| William Holmes McGuffey - Primers, American - 1920 - 390 pages
...slain her lover?" Out spoke the hardy Highland wight " I 'll go, my chief — I 'm ready : It is not for your silver bright, But for your winsome lady:...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 apace, The water... | |
| William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Readers - 1921 - 616 pages
...spoke the hardy Highland wight, "I'll go, my chief, I'm ready; It is not for your silver bright, 20 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'." 25 By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith... | |
| Henry Whyte - Ballads, English - 1920 - 384 pages
...slain her lover ? " Out spoke the hardy Highland 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 bonnie bird In danger shall not tarry ; So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the... | |
| American poetry - 1920 - 1016 pages
...You shall not fail, don't fear it; I'll go, not for your silver dime, But for your manly spirit. " And by my word, the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry; For though a storm is coming on, I'll row you o'er the ferry." By this the wind more fiercely rose,... | |
| William Harris Elson - 1921 - 520 pages
...spoke the hardy Highland wight, "I'll go, my chief, I'm ready ; It is not for your silver bright, 20 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." 2? By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-... | |
| Charles Herbert Sylvester - Anthologies - 1922 - 518 pages
...have slain her lover?" Out spoke the hardy Highland wight "I'll go, my chief—I'm ready; It is not for your silver bright, But for your winsome lady:...bonny bird In danger shall not tarry; So though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry." "BOATMAN, DO NOT TARRY!" By this the storm grew... | |
| John Drinkwater - Children's poetry - 1922 - 288 pages
...have slain her lover?" Out spoke the hardy Highland wight, "I'll go, my chief, I'm ready: It is not for your silver bright, But for your winsome lady:...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 apace, The water-wraith... | |
| Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 pages
...go, my chief— I 'm ready :— It is not for your silver bright ; But for your winsome lady: 20 " 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 apace, The... | |
| Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - English literature - 1924 - 942 pages
...her lover?" — Out spoke the hardy Highland wight, "I'll go, my chief — I'm ready : — It is not seldom hast granted thy help to essay, Carry on and...— my shield and my sword In that act where my soul waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry." — By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 408 pages
...slain her lover?" Out spoke the hardy Highland wight, "I 'II go, my chief, — I'm ready: — It is not for your silver bright ; But for your winsome lady...bonny bird In danger shall not tarry : So, though the waves are raging white, 1 '11 row you o'er the ferry." j By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wrnith... | |
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