 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.  Lord Roldan - Page 328by Allan Cunningham - 1836Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 370 pages
...; Preserve the dignity of man, With soul erect ; And trust, the universal plan Will all protect. " 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... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poetry, Modern - 1834 - 206 pages
...protect " Jlnd wear thou this /"—she solemn raid. 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. TSE COTTER'S SATURDAY fflOHT. INSCRIBED TO H. A*»*», Esq. Let not amlition mock their... | |
 | 1848 - 508 pages
...when driving 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:... | |
 | Elizabeth Washington Wirt - Flower language - 1837 - 264 pages
...Sovthey. "And wear thou thls" — 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. Buesn — The Finon. The hark of the common holly, I. aquifolium, when fermented and... | |
 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - Scotland - 1837 - 628 pages
...to what a height Burns rises in this poem, from the point at which he set out: — " And wear thov 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... | |
 | 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 hush M as night, and day se polish'd leaves, and berries red Did rustling play ; And, like a passing thought, she fled In light... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - English poetry - 1838 - 752 pages
...protect " And wear Hunt this" — she solemn said, And hound the holly round my head : The polish'd y heart forgets, While pitiless the tempest wild Sore on you heats. Now Phoehe, i In light away. ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID ; OR, THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS. My son, these maxima make a rule,... | |
 | James Currie - 1838 - 92 pages
...at which 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...rustling play ; And, like a passing thought, she fled In light away. " " THE VISION " was written at Mossgiel, a place fruitful in the poetry of Burns :... | |
 | 1843 - 582 pages
...grandeur. How delightfully does he represent her in his " Vision," under the image of " Coila 1" " And wear thou this, she solemn said, And bound the...Did rustling play ; And like a passing thought she lied In light away." Of the morality of Burns, we shall not speak. Here, doubtless, more than anywhere... | |
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