 | Lyrics, William Davenport Adams - 1874 - 312 ページ
...growing green, A winding-sheet drawn ower my een, And I in Helen's arms lying, On fair Kirconnell lea. I wish I were where Helen lies : Night and day on me she cries ; And I am weary of the skies, Since my Love died for me. Anonymous. ccxciv. THE DEATH OF LOVE. MAKING... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 ページ
...compare ! I'll make a garland of thy hair Shall bind my heart forevermair Until the day I die. 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 ! ' O Helen fair ! O Helen chaste !... | |
 | 1876 - 294 ページ
...never look more On the gray glance o' Peggy, or bonuie Kintore ! William T/wm. Kirconnell. FAIR HELEN. I WISH I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me...she cries ; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kircoimell Lee ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought, Aud curst the hand that fired the shot,... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 ページ
...morn serene, The sun just glinting ower the scene, * The concluding verse of the old ballad is finer : of prosperous men, As nightly birds, roused from their murky h And I am weary of the skies For her sake that died for me. Also an earlier stanza : Curst be the heart... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1876 - 599 ページ
...growing green ; A winding-sheet drawn ower my een, And I in Helen's arms lying On fair Kirkconnell lea. 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 ! ANONYMOUS. HIGHLAND MARY. YE banks and... | |
 | 1876 - 292 ページ
...growing green, A winding-sheet drawn ower my een, And I in Helen's arms lying, On lair Kircoimell 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. Anonymous, Kyle. COILA. THE district... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 292 ページ
...compare! 1 '11 make a garland of thy hair, Shall bind my heart forevermair, Until the day I die. 0 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 ! " Where them lies low, and takes thy... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 618 ページ
...Fleming pursued his enemy to Spain, and slew him in th« streets of Madrid." — SIR WALTER SCOTT.] I WISH I were where Helen lies : Night and day on...she cries ; O that I were where Helen lies. On fair Kirkconnell lea ! Curst he the heart that thought the thought, And curst the hand that fired the shot,... | |
 | Tom Hood - 1877 - 348 ページ
...and its tale-tagged similitude, to that of the old ballad, so remarkable for its simplicity : — " I wish I were where Helen lies ; Night and day on me she cries ; Oh ! that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirkconnel lea. " Curst be the head that thought the thought,... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 332 ページ
...growing green, A winding sheet drawn ouer 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. Anonymons, EDWARD OF THE BLOODY BRAND.... | |
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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. 
