 The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The monarch may forget the crown ' That on his head an hour has been ; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And...  Cassell's old and new Edinburgh - Page 106by James Grant - 1880Full view - About this book
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 248 pages
...volume. That was all—and it was well. For that Burns was as grateful as for the preservation of life. " The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...yestreen; The monarch may forget the crown That on his hoad an hour hath been; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll... | |
 | 1845 - 440 pages
...О ! had I met the mortal shaft Which laid my henefactor low I " The hridegroom may forget the hride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The monarch may forget the crown That on his head an hour has heen ; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll rememher thee,... | |
 | James Marshall - Lodge Canongate Kilwinning (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1846 - 186 pages
...He delighted in music, and was eminently of a social disposition. No. 4. — THE EARL OF GLENCAIHN. The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me Burns. JAMES CUNNINGHAM EARL OF GLENCAIRN was born 1749, and, as... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - 1848 - 232 pages
...benefactor, and his spirit had revived, he poured forth all the meaning of that tear in immortal verse :— " The bridegroom may forget the bride, Was made his...sweetly on her knee; But I'll remember thee Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me !" Here, genius, in the exercise of its high prerogative, has rendered... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - Prayer - 1848 - 414 pages
...be heard 1 Will a faster forget his child ? That were strange ; but it may be. Yes, more than that : The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The mother may forget the child, That smiles so sweetly on her knee — * But God cannot forget the children... | |
 | Robert Burns - English poetry - 1849 - 906 pages
...day? A day to me so full of woe ! О ! had I met the mortal shaft Which laid my benefactor low ! 11 The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me !" LINES, SENT TO SIR JOHN WHITEFORD, OF WHITÏFORD, BART. WITH THE... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...The bridegroom may forget his hride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The monarch may forget his crown That on his head an hour has been ; The mother may forget her child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee, But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And all that thou... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 pages
...day.' A day to me so full of wo ! O ! had I met the mortal shaft Which laid my benefactor low ! '* The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But 1'll remember thee, Glencaim, And a' that thou hast done for me !" LINES SENT TO SIR. JOHN WHITEFOORD,... | |
 | Great Britain - 1852 - 978 pages
...my soalaftertb.ee, OGod;" and Burns beautifully sings his gratitude in the following words : — " The bridegroom may forget the bride Was. made his...monarch may forget the crown That on his head an hour hath been ; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - African Americans - 1852 - 430 pages
...see if her old avaricious uncle is reconciled to the Divine will I" CHAPTER XXXII. A FRIEND IN NEED. The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; Thr monnrclt may forget the crown That on his head an hour hath been ; The mother may forget the... | |
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