 | Scottish ballads - 1790 - 466 ページ
...common forrows far ahuve ; My griefs ay in a circle muve, And will due till I die. I XXI. FROM HIE SAME. I. WISH I were where Helen lies! Night and day on me fhe criea H* To bear her company. 0 would that in her darkfome bed My weary frame to reft were laid... | |
 | 1792 - 822 ページ
...homage paid by me, In genuine TRUTH'J Simplicity. DELLA CRUSCA. A BALLAD. From PINKER-TON'S COLLECTION. I WISH I were where Helen lies ! Night and day on me flic cries To bear her company. 0 would that in her darklbme bed My weary fra.rie to reft were laid,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 458 ページ
...thy poor slave some pity have, And do him save that's near his grave, And dies for love of thee. 316 FAIR HELEN. PART SECOND. I WISH I were where 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,... | |
 | Robert Jamieson - 1806 - 388 ページ
...wish I were where Helen lies On fair Kirkconnel-lee ! FAIR HELEN or KIRKCONNEL-LEE. BY THE EDITOR. I WISH I were where Helen lies; Night and day on me she cries ; O, gin I were where Helen lies, In fair Kirkconnel-lee ! Tho' past five years o' heavy care Sin'... | |
 | Scottish border - 1812 - 516 ページ
...pity have, And do him save that's near his" grave, And dies for love of thcc. 328 FAIR HELEN. FART SECOND. I WISH I were where Helen lies! Night and day on me she cries ; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirconnel Lee ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought,... | |
 | 1814 - 534 ページ
...but never so perfect as in its present shape. The following stanzas are of exquisite merit. ' I vrish I were where 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,... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 472 ページ
...growing green, A winding sheet drawn ower my een, And I in Helen's arms lying, On fair Kirconnell Lee. I wish I were where Helen lies ! Night and day on me she cries ; And I am weary of the skies, For her sake that died for me. HUGHIE THE GRAEME. THE Graemes, as we... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 734 ページ
...growing green, A winding-sheet drawn o'er my een, And I in Helen's arms lying On fair Kirconnel lea. I wish I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries ; I'm sick of all beneath the skies Since my love died for me. So various are the copies of this pathetic... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1829 - 408 ページ
...HELEN OF KIRKCONNEL.f TUNE — / wish I were where Helen lies. I WISH I were where Helen lies, Where night and day on me she cries ; Oh, that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirkconnel lee I Ting, the daughter of the laird of Kirkconnel, in Dumfries-shire, was admired for... | |
 | 1835 - 418 ページ
...growing green, A winding-sheet drawn o'er my een, And I in Helen's arms lying On fair Kirconnel lea. I wish I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries ; I'm sick of all beneath the skies Since my love died for me. readings and different versions of ancient... | |
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O that I were where Helen lies! Night and day on me she cries; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Says, "Haste and come to me! 
