 | Songs, Scots - 1714 - 430 pages
...methinks, are bath'd in flaughter ; Ah me ! what ghaftly fpectre's yon, Comes, in his pale fhroud, bleeding after? Pale as he is, here lay him lay him...lay his cold head on my pillow ; Take aff take aff thefe bridal weids, And crown my careful head with willow. Pale tho' thou art, yet beft yet beft beluv'd,... | |
 | Allan Ramsay - 1733 - 398 pages
...hands, methink, are bath'd in (laughter. Ah me ! what ghaftly fpe&re's yon, Comes, in his pale fliroud, bleeding after ? Pale as he is, here lay him, lay...O lay his cold head on my pillow ; Take aff, take affthefc bridal weeds, And crown my careful head with yellow. Y 3 . Pale tho' thou art, yetbeft, yet... | |
 | Allan Ramsay - Ballads, English - 1750 - 492 pages
...in flaughter. Ah me ! what ghaftly fpeftre's yon, Comes, in his pale Diroud, bleeding after ? Fale as he is, here lay him, lay him down, O lay his' cold head on tny pillow ; Take aff, take aff thefe bridal weed?, And crown my careful head with yellow. Pale tho'... | |
 | William Hamilton - English poetry - 1760 - 290 pages
...hands, methinks, are bath'd in flaughter, Ah me ! what ghaftly fpectre's yon, Comes, in his pale fhroud, bleeding after. Pale as he is, here lay him lay him down, O lay his cold head on my pillow 5 Take aff take aff thefe bridal weids, And crown my careful I;ead with willow. Pale Pale tho' thon... | |
 | Allan Ramsay - 1762 - 506 pages
...hands, methinks, are bath'd in flaughter. Ah me ! what ghaftly fpedre's you, Comes, in his pale fhroud, bleeding after ? Pale as he is, here lay him,- lay...lay his cold head on my pillow ; Take aff, take aff thefe bridal weeds, And crown my careful head with yellow. Pale tho' thou art, yet beft, yet beft belov'd,O... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1765 - 388 pages
...hands, methinks, are bath'd in flaughter, Ah me! what ghaftly fpeftre's yon, Comes.in his pale fhroud, bleeding after ? Pale as he is, here lay him, lay him down, ,ioI O lay his cold head on my pillow; Take afF, take aff thefe' bridal weids, And crown my careful... | |
 | Thomas Percy - 1767 - 420 pages
...here lay him, lay him down, 105 O lay his cold head on my pillow ; -. . . Take aff, take aff thefe bridal weids, And crown my careful head with willow. Pale tho' thou art, yetbeft, yet beft beluv'd, O could my warmth to life reftore thee ! ' \ iie ' • Yet lye all night... | |
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads - 1794 - 426 pages
...hands, methinks, are bath'd in flaughters Ah me ! what ghaftly fpedre's yon Comes in his pale flircud, bleeding after? Pale as he is, here lay him, lay him...O lay his cold head on my pillow ; Take aff, take aft' thefe bridal weids, And crown my careful head with willow. Pale tho' thou art, yet beft, yet beft... | |
 | 1794 - 954 pages
...Fale as he is, here lay him lay him down, О by his cold head on my pillow ; Take aff take aff thefe bridal weids, And crown my careful head with willow. Pale tho' thou art, yet bed yet bed beluv'd, О could my warmth to life reftore thee, Yet lie all night between my brieds.... | |
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...expected husband-lover. But who the expected husband is ? His hands, methinks, are bathed in slaughter : Ah me ! what ghastly spectre's yon Comes in his pale...shroud, bleeding after ? Pale as he is, here lay him down ; Oh lay his cold head on my pillow ; Take aff, take aff these bridal weids, And crown my careful... | |
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But who the expected husband, husband is ? His hands, methinks, are bathed in slaughter. Ah me ! what ghastly spectre's yon, Comes in his pale shroud bleeding after? ' Pale as he is, here lay him, lay him down ; O lay his cold head on my pillow : Take... 
