 | 1870 - 462 ページ
...knee, And I mysel' were dead and gane, With the green grass growing over me ! 40 LXXVII BURD HELEN. I wish I were where Helen lies ; Night and day on me she cries ; Oh that I were where Helen lies On fair Kirconnell lea ! Anon. Curst be the heart that thought the... | |
 | Glasgow Academical Club - 1870 - 138 ページ
...growing green, A winding-sheet drawn o'er my een, And I in Helen's arms lying On fair Kirkconnell 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 ! " We have referred to love-songs woven... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 ページ
...growing green ; A winding-sheet drawn ower my een, And I in Helen's arms lying On fair Kirkconnell lee. ; the line Which none can" ages born, Greece, Italy, and Engla And I am wear}1 of the skies, For her sake that died for me ! ANONYMOUS. A ROUGH RHYME ON A ROUGH MATTER.... | |
 | 1871 - 450 ページ
...world into ruin, and there remains nothing but the one sleepless longing to be with Helen : " O that I were where Helen lies ! Night and day on me she cries ! And I am weary o' the skies, Since my love died for me." His adored has died for him, and life is... | |
 | Garland - 1872 - 170 ページ
...parts ; And with some softly whispered air Smooth the brow of dumb Despair. FAIR HELEN OF KIRKCONNELL. I WISH I were where Helen lies ! Night and day on me she cries ; Oh that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirkconnell lee ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought,... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - 912 ページ
...thy poor slave some pity have. And do him save that's near his grave, And dies for love of thee. PABT heroic l ; О that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirconnell Lee ! Curst be the heart that thought the tboogU.... | |
 | William Ritchie MacFadyen - 1873 - 72 ページ
...before her lover, received the shot, and fell dead in his arms. It is the lover •who speaks and acts : I wish I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries ; 0 that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirconnell Lea. Curst be the heart that thought the thought,... | |
 | 1873 - 824 ページ
...of the most exquisite of the Border ballads. Who is there who does not love its pathetic cadences ? I wish I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries ; Oh tha;, I were whore Helen lies On fair Kirkconnell Lea ; Curst be the heart that thought the thought,... | |
 | John Clark Murray - 1874 - 234 ページ
...into three stages by the threefold repetition, at intervals, of the slightly varied refrain : — " I wish I were where Helen lies ; Night and day on...that I were where Helen lies On fair Kirconnell Lee ! " The recurrence of this cry describes, with dramatic vividness, the sufferer's anguish as ebbing... | |
 | University of Glasgow - 1874 - 314 ページ
...green, A winding-sheet drawn ower my e'en, 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." The key-note of the ballad is struck... | |
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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. 
