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" JENNY. Come, Meg, let's fa' to wark upon this green, This shining day will bleach our linen clean ; The water's clear, the lift unclouded blue, Will make them like a lily wet with dew. PEGGY. Gae farer up the burn to Habbie's How, Where a' the sweets... "
The gentle shepherd. To which is prefixed a mem. of the author - Page 4
by Allan Ramsay - 1808
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Abbotsford Series of the Scottish Poets,

George Eyre-Todd - 1896 - 256 pages
...ear : While Jenny what she wishes discommends, And Meg, wi' better sense, true love defends. Jenny. COME, Meg, let's fa' to wark upon this green, This shining day will bleach our linen clean; i sky. The water's clear, the lift 1 , unclouded blue, Will mak' them like a lily wet wi' dew. Peggy....
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A History of English Literature (600-1900)

Eduard Engel - English literature - 1902 - 516 pages
...air. The following is one of the most beautiful passages in the piece (Act I., scene 2) : — Jenny. Come, Meg, let's fa to wark upon this green, This...will bleach our linen clean ; The water's clear, the lift1 unclouded blew, Will make them like a lily wet with dew. Gae farer up the burn to Habbie's How,...
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The Masterpieces and the History of Literature: Analysis ..., Volume 8

Julian Hawthorne - Literature - 1902 - 474 pages
...mood ; Gae woo anither, and she'll gang clean wud. [insane THE MAIDS' DIALOGUE ON MARRIAGE. Jenny. Come, Meg, let's fa" to wark upon this green, This shining day will bleach our linen clean ; The water clear, the lift unclouded blue, Will mak them like a lily wet wi' dew. Peggy. Gae far'er up the...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1902 - 864 pages
...And Meg with better sense true love defends. Jenny. Come, Meg, let 's fa' to wark upon this ¡ The [dݏK + 3 B e L ^sR H >\ r F ŦU> . a / o > 2` D 1 Q blew, Will make them like a lily wet with dew. V.4I si Allan Ramsay 315 gy. Gae farer up the burn to...
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Simple History of English Literature: With Illustrative Extracts

A. L. Stronach - English literature - 1905 - 280 pages
...moving radiance twinkles. ALLAN RAMSAY. Born 1685— Died 1758. FROM "THE GENTLE SHEPHERD." Jenny. Come, Meg, let's fa' to wark upon this green ; This shining day will bleach our linen clean ; The water clear, the 'lift unclouded blue, [sky. Will mak' them like a lily wet wi' dew. Peggy. Gae far'er...
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A Collection of Eighteenth Century Verse

Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 506 pages
...sense, true love defends. Peggy and Jenny Jenny. Come, Meg, let's fa' to wark upon this green, The shining day will bleach our linen clean; The water's...unclouded blue, Will mak them like a lily wet wi' dew. s Peggy- Gae farer up the burn to Habbie's Howe, Where a' the sweets o' spring an' simmer grow : Between...
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A Collection of Eighteenth Century Verse

Margaret Lynn - English poetry - 1907 - 506 pages
...sense, true love defends. Peggy and Jenny Jenny. Come, Meg, let's fa' to wark upon this green, The shining day will bleach our linen clean; The water's...unclouded blue, Will mak them like a lily wet wi' dew. s Peggy. Gae farer up the burn to Habbie's Howe, Where a' the sweets o' spring an' simmer grow : Between...
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The World's Progress: With Illustrative Texts from Masterpieces of ..., Part 6

Delphian Society - Civilization - 1911 - 594 pages
...mood ; Gae woo anither, and she'll gang clean vtid. [insane THE MAIDS' DIALOGUE ON MARRIAGE. fenny. Come, Meg, let's fa' to wark upon this green, This shining day will bleach our linen clean ; The water clear, the lift unclouded blue, Will mak them like a lily wet wi' dew. The lads they're feeding...
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