 | Robert Hartley Cromek - Ballads, Scots - 1810 - 260 pages
...And waly waly down the brae, And waly waly by yon burn-side, Where I and my love were wont to gae. I leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trustie trie ; But first it bow'd, and syne it brake, And sae my true love did lyghtlie me. O waly... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1818 - 358 pages
...• And waly, waly, down the brae, And waly, waly, yon burn side, Where I and my love wont to gae. I leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree ; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak, Sae my true-love's forsaken me. O waly, waly, love is bonny, A little time... | |
 | Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 432 pages
...little while, when it is new ; But when it's auld, it waxes cauld, And fades away like morning dew.-|I leant my back unto an aik ; I thought it was a trusty tree ; But first it bowed, and syne it brak, And sae did my fause love to me. was killed, when in the act of leading on the regiment, at the battle... | |
 | Charles Mackie - Epitaphs - 1832 - 174 pages
...courtly dame and false gallant, when royalty inhabited the neighbouring Palace, as follows : — " I leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree ; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak, Sae my true love's forsaken me." " Oh ! Arthur's seat shall be my bed, The... | |
 | Walter Scott - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1833 - 494 pages
...into one of the most beautiful, most plaintive and most poetical of all Scotland's ancient melodies: " I leant my back unto an aik, " I thought it was a...Seat shall be my bed, " The sheets shall ne'er be fyledby me ; " St. Anton's well shall be my drink, " Sin, my true love's forsaken me." &c. The situation... | |
 | Walter Scott - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1833 - 552 pages
...most beautiful, most plaintive and most poetical of all Scotland's ancient melodies : " I leant ray back unto an aik, " I thought it was a trusty tree...But first it bowed and syne it brak, " Sae my true lore's forsaken me. " Oh ! Arthur's Seat shall be my bed, " The sheets shall ne'er be fyled by me ;... | |
 | Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1834 - 322 pages
...failed not to augur confirmation of her worst fears from this unusual mystery. NH CHAPTER VIII. I lent my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree ; But first it bowed, and syne it brak, Sae my fause luve 's forsaken me. OLD BALLAD. " Do any of you wish to see my friend, Corrie Lovcl ?" said... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...the bank, And waly waly down the brae, And waly waly yon burn side, Where I and my love wont to gae. I leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trustie tree ; But first it bow'd, and syne it brake, Sae my true love did lyghtlie me. O waly waly... | |
 | Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1836 - 420 pages
...confirmation of her worse fears from this unusual mystery. CHAPTER VIII. I lent my back unto an aik, 1 thought it was a trusty tree; But first it bowed, and syne it brak, Sae my fause luve's forsaken me. OLD BALLAD. "Do any of you wish to see my friend, Corrie Lovel?" said General... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 790 pages
...must certainly be a firm believer in the simile of the lover of your native land, who complains— ' I leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree, Bat first it bow'd and then it brake,' &c. &.c. 4,c. . Certes these Southrons lack much the habits... | |
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