 | British minstrel - 1848 - 480 pages
...Unfriended hear me hence, to find That peace which fate denies me here. Adien, my native, flee. COUNTY GUY. AH ! County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea, The orange flower perfumes the bower. The breeze is on the sea: This lark, his lay who trilled all day,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1848 - 276 pages
...his bridle-reins a shake, Said, " Adieu, for evermore, My love I And adieu for evermore." COUNTY GUY. Ah ! County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea, The orange flower perfumes the bower, The breeze is on the sea. The lark, his lay who thrill'd all day,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1848 - 754 pages
...evermore." COUNTY GUY. Ah ! County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea, The orange flower perfumes the bower, The breeze is on the sea. The lark, his lay who thrill'd all day, Sits hush'd his partner nigh ; Breeze, bird, and flower, confess the hour, But... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1849 - 546 pages
...County Guy," was first published, it was set to music by the composers of the day. In the passage, " The lark, his lay that trilled all day, Sits hushed his partner by," the trill of the lark was imitated either by the voice or the accompaniment, thus defeating the... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1850 - 698 pages
...ringlets to the refreshing gale ; all nature seems to enjoy the delicious fragrance of the hour. " Ah, County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left...bower, The breeze is on the sea. The lark his lay who trilled all day Sits hushed his partner nigh ; Breeze, bird, and flower confess the hour, But where... | |
 | Archibald Alison - Europe - 1850 - 696 pages
...ringlets to the refreshing gale ; all nature seems to enjoy the delicious fragrance of the hour. " Ab, County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea ; The orange-flower perfumes the bowei•, The breeze is on the sea. The lark his lay who trilled all day Sits hushed his partner nigh... | |
 | Esq. J. B. (Barrister-at-Law.), John Bill - Paris (France) - 1850 - 586 pages
...about M. and M.— " Oh, County Guy! the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea, The orange flower perfumes the bower, The breeze is on the sea. The lark, his lay, who trilled all day, Sits hushed, bis partner by, Breeze, bird, and flower, they know the hour, But... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - Authors - 1852 - 592 pages
...County Guy ?" The rhythm of the verse rivals the fancy of the imagery and the tenderness of the thought. Ah ! County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea; The orange flower perfumes the bower, The breeze is on the sea. The lark his lay who trilled all day, Sits... | |
 | Charles Mackay - Ballads, English - 1851 - 332 pages
...aged you'll meet, And lovers in the young. COUNTY GUY. ' SIE WALTER Scorr, born 1771, died 1832. 0 County Guy, the hour is nigh, The sun has left the lea, The orange flower perfumes the bower, The breeze is on the sea : The lark his lay, who trill'd all day,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1851 - 420 pages
...and the taste of the Lady of the Lute, by preserving the verse*. simple and even rude as they are. " Ah ! County Guy, the hour is nigh, .The sun has left the lea, - VOL. XXXI. K + 'I Tie orange flower perfumes the bower, The breeze is on the sea. The lark, his lay... | |
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The lark, his lay who thrill'd all day, Sits hush'd his partner nigh; Breeze, bird, and flower, confess the hour, But where is County Guy? The village maid steals through the shade, Her shepherd's suit to hear; To beauty shy, by lattice high, Sings high-born... 
