The Tea-table Miscellany: A Collection of Choice Songs, Scots & English, 第 1 巻

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Robert Forrester, 1876 - 273 ページ
 

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237 ページ - Flows Yarrow sweet? as sweet, as sweet flows Tweed, As green its grass, its gowan as yellow, As sweet smells on its braes the birk, The apple frae the rock as mellow.
48 ページ - Cupid at my heart, Still as his mother favour'd you, Threw a new flaming dart.
143 ページ - So shall the fairest face appear, When youth and years are flown: Such is the robe that kings must wear, When death has reft their crown.
144 ページ - Bethink thee, William, of thy fault, Thy pledge, and broken oath: And give me back my maiden vow, And give me back my troth.
144 ページ - That face, alas! no more is fair; Those lips no longer red: Dark are my eyes, now clos'd in death, And every charm is fled. The hungry worm my sister is; This winding-sheet I wear: And cold and weary lasts our night, Till that last morn appear.
106 ページ - Alexander I will reign, And I will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on my throne. He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.
209 ページ - I wish nae mair of a' that's rare. My Peggy speaks sae sweetly, To a' the lave I'm cauld; But she gars a' my spirits glow, At wauking of the fauld. My Peggy smiles sae kindly, Whene'er I whisper love. That I look down on a' the town, — That I look down upon a crown.
46 ページ - Down the Burn, Davie. WHEN trees did bud, and fields were green, And broom bloom'd fair to fee ; When Mary was complete fifteen, And love...
237 ページ - My love as he had not been a lover. "The boy put on his robes, his robes of green, His purple vest— 'twas my...
107 ページ - I'll smiling mock at thy neglect, And never love thee more. But if no faithless action stain Thy love and constant word, I'll make thee famous by my pen, And glorious by my sword ; I'll serve thee in such noble ways As ne'er were known before, I'll deck and crown thy head with bays And love thee more and more.

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