 | Robert Burns - 1835 - 440 pages
...thou this,' — she solemn said, And hound the Holly round my head ; The polish'd leaves, and herries red, Did rustling play ; And, like a passing thought, she fled In light away. ADDRESS TO THE UNCO QUID, OR THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS. My ton, these maxims make •. rule, And lump them... | |
 | 1848 - 508 pages
...the plough : " Now wear thou this, she sob-inn Hid, And placed the holly on my held : Its polished leaves and berries red did rustling play; And, like a passing thought, she fled in light away." The holly is all-important to small birds which remain stationary through the winter: it affords a... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1836 - 1062 pages
...the Starryheugh, was right about 'the coming woe,' though erroneous about the agent." CHAPTER XII. And wear thou this, she solemn said : And bound the holly round my head . The polished leaves and berries red Did rustling play : And, like a passing thought, she fled lu light... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - English fiction - 1836 - 470 pages
...Starryheugh, was right about' the coming wo,' though erroneous about the agent." CHAPTER XII. And wear them this, she solemn said : And bound the holly round my head; The polished leaves and berries red And, like a passing thought, she fled in light away. Did rustling play... | |
 | Elizabeth Washington Wirt - Flower language - 1837 - 264 pages
...amid my friends I'd be, Like the high leaves upon the holly tree. Sovthey. "And wear thou thls" — she solemn said, And bound the holly round my head...And, like a passing thought she fled In light away. Buesn — The Finon. The hark of the common holly, I. aquifolium, when fermented and then washed from... | |
 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - Scotland - 1837 - 628 pages
...protect. 1 And «tear thou thii,' — she solemn said, And bound the IJolly round my head ; The polish* d leaves, and berries red, Did rustling play ; And, like a passing thought, she fled In light away. ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID оатнж RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS. Mr son, the» maxims make * rule. And lump them... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...fan ; Preserve the dignity of man With soul erect ; And trust, the universal plan Will all protect " Through the long year in constant quiet bound, Night...know, Is garrulous ; and solitude is apt T' anticipat ADDRESS TO THE ШСО GU1D ; OR, THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS. My son, these maxims make a rule, And lump... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 750 pages
...And trust, the universal plan Will all protect. " And wear thou Ihis"—she solemn said, And hound the holly round my head: The polish'd leaves, and...And, like a passing thought, she fled In light away. ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID; OR, THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS. My son, these maxims make a rule, And lunuuheni... | |
 | James Currie - 1838 - 92 pages
...ho set out: " And wear thou this—she solemn said, And bound the holfg round my head; Tho polished leaves, and berries red, Did rustling play: And, like a passing thought, she Sod In light away." In various poems, Burns has exhibited the picture of a mind under the deep impressions... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 pages
...can be asserted, that he never borrowed, save to mend — or imitated, except to improve. THE VISION. "And wear thou this, — she solemn said, And bound the holly round my head ; The polished leaves and berries red Did rustling play ; And, like a passing thought, she fled In light... | |
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And wear thou this' — she solemn said, And bound the Holly round my head : The polish'd leaves, and berries red, Did rustling play; And, like a passing thought, she fled In light away. 
