 | H. Loehnis - 1876 - 652 pages
...be gained, And beauty and love's the reward of the brave; And I maun deserve it before I can crave. I gae, then, my lass, to win honour and fame; And if I should chance to come glorious hame, 111 bring a heart to thee with love running o'er, And then I'll leave... | |
 | Allan Ramsay - Scottish poetry - 1877 - 466 pages
...heart is sair pain'd,— By ease that's inglorious no fame can be gain'd,— And beauty and love's the reward of the brave, And I must deserve it before...it, I ne'er can have merit for thee, And without thy favour I'd better not be. I gae then, my lass, to win honour and fame, And if I should luck to come... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 618 pages
...it before I can crave. Then glory, my Jeany, maun plead my excuse ; Since honor commands me, how ean 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... | |
 | Henry Troth Coates - American poetry - 1878 - 1116 pages
...brave, And I must deserve it before I can crave. Then glory, my Jcany, maun plead my excuse; Since honor poets tell honor and fame, And if I should luck to come gloriously hame, I'll bring a heart to thee with love... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 816 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 chance... | |
 | John Ross - English poetry - 1878 - 786 pages
...commands me, bow can I refuse ? Without it, I ne'er can have merit for thec; And losing thy favour I'd better not be. I gae then, my lass, to win honour and fame ; And if I should chance to come glorious hame, I'll bring a heart to thee with love running o'er. And then I'll leave... | |
 | Robert Chambers - English literature - 1879 - 428 pages
...love 's the reward of the brave, And I must deserve it before I can crave. Then glory, my Jeanie, mann plead my excuse ; Since honour commands me, how can...it I ne'er can have merit for thee, And without thy favour I'd better not be. I gae then, mv lass, to win honour and fame, And if I should luck to come... | |
 | George James Finch-Hatton Earl of Winchilsea and Nottingham - English poetry - 1879 - 268 pages
...Though forbid to return to Newmarket no more. Then duty, dear Public, must be my excuse ! Since gossip commands me how can I refuse ? Without it I ne'er can have merit for thee ; And of license depriv'd, I had better not be ! I'm off then to ' Baden," where ' Houris ' await The favourite... | |
 | George James Finch- Hatton (11th earl of Winchilsea.) - 1879 - 264 pages
...Though forbid to return to Newmarket no more. Then duty, dear Public, must be my excuse ! Since gossip commands me how can I refuse ? Without it I ne'er can have merit for thee ; And of license depriv'd, I had better not be ! I'm off then to ' Baden,' where ' Houris ' await The favourite... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1880 - 1124 pages
...And I must deserve it before I can crave. Then glory, my Jeany, maun plead my excuse ; Since honor care I how g I 'd better not be. I gae then, my lass, to win honor and fame, And if I should luck to come gloriously... | |
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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. 
