 | John Tomlinson - English poetry - 1869 - 192 pages
...mind, no doubt, when he wrote this song, reverted back to past seasons and delights, for he says, — " Gie me a canny hour at e'en, My arms about my dearie, O ! " and here we approach a solution of the difficulty — , our poet, like a modest, diffident young... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poets, Scottish - 1870 - 312 pages
...though at last they catch them fast. Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, 0 Ï Green grow, «fee, in. But gie me a canny hour at e'en, My arms about my dearie, OÏ An warly cares, an' warly men, May a gae tapsalteerie, О ! Green grow, &c. IV. For you so douse,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1871 - 516 pages
...them, 0 ; An' tho' at last they catch them fast, Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, 0. Green grow, &c. But gie me a canny hour at e'en, My arms about my Dearie, 0 ; An' warly cares, an' warly men, May a' gae tapsalteerie, O ! Green gvow, &c. For you sae douse,... | |
 | Folk songs, Scots - 1872 - 638 pages
...still may fly them, 0 ; An' tho' at last they catch them fast, Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, 0. But gi'e me a canny hour at e'en, My arms about my dearie, 0 ; An' warly cares, an' warly men, May a' gae tapsalteerie, 0. For you sac douce, ye sneer at this,... | |
 | American poetry - 1872 - 900 pages
...still may fly them 0 ; An' though at last they catch them fast, Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them 0. I met advancing. The pursuit I led, 502 503 Till we 0, An' warly cares an' warly men May all gae tapsalteerie 0. For you sae douce, ye sneer at this, Ye... | |
 | Mary Carlyle Aitken - 1874 - 398 pages
...still may fly them, O ; An' though at last they catch them fast, Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O. But gie me a canny hour at e'en, My arms about my...dearie, O ; An' warly cares, an' warly men, May a' gae tapsalteerie, O. For you so douce, ye sneer at this, Your nought but senseless asses, O ; The wisest... | |
 | John Mudge Merrick - Classical languages - 1874 - 148 pages
...still may fly them O ; An' tho' at last they catch them fast, Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them O. Gie me a canny hour at e'en, My arms about my dearie O, An warly cares and warly men May all gae tapsalteerie O. For you sae douce, you sneer at this, Ye're naught but senseless... | |
 | Charles Mackay - English language - 1874 - 324 pages
...idle unsettled person, who will not fix to any employment. — Grose. Tapsalteerie, topsiturvy. 0ie me a canny hour at e'en, My arms about my dearie O ; And worldly cares and worldly men, May a" gang tapsalteerie 0. Robert Burns. Targe, a shield. ^Vhen... | |
 | 1875 - 174 pages
...still may fly them, O ; And though at last they catch them fast, Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O. But gie me a canny hour at een, My arms about my dearie, O, And warl'ly cares, and warl'ly men, May a' gae tapsalteerie, O. For you sae douce, ye sneer at this,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1876 - 540 pages
...them, O; An' tho' at last they catch them fast, Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O. Green grow, &c. But gie me a canny hour at e'en, My arms about my...Dearie, O; An' warly cares, an' warly men, May a' gae tapsalteerie, O! Green grow, &c. * Altered, in 1793, to " spent," which necessarily involves another... | |
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