 | Robert Burns - 1877 - 116 pages
...gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the tbeme of my lays; My Mary 's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. A BED, RED EOSE. MY luve 's like a red, red rose That 's newly sprung in June : 0, my luve 's like... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 618 pages
...sweetAfton, among thy green braes ; Flow gently, I '11 sing thee a song in thy praise ; My Mary 'a asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her divnm. Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds through the glen, ^ Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1878 - 550 pages
...wave. Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, — Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. 308 309 THE SMILING SPRING. [Both the hours of the day and the seasons of the year are in this lively... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 816 pages
...feet Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream— Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream I THE BIRKS OF ABERFELDY. Bonny lassie, will ye go, Will ye go, will ye go, Bonny lassie, will ye go... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1878 - 280 pages
...wave. Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream — Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream ! QBrae0 o' 'Ballocfjm^le. TUNE— "Braes o' Ballochmyle." THE Catrine woods were yellow seen, The... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 786 pages
...wave. Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream — Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream ! THE BIRKS OF ABERFELDY. Bonny lassie, will ye go, Will ye go, will ye go, Bonny lassie, will ye go... | |
 | Allan Cunningham, Charles Mackay - Poetry - 1879 - 628 pages
...of his earliest patroness, Mrs. General Stewart, of Aflonlodge, when, he wrote this sweet pastoral.] FLOW gently, sweet Afton ! among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy prai* ; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring streamFlow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. II.... | |
 | Archibald R. Adamson - 1879 - 298 pages
...reminded that this stream is celebrated by Burns in the song beginning— " Flow gently sweet Afton amang thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise." For a long distance beyond New Cumnock the railway skirts the Nith, and as the train dashes along,... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - English poetry - 1880 - 738 pages
...shall rest, And joy shall revisit my bosom no more. AFTON WATER. Tune — The Yellow-haired Laddie. FLOW gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow...not her dream. Thou stock-dove, whose echo resounds through the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den, Thon green-crested lapwing thy screaming... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1879 - 566 pages
...affirms that he has heard his brother say that it was a tribute to his dearly-loved Highland Mary. FLOW gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow...not her dream. Thou stock-dove, whose echo resounds through the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den, Thou green-crested lapwing, thy screaming... | |
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My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. 
