 | Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Massacre, 1778 - 1809 - 148 pages
...go, my chief — I'm ready: — ' It is not for your silver bright; ' But for your winsome lady:' ' And by my word! the bonny bird ' In danger shall not tarry; 131 So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry. — By this the storm grew... | |
 | John Aikin, Robert Harding Evans - Ballads, English - 1810 - 508 pages
...wight, " I'll go, my chief, I'm ready : It is net for your silver bright, But for your winsome lady. " And by my word, the bonny bird , In danger shall not tarry ; So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry." By this the storm grew loud... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1810 - 272 pages
...my chief — I'm ready: — • ' It is not for your silver bright; ' But for your winsome lady: ' And by my word! the bonny bird ' In danger shall not tarry; , ' So, though the waves are raging white, ' I'll row you o'er the ferry.' — By this the storm grew... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1810 - 266 pages
...I'll go, my chief—I'm ready:— ' It is not for your silver bright; • But for your winsome lady: ' And by my word ! the bonny bird * In danger shall not tarry; ' So, though the waves are raging white, ' I'll row you o'er the ferry.'— By this the storm grew... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...my chief, — I'm ready : — " It is not for your silver bright ; " But for your winsome lady : " And by my word ! the bonny bird, " In danger shall not tarry : " So, tho' the waves are raging white, " I'll row you o'er the ferry !" By this the storm grew loud... | |
 | Parodies - 1813 - 410 pages
...wight, "I'll go, my chief,—I'm ready,— It is not for your silver bright, But for your winsome lady! "And, by my word, the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry; So, though the waves are raging white, I'|l row you o'er the ferry." By this the storm grew loud apace,... | |
 | 1821 - 438 pages
...wight, " I'll go, my Chief; I'm ready : It is not for your silver bright. But for your winsome lady : And by my word ! the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry ; So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry." By this the storm grew loud... | |
 | English literature - 1820 - 344 pages
...border wight I'll do't my Lord, I'm ready, It isn't for your silver bright, But for your winsome lady ; And by my word The bonny bird In danger shall not tarry ; So— though the noise of hoofs be heard, I'll bar the door and marry. By this the noise grew loud... | |
 | John Struthers - 1822 - 276 pages
...go, my chief — I'm ready : — " It is not for your silver bright ; " But for your winsome lady : " And by my word ! the bonny bird " In danger shall not tarry ; " So, though the waves are raging white, DAITGHTEJR ///>//////////, d& net tarty f Andltifftrf thf... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...wight, I'll go, my chief—I'm ready: It is not for your silver bright, But for your winsome lady. And by my word, the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry; So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row ye o'er the ferry. By this the storm grew loud apace,... | |
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His horsemen hard behind us ride; Should they our steps discover, Then who will cheer my bonny bride, When they have slain her lover? 
