 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...in a moment it was as the pure breath of his beloved, and he exclaimed to the conscious stars, " Of a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west ; For there the bonny lassie lives, The lass that I lo'e best !" How different, yet how congenial to that other strain,... | |
 | Ballads, Scots - 1854 - 356 pages
...wage thee. OF A' THE AIRTS THE WIND CAN BLAW. BUBNS. Air — " Miss Admiral Gordon's strathspey." OP a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best : There wild woods grow, and rivers row, And mony a hill... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 pages
...Strathspey" the honey-moon." Other versions are abroad ; this one is from the manuscripts of the poet.] OP a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best : There wild-woods grow, and rivers row, And niony a hill... | |
 | English poetry - 1856 - 754 pages
...Full on thy bloom, Till crush'd beneath the furrow's weight, Shall be thy doom. I Love My Jean. Of a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best : There wild woods grow, and rivers row, And mony a hill... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, George Gilfillan - 1856 - 364 pages
...brook, wild streamlet of the west," which he had apostrophised so tenderly. Burns, although he sung "Of a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best," for years ere his departure had not seen a leaf of the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 728 pages
...the moment in his charming canzonet — I LOVE MY JEAN. TUNE — Miss Admiral Gordon'i Strathspey. Of a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west, For there the bonny lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best : There 's wild woods grow, and rivers row, And monie a... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 448 pages
...moment it was as the pure breath of his beloved, and he exclaimed to the conscious stars, — " Of a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west ; For there the bonny lassie lives, The lassie I loe best 1 " How different, yet how congenial to that other strain,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 454 pages
...moment it was as the pure breath of his beloved, and he exclaimed to the conscious stars, — " Of a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west ; For there the bonny lassie lives, The lassie I loe best ! " How different, yet how congenial to that other strain,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 366 pages
...wage thee. OF A' THE AIRTS THE WIND CAN BLAW. Bttxxa. Ait—" Miss Admiral Gtmton's strathspey." OF a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west, For there the bonnie -lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best ; There wild woods grow, and rivers flow, And mony a hill... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 466 pages
...succeeded in any one of his lyrics, till he heard his words and the air together from her voice. " Of a' the airts the wind can blaw, I dearly like the west, For there the bonny lassie lives, The lassie I loe best : There wild woods grow, and rivers row, And mony a hill... | |
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Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair; I hear her in the tunefu... 
