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" His horsemen hard behind us ride; Should they our steps discover, Then who will cheer my bonny bride, When they have slain her lover? "
The Kilmarnock mirror, and literary gleaner - Page 79
1820
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McGuffey's First-[sixth] Eclectic Reader, Issue 5

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...
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Manual for the Elson Readers, Book Seven

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...
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The Celtic Garland of Gaelic Songs and Readings: Translation of Gaelic and ...

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...
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The Book of Humorous Verse

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,...
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The Elson Readers..: Book 5-8 ...

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-...
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Journeys Through Bookland: A New and Original Plan for Reading ..., Volume 6

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...
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The Way of Poetry: An Anthology for Younger Readers

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...
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A Book of British and American Verse

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...
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The Modern Student's Book of English Literature

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...
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The Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 1

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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