 | 1792 - 822 pages
...homage paid by me, In genuine TRUTH'* Simplicity. DELLA CRUSCA. A BALLAD. From PINKERTON'S COLLECTION. I WISH I were where Helen lies ! Night and day on me ihe cries To bear her company. 0 would that in her darklome bed My weary fra.ne to reft were laid,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 458 pages
...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 ! If I were with thee...blest, Where thou lies low, and takes thy rest, On fair Kirconnell Lee. I wish my grave were growing green, A winding sheet drawn ower my een, And I in Helen's... | |
 | Robert Jamieson - Ballads, Danish - 1806 - 388 pages
...in the mools at saught were laid, And the green truff closed o'er my head, On fair Kirkconnel-lee ! I wish I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries ; — O, gin I were where Helen lies, In fair Kirkconnel-lee ! THE MER-MAN, 1 AND MARSTIG'S DAUGHTER.... | |
 | Scottish border - 1812 - 516 pages
...Night and day on me she cries ; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Says, <l Haste, and come to me !" O Helen fair! O Helen chaste ! . If I were with thee, I were blest, Where t-iou lies low, and takes thy rest, On fair Kirkconnell Lee. 330 I wish my grave were growing green,... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 472 pages
...! 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 ! If I were with thee,...blest, Where thou lies low, and takes thy rest, On fair Kirconnell Lee. I wish my grave were growing green, A winding sheet drawn ower my een, And I in Helen's... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 414 pages
...long as the Lady of the Lake, and it is the foundation of at least one novel of the ordinary Mje. 145 Where thou lies low, and takes thy rest, On fair Kirkconnel lee. I wish my grave were growin' green, A windin' sheet drawn ower my een, And I in Helen's arms lying, On fair... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 356 pages
...ofSculland, II. 57. 129 Oh, Helen fair ! Oh, Helen chaste ! If I were with thee I were blest, Where then lies low, and takes thy rest On fair Kirkconnel lee. I wish my grave were growin' green, A windin' sheet drawn ower my een, And I in Helen's arms lying, On fair... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...Night and day on me she cries; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Says, Haste and come to me !" — 0 Helen fair! O Helen chaste! If I were with thee, I...blest. Where thou lies low, and takes thy rest On fair Kirconnell Lee. 1 wish my grave were growing green, A wincling-sheet drawn ower my een, And I in Helen's... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1835 - 418 pages
...Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries, Out of my bed she bids me rise, " O come my love to me." 0 Helen fair ! O Helen chaste ! If I were with thee...blest, Where thou lies low and takes thy rest, On fair Kirconnel lea. 1 wish my grave were growing green, A winding-sheet drawn o'er my een, And I in Helen's... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries, Out of my bed she bids me rise, " O come my love to me." 0 Helen fair ! O Helen chaste ! If I were with thee...blest, Where thou lies low and takes thy rest, On fair Kirconnel lea. I wish my grave were growing green, A winding-sheet drawn o'er my een, And I in Helen's... | |
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