| 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 - 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... | |
| 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... | |
| William Hamilton, Thomas Park - 1805 - 144 pages
...husband-lover. But who the' expected husband husband is ': His hands, methinks, are bath'd in slaughter ; Ah me ! what ghastly spectre's yon, Comes, in his...weids, And crown my careful head with willow. Pale though thou art, yet best yet best beluv'd, 0 could my warmth to life restore thee ! Vet lie all night... | |
| Robert Southey - English poetry - 1807 - 472 pages
...husband lover. 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 afar. Pale as he is, here lay him lay him down, O lay his cold head on my pillow, Take offtake off... | |
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