 | John Wilson - 1842 - 380 pages
...hawthorn's blossom j As underneath the fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear...lock'd embrace Our parting was fu' tender; And pledging oft to meet again We tore ourselves asunder: But oh ! fell death's untimely frost, That nipt my flower... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 384 pages
...hawthorn's blossom j As underneath the 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...lock'd embrace Our parting was fu' tender; And pledging oft to meet again We tore ourselves asunder: But oh ! fell death's untimely frost, That nipt my flower... | |
 | George Dixon - 1842 - 134 pages
...hawthorn's blossom : Aa underneath her fragrant shade, I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear...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 tore... | |
 | 1842 - 622 pages
...that parting scene so touchingly depicted hy his own words : " 'Wi' mony a vow and lock't emhrace, Our parting was fu' tender : And pledging aft to meet again, We tore ourselves asunder." There is no affectation here; neither gewgaws nor trifling frippery in attitude,... | |
 | 1843 - 582 pages
...bonnie bird that sings, But minds me of my Je an ;' or this, so sad, yet so exquisite in its sadness : ' Wi' mony a vow and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu" tender, And pledging oft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder ; But, oh ! fell death's untimely frost, That nipt my flower... | |
 | Women - 1843 - 316 pages
...solemnity of that parting scene so touchingly depicted by his own words : " 'Wi' mony a vow and lock't embrace, Our parting was fu' tender : And pledging aft to meet again, We tore ourselves asunder." There is no affectation here; neither gewgaws nor trifling frippery in attitude,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 336 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...fu' 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... | |
 | Quaver - Songs - 1844 - 552 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...parting was fu' tender, And pledging aft to meet again, But oh ! fell death's untimely frost. That nipt my flow'r so early ; Now green's the sod, and cauld's... | |
 | Printers - 1844 - 328 pages
...bosom ; The golden hours on angel's wings, Fie v o'er me, and my dearie ; For dear to me as lialit an<l life, Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow,...fu' tender, And pledging aft to meet again, We tore ourselves asunder, But oh, fell death's untimely frost, That nipt my flo»er so early ; Now green's... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 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. Wi1 monie a vow and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu* tender ; And pledging aft to meet again. We... | |
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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... 
