 | Robert Burns - 1800
...but the first line, and part of the No. X. MR. BURNS TO MR. THOMSON. SONG. Tune— 11 1 HAD A HOUSE.' O Poortith cauld, and restless love, Ye wreck my peace between ye; Yet poortith a' I could forgive, An' 'twere na' for my Jeanie. , . O why should fate sic pleasure have, Life's dearest bands... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819
...cutty-sarks run in your mind, Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, Remember Tam o' Shanter's mare. SONG. O POORTITH cauld, and restless love, Ye wreck my peace between ye ; Yet poortith a* I could forgive, An' 'twere na for my Jeanie. O why should fate sic pleasure have, Life's dearest bands untwining... | |
 | Renfrew county - 1821
...soul Be held in reverence by me. LXXIX. O POORTITH CAULD AND RESTLESS LOVE. AIR— I had ahorse, &c. O poortith cauld, and restless love, Ye wreck my peace between ye ; Yet poortitli a" I could forgive, And 'twere na for my Jeanie, 0 why should fate such pleasure have, Life's... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822
...wrath ; Now they're crouse and canty baith ; Ha, ha, the wooing o't. O POORTITH. TUNE — / had a Hone. O POORTITH cauld, and restless love, Ye wreck my peace between ye ; Yet poortith a' I could forgive, An' 't werena for my Jeanie. O, why should fate sic pleasure have, Life's dearest bands untwining?... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822
...Now they're crouse and canty baith. Ha, ha, the wooing o't. SONG. Tune, ' I had a bone.' O rim : rrni cauld, and restless love, Ye wreck my peace between ye ; Yet poortith a' I could forgive, An' 'twere na for my Jeanie. O why should fate sic pleasure have, Life's dearest bands untwining... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825
...song had equalled this specimen, it would have merited a place in any collection. O POORTITH CAULD. O poortith cauld, and restless love, Ye wreck my peace between ye; Yet poortith a' I could forgive, An 't werena for my Jeanie. O why should fate sic pleasure have, Life's dearest bands untwining... | |
 | British anthology - 1825
...will come again, my luve, Tho' it were ten thousand mile. LHI. . TUNE — / had a Horse. O POOIITITH cauld, and restless love, Ye wreck my peace between ye ; Yet poortith a' I could forgive, An' 't werena for my Jeanie. O why should fate sic pleasure have, Life's dearest bands untwining... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - Poetry - 1826 - 212 pages
...describing had then been my bliss, As now my distraction no words can express! TUNE—/ had a fiorse. O poortith cauld, and restless love, Ye wreck my peace between ye; Yet poortith a' I could forgive, An' 't werena for my Jeanie. O why should fate sic pleasure have, Life's dearest bands untwining... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1826
...The joyless day how dreary ! It was na sae ye glinted by, POORTITH CAULD. Turn — " I had a horse." O POORTITH cauld, and restless love, Ye wreck my peace between ye ; Yet poortith a I could forgive, An' 'twere na for my Jeany. CHORUS. O why should Fate sic pleasure have, Life's dearest bands... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834
...readily> had invention failed. — ED.] No. X. BURNS TO G. THOMSON. SONG. Tune — " / had a Horse." I. 0 POORTITH cauld, and restless love, Ye wreck my peace between ye ; Yet poortith a' I could forgive, An' 'twere na' for my Jeanie. O why should fate sic pleasure have, Life's dearest bands untwining?... | |
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This warld's wealth when I think on, Its pride, and a' the lave o't ; Fie, fie on silly coward man, That he should be the slave... 
