 | 1821 - 724 pages
...youthful courtships, when, as he says with inimitable sweetness, The golden hours, on angel wings, Hew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life, Was my young Highland Alary. A sort of pensive moral pathos seems, in his earlier pieces, to have been a predominant... | |
 | American wit and humor - 1821 - 154 pages
...clasp'd her to my bosom ! •The golden hours, on angel wings ; Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For (ivar to me as light and life, Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' money a vow, and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu' tender ; And pledging aft to meet again, We toi-e... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...hawthorn's blossom ; As underneath their fragrant shade, I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear...tender ; And, pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder ; Hut Oh ! fell death's untimely frost, That nipt my flower sae early ! Now green's... | |
 | Joseph Clinton Robertson - Poets, Scottish - 1822 - 414 pages
...hawthorn's blossom ! As underneath their fragrant shade, I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear...me as light and life, Was my sweet Highland Mary. The gleam of bliss, unhappily, was but transient. The object of this passion died early in life, and... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade, I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours, on angel wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear...me, as light and life, Was my sweet Highland Mary. i Young's Night Thought*. AULD LANG SYNE. 171 Wi' mony a vow, and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu'... | |
 | James M'Henry - American literature - 1824 - 276 pages
...prisoners could be conveyed without risk or difficulty to their destination. CHAP. XXII. With many a vow and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu' tender; And pledging oft to meet again, We tore ourselves asunder. BCKHS. As the party proceeded to Mr. Agnew's, the lovers... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade, I clasp'd her to my bosom ! Tin: golden hours, on augel wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me,...as light and life, Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mimy a Vow, and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu' tender ; And, pledging aft to meet again, We tore... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade, I clasp'd her to my bosom! The golden hours, on angel wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie; For dear to me, as light and life, Wi' mony a vow, and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu' tender ; And, pledging aft to meet again, We... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - Poetry - 1826 - 226 pages
...hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade, I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours, on angel wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear...tender ; And, pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder; But, Oh ! fell death's untimely frost, That nipt my flower sae early ! Now green's... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1826 - 272 pages
...birk. How nch the hawthorn?s blossom ; •LS i underneath their fragrant shade The gsldeu hours on angel wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear...as light and life, Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' many a vow, and lock'd embrace. Our parting was fu' tender; And, pledging aft to meet again, We tore... | |
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O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie; For dear to me as light and... 
