Their groves o' sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon, Where bright-beaming summers exalt the perfume; Far dearer to me yon lone glen o' green breckan, Wi' the burn stealing under the lang yellow broom. Far dearer to me are yon humble broom bowers, Where... The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2711809Full view - About this book
| Robert Burns, James Currie - Scotland - 1814 - 502 pages
...Tune—" Humours qf Glen." Their groves o' sweet myrtle let foreign lands reekon, Where hnght-heaming summers exalt the perfume, Far dearer to me yon lone glen o' green hreekan, Wi' the hurn stealing under the lang yellow hroom : Far dearer to me are yon humhle hroom... | |
| Robert Burns - 1816 - 468 pages
...THEIR groves o' sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon, Where bright-beamingsummers exalt theperfume; Far dearer to me yon lone glen o' green breckan, Wi'...gowan lurk lowly unseen : For there, lightly tripping aiming the .wild flowers, A listening the linnet, aft wanders my Jean. Tho' rich is the breeze in their... | |
| Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...THEIR groves o' sweet myrtles, let foreign lands reckon, Where bright beaming summers exhale their perfume; Far dearer to me yon lone glen o' green breckan, Wi' the burn stealing under the Tang yellow broom. Far dearer to me yon humble broom bowers, Where the blue-bell and gowan lurk lowly... | |
| England - 1839 - 870 pages
...Burns's powers : — " Their groves o' sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon, Where bright beaming summers exalt the perfume ; Far dearer to me yon lone glen o' green brrrkan, Wi' the burn stealing under the lang yellow broom : Far dearer to me arc yon humble broom... | |
| Robert Burns - 1818 - 346 pages
...Tune—" Humours of Glen," Their groves o' sweet myrtle let foreigts lands reekon, Where hright-heaming summers exalt the perfume, Far dearer to me yon lone glen o' green hreekan* Wi' the hurn stealing under the lang yellow hroom : Far dearer to me are yon humhle hroom... | |
| Rosalia St. Clair (pseud.) - 1820 - 266 pages
...who at that period pre-sided over the destinies of Europe. CHAPTER XIII. Their groves o' sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon, Where bright-beaming summers exalt the perfume; Far dearer to me the lone glen o' green breckan, Wi' the burn stealing under the lang yellow broom. Tho'.rich is the... | |
| Rosalia St. Clair (pseud.) - 1820 - 266 pages
...at that period presided over the destinies of Europe. CHAPCHAPTER XIII. Their groves o' sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon, Where bright-beaming summers exalt the perfume ; Far dearer to me the lone glen o' green breckan, Wi' the burn stealing under the lang yellow broom. Tho'.rich is the... | |
| Felix M'Donogh - Country life - 1820 - 300 pages
...Where bright-beaming summers exhale the perfume! Far dearer to me yon lone glen o' green brecken. With the burn stealing under the lang yellow broom. Far dearer to me, yon humble broom bowers, Where the blue bell and gowan lurk lowly unseen; For there, lightly tripping... | |
| Scotland. [Appendix. - Descriptions, Topography & Travels.] - Scotland - 1821 - 378 pages
...these inspired the bard of Scotland into strains like the'~ following : " Their groves o' sweet myrtles let foreign lands reckon, Where bright-beaming summers...o' green breckan, Wi' the burn stealing under the lung yellow broom. Crieff- — Inver may — Oclttertyrc. At the head of this vale stands Drummond... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...groves o' sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon, [fume, Where bright-beaming summers exalt the perFar dearer to me yon lone glen o' green breckan, Wi' the...unseen : For there, lightly tripping amang the wild flower*, A listening the linnet, aft wanders my Jean. Tho' rich is the breeze in their gay sunny valleys,... | |
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