 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...she solemn said, " And bound the bolly round my head : •••>•• • • • " The polish'd leaves, and berries red, " Did rustling play ; " And,...like a passing thought, she fled " In light away." In 310 LIFE OF In various poems Burns has exhibited the picture of a mind under the deep impressions... | |
 | Anne MacVicar Grant - Authors, English - 1807 - 238 pages
...have done. " And wear thou this," she solemn said, And plac'd the holly on my head. — Its polish'd leaves, and berries red, Did rustling play, And, like a passing thought, she fled hi light away. Let the doors of the temple of fancy be for ever barred on those, who can read this... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...protect. ' And wear thou this' — she solemn said, And bound the holly round my head ; The polish'd leaves, and berries red, Did rustling play ; And, like a passing thought, she fled In light away. ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID, OR THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUf. My son, these maxims make a rule, And lump them... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...protect. ' And wear thou this' — she solemn said, And bound the Holly round my head : The polish'd leaves, and berries red, Did rustling play ; And, like a passing thought, she fled In light away. H ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUI Dt OR THE RIGIDLY R.IGHTEOUS. My SOD, these maxims make a rule, And lamp... | |
 | George Gleig - 1812 - 142 pages
...protect. / ' And wear thou this !' — she solemn said, And bound the holly round my head : The polish'd leaves and berries red Did rustling play ; And, like a passing thought, she fled In light away." THE Address to the Unco Quid, or the Rigidly Righteous, is a severe satire on those who value themselves... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - Scotland - 1814 - 502 pages
...tin-,t this — she solemn tnid, And hound the holly round my head ; The polish 'd leaves, and herrics red, Did rustling play ; And, like a passing thought, she fled In light away." In various poems. Burns has exhihited the pioture of a mind under the dcep impressions of real sorrow.... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...protect. ' .'In:! wear tiiun thin' — she solemn said, And bound the Holly round my head : The polish'd leaves, and berries red, Did rustling play , And, like a passing thought, she fled In light away. ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUlb, on, Tin; RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS. My aon, these maxims make a rule, And lump them... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 270 pages
...protect. ' And wear thou this' — she solemn said, And bound the Holly round my head : The polish'd leaves, and berries red, Did rustling play; And, like a passing thought, she fled In light away. ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID; ©t, 5Tf My son, these maxims make a rale, And lamp them aye thegither; The... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 pages
...protect. ' And wear thou this' — she solemn said, And bound the Holly round my head : The polish'd leaves, and berries red, Did rustling play ; And, like a passing thought, she fled In light away. ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID; OR, THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS. My son, these maxims make a rule, And lamp them... | |
 | Amédée Pichot - England - 1825 - 510 pages
...protect- j ' And wear thou thu — she solemn said, And bound the Holly round my head : The polish'd leaves, and berries red, Did rustling play ; ; And, like a passing thought, she fled In light away. This apparition issues from the class of local superstitions. It is a bold personification of that... | |
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And wear thou this' — she solemn said, And bound the Holly round my head : The polish'd leaves, and berries red, Did rustling play; And, like a passing thought, she fled In light away. 
