 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
 | Christopher Wordsworth - 1851 - 550 pages
...he every now and then muttered, in his low solemn tone, that beautiful verse from Burns's Vision: 1 And wear thou this, she solemn said, And bound the...rustling play ; And like a passing thought she fled In light away.' He clambered to the highest rocks in the ' Tom Intach,' and put in the berries in such... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...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...rustling play; And, like a passing thought, she fled In light away. TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY. On turning one dmcn with the plough, in April, 1786. Wee, modest,... | |
 | Thomas Grierson - Highlands (Scotland) - 1851 - 248 pages
...Muse in the following exquisitely beautiful strains, gracefully applied to himself : — " ' Then, wear thou this,' she solemn said, And bound the holly...polished leaves and berries red Did rustling play ; As like a passing thought she fled In light away." Let any competent judge (I would name John Wilson,... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1852 - 756 pages
...1 and warns him that the wealth of the world could never compensate the loss of the Divine gift : " 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... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1852 - 792 pages
...protect " And wear thou thit" — she solemn said, And bound the holly round my head: The polish'd has never spoken ; and how stand up alone, unpr In light away. ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID ; OR, THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS. My son, these maxims make a rule,... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 742 pages
...gift : " And wear thou this " — she lolemn said, And bound the holly round my head : The polish'd leaves, and berries red, Did rustling play ; And, like a passing thought, sat FI.KII, Ilf LIGHT AWAT. Woliaiton, in the poem alluded to, under the influence of similar feelings,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...fan ; Preserve the dignity of man, With soul erect : And trust the Universal Plan Will all protect. " And wear thou this — she solemn s,aid, And bound the Holly round my head : The polish'd leaves, and berries red, Did rustling play ; And, like a passing thought, she fled " To reconcile... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pages
...bard! 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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...all protect. " And wear thou this—she solemn s,aid, 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." " To reconcile to our imagination the entrance of an aerial being into a mansion of... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 254 pages
...the dignity of man, With soul erect : And trust the Universal Plan Will all protect. " And wear than 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 " To reconcile... | |
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