| Walter Scott - 1806 - 458 pages
...• Fail— Turf. " Ye'll sit on his white hause bane, " And l'll pike out his bonny blue een: " Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair, " We'll theek • our nest when it grows bare. " Mony a one for him makes mane, " But nane sail ken whare he is gane : " O'er his white banes, when... | |
| Scottish border - 1812 - 516 pages
...dinner sweet 216 * Yell sit on his white hause bane, " And I'll pike put his bonny blue een : " Wi' ae lock o" his gowden hair, " We'll theek * our nest when it grows bare. " Mony a one for him makes mane, " But nane sall ken whare he is gane : " O'er his white banes, when... | |
| English poetry - 1825 - 398 pages
...recal to the reader one in " The Twa Corbies," before alluded to: — " Ye'll sit on his white bause bane, " And I'll pike out his bonny blue een; " With...Mysterious fears forbade me still To quit my native land, i And while I journey'd down the glen Which hides my sire's abode; I thus address'd each mountain's... | |
| William Carr - English language - 1828 - 376 pages
...Tusser. " William I mak the a gentleman." Wm. of Cloudesly, PR THEAK, To thatch. AS thecan, tegere. " Wi ae lock o' his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare." Minst. ofS. B. " While sleet, that freezes as it fe's, Theeks as wi glass the divot (turf) wa's." Allan... | |
| Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 430 pages
...Rcliqut*, vol. iv. O we'll sit on his bonnie breist-bane, And we'll pyke out his bonnie grey een ; Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair, We'll theek our nest when it blaws bare. Mony a ane for him maks mane, But nane sall ken where he is gane ; Ower his banes, when... | |
| Walter Scott - 1833 - 396 pages
...our dinner sweet. " Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane, 1 And I'll pick out his bonny blue een : Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair, We'll theek* our nest when it grows bare. 3 " Mony a one for him makes mane, But nane sall ken where he is gane: O'er his white banes, when they... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - Ballads, English - 1844 - 178 pages
...mak our dinner sweet. ' Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane, And I'll pick out his bonny blue een ; Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair, We'll theek our nest when it grows bare. ' Mony a one for him makes mano, But nane shall ken where he is ganc ; O'er his white banes, when they... | |
| William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 922 pages
...our dinner sweet. Oh well sit on his bonnie breast-bane, And well pyke out his bonnie gray een ; Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair, We'll theek our nest when it blaws bare. Mony a ane for him makes mane, But nane shall ken where he is gane. Owre his banes, when... | |
| Mark Antony Lower - Names, Personal - 1849 - 300 pages
...our dinner sweet ! 0 we'll sit on his bonny breist-bane, And we'll pyke out his bonny grey een ; Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it blaws bare ! Many a ane for him maks mane, But none sail ken where he is gane ; Ower his banes when... | |
| Mark Antony Lower - Names, Personal - 1849 - 302 pages
...our dinner sweet ! 0 we'll sit on his bonny breist-bane, And we'll pyke out his bonny grey een ; Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it blaws bare ! Many a ane for him maks mane, But none sail ken where he is gane ; Ower his banes when... | |
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