SOLILOQUY. x\.N' fo it feems it is reported, That I hae ne'er been woo'd nor courted, But de'il fpeed lies ; The bonny lads came flocking round me, Enough in confcience to confound me, Like hives of bees. But I was cald as winter fnaw, An' nae return... Poems - Page 40by Rebekah Carmichael - 1790Full view - About this book
| Roger Lonsdale, Roger H. Lonsdale - English literature - 1990 - 612 pages
...well for womankind Were all their loss a tooth! (1790) 287 A Young Lass's Soliloquy AN' so it seems it is reported That I hae ne'er been woo'd nor courted, But de'il speed lies; The bonny lads came flocking round me, Enough in conscience to confound me, Like hives... | |
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