 Adieu! farewell! it came with a lass, and it will pass with a lass: and so he recommended himself to the mercy of Almighty God, and spake little from that time forth, but turned his back to his lords, and his face to the wall.  Mary Queen of Scots: And Other Poems - Page 27by John Heneage Jesse - 1829 - 127 pagesFull view - About this book
 | England - 1849 - 792 pages
...daughter of Bruce brought to his ancestor the dowry of the kingdom, observed with melancholy emphasis, ' It came with a lass, and it will pass with a lass.' A few of his most favoured friends and eoontelleri stood around hi* coach ; the monarch stretched oat... | |
 | 1826 - 332 pages
...came to the King out of Linlithgow, showing him good tidings that the Queen was delivered. He inquired whether it was a man child or a woman, the messenger...mercy of Almighty God, and spake little from that forth, but turned his back to his lords, and his face to the wall. At this time Laird Beaton, Cardinal... | |
 | James Grant - 1828 - 210 pages
...showing him good tidings that the Queen was delivered. The King enquired whether it was a man-child or .a woman; the messenger said, It is a fair daughter;...it came with a lass, and it will pass with a lass; and'so he recommended himself to the mercy of Almighty God, and spoke litlle from that time forth,... | |
 | John M. Leighton - Fife (Scotland) - 1840 - 264 pages
...was delivered. The king inquired whether it was a man-child or a woman. The messenger said, ' It was a fair daughter.' The king answered, ' Adieu, farewell,...lass ;' and so he recommended himself to the mercy of God, and spake little from that time forth, but turned his back unto his lords, and his face unto the... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - Scotland - 1841 - 418 pages
...daughter of Bruce brought to his ancestor the dowry of the kingdom, observed, with melancholy emphasis, " It came with a lass, and it will pass with a lass."* A few of his most favoured friends and councillors stood round his couch ; the monarch stretched out... | |
 | England - 1849 - 822 pages
...daughter of Bruce brought to his ancestor the dowry of the kingdom, observed wilh mtlarcholy emphasis, ' It came with a lass, and it will pass with a lass." A few of his most favoured friends and counsellors stood around hi» 114 115 couch ; the monarch stretched... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1851 - 480 pages
...daughter." " Farewell," exclaimed the King, with prophetic reference, " to the crown of Scotland : it came with a lass, and it will pass with a lass." A melancholy equivoque lurks in this speech, the royal poet having chosen that noun feminine, (still... | |
 | Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - Princes - 1851 - 466 pages
...daughter." " Farewell," exclaimed the King, with prophetic reference, " to the crown of Scotland : it came with a lass, and it will pass with a lass." A melancholy equivoque lurks in this speech, the royal poet having chosen that noun feminine, (still... | |
 | John Bernard Burke - History - 1860 - 608 pages
...daughter : " Farewell \" exclaimed pathetically the dying monarch, "farewell to Scotland's crown ! it came with a lass and it will pass with a lass. Alas ! alas !" The child — thus born at the moment almost of her father's death — was the beautiful... | |
 | Patrick Fraser Tytler - 1864 - 438 pages
...daughter of Bruce brought to his ancestor the dowry of the kingdom, observed, with melancholy emphasis, " It came with a lass, and it will pass with a lass." 2 A few of his most favoured friends and councillors stood round his couch; the monarch stretched out... | |
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