace, Wha for thy sake wad gladly dee ? Or canst thou break that heart... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1871 - 968 pages
...through the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing, — I sat, but neither heard nor saw : Though , 1 sighed, and said amang them a', "Ye are na Mary Morison." 0 Mary, canst thou wreck his peace Wha... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1871 - 516 pages
...yoursel ye scarcely tell to ony."— P. g2, Vol. L A SEBIOUS COITHTSHIP [1780-81.— AGE 21-22.] Tito this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' tIte town, 2 sighd, and said amang them a', ' Ye are na Peggy Ellison i '—(P. 88, Vol. IL) w A.IA.... | |
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