 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
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pages
...! O, had I met the mortal shaft Which laid my benefactor low ! "The bridegroom may forget the brido Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The monarch may...sweetly on her knee; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me." LINES, SENT TO SIR JOHN WHITEFORD, OP WHITEFORD, BART. WITH THE... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Antislavery movements - 1854 - 448 pages
...flashed through my mind that most eloquent of Burns's poems, the Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn. " The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...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... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Antislavery movements - 1854 - 348 pages
...through my mind that most eloquent of Burns' poems, the Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn : — " The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...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... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 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...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 thee,... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Antislavery movements - 1854 - 418 pages
...bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen; The monarch may forget the crown That on his head an hour hath been; The mother may forget the child '* That smiles...sweetly on her knee; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a1 that thou hast done for me." This mansion is now the seat of Graham of Gartmor. Now we are shown... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Antislavery movements - 1854 - 406 pages
...Burns's poems, the Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn. " The bridegroom may forget the bride "\Vas made his wedded wife yestreen; The 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 thee,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Children's poetry - 1854 - 264 pages
...gay, And tairer views appear ; But no ! I would not go away — My father's gravels here ! GRATITUDE. THE bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen : The monarch may forget his crown, That on his head an hour hath been ; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly... | |
 | Harriet Beecher Stowe - Fiction - 1854 - 398 pages
...Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn. " The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded wite yestreen ; The 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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 pages
...day ? A day to me so full of woe !— 0 had I met the mortal shaft Which laid my benefactor low. x. " 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 !" cxxv. LINES SENT TO SIR JOHN WHITEFOORD, BART., Or WHITEFOORD.... | |
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