PROUD Maisie is in the wood, Walking so early ; Sweet Robin sits on the bush, Singing so rarely. " Tell me, thou bonny bird, When shall I marry me ? " " When six braw gentlemen Kirkward shall carry ye. English Prose: Selections - Page 34edited by - 1907Full view - About this book
| Sir Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1818 - 398 pages
...the wood, Walking so early; Sweet Robin sits on the bush, Singing so rarely. « ' Tell me, thou bonny bird, When shall I marry me ?'— •* When six braw...owl from the steeple sing, ' Welcome, proud lady.'" Hef voice died away with the last notes, and she fell into a slumber, from which the experienced attendant... | |
| Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1818 - 350 pages
...Robin sits on the bush, Singing so rarely. " 'Tell me, thou bonny bird, When shall I marry me ?'— 1 When six braw gentlemen Kirkward shall carry ye.'...owl from the steeple sing, ' Welcome proud lady.' " tendant assured them, that she would never awake at all, or only in the death agony. * Her first... | |
| Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1818 - 392 pages
...bed, Birdie, say truly ?' .• The gray-headed sexton That delves the grave duly.' rt The glove-worm o'er grave and stone Shall light thee steady ; The...which the experienced attendant assured them, that die would never awake at all, or only in the death.agony. Her first prophecy was true. The poor maniac... | |
| Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1821 - 328 pages
...# * Kirkward shall carry ye.' " ' Who makes the bridal bed, Birdie, say truly?' ' The gray-lieaded sexton * # * That delves the grave duly.' " The glow-worm...o'er grave and stone Shall light thee steady; The owl frum the steeple sing, ' Welcome, proud lady."" Her first prophecy was true. The poor maniac parted... | |
| Walter Scott - 1849 - 732 pages
...«low-worm o'er рта vc and etone Hhall lirht ttif"iteady; The owl Гний t ru: steeple fing, ' Welcome, proud lady. " Her voice died away with the...she fell into a slumber, from which the experienced atlendani assured them, that she never would awake at all, or only in the death agony. The nurse's... | |
| Walter Scott - 1852 - 686 pages
...sexton That delves the grave duty.' The glow-worm o'er grave and stone Shall light thee steady ; The owt from the steeple sing, ' Welcome, proud lady.' " Her...voice died away with the last notes, and she fell mto a slumber, from which the experienced attendant assured them, that she would never awake at all,... | |
| Walter Scott - 1855 - 752 pages
...truly V — ' The grey.headed sexton That delves the grave duly.' The glow.worm o'er grave and done Shall light thee steady ; The owl from the steeple...voice died away with the last notes, and she fell mto a slumber, from which the experienced attendant assured them, that she would never awake at all,... | |
| Walter Scott - English poetry - 1857 - 372 pages
...the wood, Walking so early ; Sweet Robin sits on the bush, Singing so rarely. " Tell me, thou bonny bird, When shall I marry me ? " — " When six braw...owl from the steeple sing, ' Welcome, proud lady.' " (2.) MOTTOES. CHAP. XIX. To man, in this his trial state, The privilege is given, When lost by tides... | |
| Walter Scott - 1857 - 372 pages
...the wood, Walking so early ; Sweet Robin sits on the bush, Singing so rarely. " Tell me, thou bonny bird, When shall I marry me ? " — " When six braw...light thee steady. The owl from the steeple sing, (2.) MOTTOES. CHAP. XIX. To man, in this his trial state, The privilege is given, When lost by tides... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [novels, collected]) - 1859 - 850 pages
...ye.' •• ' Who makes the bridal bed, llirdie, say truly ?' — • The grey-lieadeu scxton. Thai delves the grave duly." " The glow-worm o'er grave...light thee steady; The owl from the steeple sing, i Weleome, proud lady.' " Her voico died away with the hut notes, and she fell into a slumber, from... | |
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