...or preliminary flourish, one may refer to the lines — ' Although thou maun never be mine, Although even hope is denied, 'Tis sweeter for thee despairing, Than aught in the world beside, — Jessy .'* in which the sentiment is exquisitely tender and beautiful. We do not, I think, deal thus fairly...

...without a name commencing — " Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear, Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear ; Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet, And soft as their parting tear — Jessy !" Burns has done for Scottish song what Scott has done for Scottish history — made it known and...

...without a name commencing— " Here's a health to ane 1 lo'e dear, Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear ; Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet, And soft at their parting tear—Jessy !" Burns has done for Scottish song what Scott has done for Scottish...

...muse. In all the compass of verse there is nothing more touching than this exquisite stanza : — " Altho' thou maun never be mine, Altho' even hope is...for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside." As the same young lady was moving with a light foot about the house, lest she should disturb him, the...

...cruel decree ? — Jessy ! Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear ; Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear ; Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet, And soft as their parting tear — Jessy ! ["In the letter to Thomson," says Currie, "the three first stanzas only are given, and it was supposed...

...on his e'e, " Kens the pleasure, feels the rapture, " That thy presence gies to me." Or again, — " Altho' thou maun never be mine, " Altho' even hope...thee despairing, " Than aught in the world beside." And where in the records of feeling can we find a more affecting description of love and poverty contending...

...e'e, Kens the pleasure, feels the rapture, That thy presence gies to me." Or again, — "Altho'thou maun never be mine, Altho' even hope is denied ; ,...thee despairing, Than aught in the world beside." And where in the records of feeling can we find a more affectionate description of love- and poverty...

...lovers meet, And soft as their parting tear — Jessy ! Although thou maun never be mine, Although even hope is denied ; 'Tis sweeter for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside — Jessy I I mourn thro' the gay, gaudy day, As, hopeless, I muse on thy charms ; But welcome the dream o' sweet...

...burns with the sternest ire, or laughs with the loudest or slyest mirth ; and yet he is sweet and soft, "sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet, and soft as their parting tear !" If we farther take into account the immense variety of his subjects; how, from the loud flowing...

...more. I have only hegun it. Here's a health to line I lo'e dear, Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear , Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet, And soft as the parting tear — Jessie I Although thou maun never he mine, Although even hope is denied ! 'Tis...