 | Charles Anderson Dana - American poetry - 1873 - 878 pages
...can crave. Then glory, my Jeauy, maun plead my excase; Bince honor commands me, how can I refuse Î Without it I ne'er can have merit for thee, And without thy favor I 'd better not be. I gao then, my lass, to win honor and fame, And if I should luck to come gloriously... | |
 | Mary Carlyle Aitken - 1874 - 398 pages
...that's inglorious no fame can be gain'd : And beauty and love's the reward of the brave ; And I maun deserve it before I can crave. Then glory, my Jeany,...? Without it I ne'er can have merit for thee ; And wanting thy favour I'd better not be. I go then, my lass, to win honour and fame ; And if I should... | |
 | Dawn - 1874 - 340 pages
...and love's the reward of the brave, And I maun deserve it before I can crave. Then glory, my Jeanie, maun plead my excuse ; Since honour commands me, how...Without it, I ne'er can have merit for thee ; And losing thy favour, I 'd better not be. I gae then, my lass, to win honour and fame ; And if I should... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1875 - 622 pages
...productionn either in the Soottieh or аот other language. — JoeejA Jíiíton. Tlien glory, my Jenny, maun plead my excuse; Since honour commands me, how...can I refuse / Without it I ne'er can have merit for thec. And without thy favour I'd letter not 1«. J ÏJiie then, my lass, to win honour and fame. And... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...And 1 maun deserve it before I can crave. Then glory, my Jeany, maun plead my excuse ; Since honor commands me, how can I refuse? Without it I ne'er can have merit for thee, And losing thy favor I 'd letter not be. I gae then, my lass, to win honor and fame, And if 1 should chance... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 560 pages
...:.. 1 1 11 deserve it before I can crave. Then glory, my Jeany, maun plead my excuse ; Since honor commands me, how can I refuse? Without it I ne'er can have merit for tliee, And losing thy favor I 'd better not be. 1 gae then, my lass, to win honor and fame, And if... | |
 | James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1876 - 604 pages
...productions either ill the Scottish or any other language.— JoKjJi Jiitwii. Then glory, my Joany, maun plead my excuse; Since honour commands me, how...it I ne'er can have merit for thee. And without thy favour I'd better not be. I gao then, my lass, to win honour and fame, And if I should luck to come... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1876 - 599 pages
...And I maun deserve it before I can crave. Then glory, my Jeany, maun plead my excuse ; Since honor commands me, how can I refuse ? Without it I ne'er can have merit for thee, And without thy favor I 'd better not be. I gae then, my lass, to win honor and fame, And if I should luck to come gloriously... | |
 | Poetry - 1876 - 292 pages
...; And I mann deserve it before I can crave. Then glory, my Jeany, mann plead my excuse; Since honor commands me, how can I refuse? Without it I ne'er can have merit for thee, And losing thy favor I 'd better not be. I gae then, my lass, to win honor and fame, And if I should chance... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1876 - 318 pages
...brave; And I mann deserve it before I can crave. Then glory, my Jeany, mann plead my excuse; Since honor commands me, how can I refuse? Without it I ne'er can have merit for thee, And- losing thy favor I 'd better not be. I gae then, my lass, to win honor and fame, And if I should chance... | |
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I'd better not be. I gae then, my lass, to win honour and fame, And if I should luck to come gloriously hame, I'll bring a heart to thee with love running o'er, And then I'll leave thee and Lochaber no more. 
