Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst the hand that fired the shot, When in my arms Burd Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! 0 think na ye my heart was sair, When my love dropt down and spak' nae mair ! There did she swoon wi' meikle... The Western Educational Review - Page 1461871Full view - About this book
| James Russell Lowell - Literature - 1890 - 434 pages
...for swiftness of movement and savage sincerity of feeling. Its shuddering compression is masterly. " Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst the hand that fired the shot, AVhen in my arms burd Helen dropt, That died to succor me! O, think ye not my heart was sair When my... | |
| Katharine Lee Bates - Ballads, English - 1890 - 266 pages
...were where Helen lies 0n fair Kirconriell lea ! Curst be the he^rt that thought the thought, And curat the hand that fired the shot, When in my arms burd Helen dropt, And died to succor me ! 0 think na but my heart was sair When my Love dropt down and spak nae mair... | |
| Andrew Lang - Children's poetry - 1891 - 816 pages
...Helen lies ! Night and day on me she cries ; 0 that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirkconnel Lee ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought And curst...fired the shot, When in my arms burd Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! O think na ye my heart was sair, When my love dropt down and spak' nae mair... | |
| William Ernest Henley - American poetry - 1891 - 404 pages
...Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirkconnell lea ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst...fired the shot, When in my arms burd Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! O thinkna ye my heart was sair When my love dropt down, and spak' nae mair?... | |
| William Ernest Henley - American poetry - 1891 - 394 pages
...Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirkconnell lea! Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst...fired the shot, When in my arms burd Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! O thinkna ye my heart was sair When my love dropt down, and spak' nae mair?... | |
| William Watson - Poetry - 1892 - 272 pages
...Helen lies ! Night and day on me she cries ; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirconnell lea ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst...fired the shot, When in my arms Burd Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! 0 think na ye my heart was sair, When my love dropt down and spak' nae mair... | |
| Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Gibbon - Literature - 1893 - 518 pages
...liee, Night and day on me she cries ; О that I were where Helen liee, On fair Kirconnell Lee 1 Cunt be the heart that thought the thought, And curst the...fired the shot, When in my arms burd Helen dropt. And died to succour me ! 0 think na ye my heart was sair, When my love dropt down and spak паe mai«l... | |
| George Eyre-Todd - 1893 - 344 pages
...Helen lies ! Night and day on me she cries. O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirkconnel Lea ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst the hand that fired the shot, When in my arms burd1 Helen dropt, 'maid, lady. And died to succour me ! 0 think na ye my heart was sair, When my love... | |
| Reginald Brimley Johnson - Ballads - 1894 - 308 pages
...Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries ; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirconnell Lee ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst...fired the shot, When in my arms burd Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! 0 think na ye my heart was sair, When my love dropt down and spaknae mair,... | |
| James Baldwin - English poetry - 1894 - 376 pages
...Helen lies ; Night and day on me she cries ; Oh, that I were where Helen lies On fair Kirconnell lea ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst...fired the shot, When in my arms burd Helen dropt, And died to succor me ! Oh, think na but my heart was sair, When my Love dropt down and spak nae mair!... | |
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