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Page 103
... sleep : Then he , perhaps , with moist and watery hand , Shall fondly seem to press her shuddering cheek , And with his blue swoln face before her stand , And , shivering cold , these piteous accents speak ; Pursue , dear wife , thy ...
... sleep : Then he , perhaps , with moist and watery hand , Shall fondly seem to press her shuddering cheek , And with his blue swoln face before her stand , And , shivering cold , these piteous accents speak ; Pursue , dear wife , thy ...
Page 146
... sleep in a hale skin , For ' twill be a bluidy morning . When Johnnie Cope to Dunbar came They speered at him , ' Where's a ' your men ? " ' The deil confound me gin I ken , For I left them a ' i ' the morning . ' Now , Johnnie , troth ...
... sleep in a hale skin , For ' twill be a bluidy morning . When Johnnie Cope to Dunbar came They speered at him , ' Where's a ' your men ? " ' The deil confound me gin I ken , For I left them a ' i ' the morning . ' Now , Johnnie , troth ...
Page 171
... Sleep sits dewy on the labourer's eyes , The world and all its busy follies leave , - And talk with Wisdom where my Daphnis lies . There let me sleep forgotten in the clay , When Death shall shut these weary aching eyes , Rest in the ...
... Sleep sits dewy on the labourer's eyes , The world and all its busy follies leave , - And talk with Wisdom where my Daphnis lies . There let me sleep forgotten in the clay , When Death shall shut these weary aching eyes , Rest in the ...
Page 172
... Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled : So live , that sinking to thy life's last sleep , Calm thou may'st smile , whilst all around thee weep . Sir W. Jones 100 . The Braes of Yarrow HY braes were bonnie 172 THE BOOK OF.
... Weeping thou sat'st while all around thee smiled : So live , that sinking to thy life's last sleep , Calm thou may'st smile , whilst all around thee weep . Sir W. Jones 100 . The Braes of Yarrow HY braes were bonnie 172 THE BOOK OF.
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... sleep in Yarrow . The tear did never leave her cheek , No other youth became her marrow ; She found his body in the stream , And now with him she sleeps in Yarrow . J. Logan Hardyknute A Fragment STATELY stept he east the wa ' , And ...
... sleep in Yarrow . The tear did never leave her cheek , No other youth became her marrow ; She found his body in the stream , And now with him she sleeps in Yarrow . J. Logan Hardyknute A Fragment STATELY stept he east the wa ' , And ...
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Arethusa auld auld lang syne baloo beauty beneath bird bless bloom bonnie Bonny Dundee bosom bower braes breast breath bright Brignall busk canna charms cheek dance dark dead dear death doth dream e'en e'er earth eyes fair fear flowers frae grave green ha'e hame hand happy hast hath hear heard heart heaven hill hour Inchcape Rock Kilmeny lady land lass lassie light lo'e look Lord Lord Byron loud maid maun moon morning ne'er never night o'er pain pale R. B. Sheridan rill rose round S. T. Coleridge shade sigh silent sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit sweet tears tell thee There's thine thou art thought thro tree Twas voice W. S. Landor Warwickshire waves weel weep wild wind wings wyfe Yarrow youth