 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 408 pages
...our land, are cauld in the clay. We hear nae mair lilting at our yowe-milking, Women and bairns are heartless and wae ; Sighing and moaning on ilka green...loaning — The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away.* THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. MRS COCKBURN. TUNE — The Flowers of the Forest. I'VE seen the smiling... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 356 pages
...our land, are cauld in the clay. We hear nae mair lilting at our yowe-milking, Women and bairns are heartless and wae ; Sighing and moaning on ilka green loaning — The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede awav.* THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. MRS COCKBURN. TUNE— The Flowers of the Forett. I'VE seen the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 414 pages
...heard the lilting at our yowe-milking, Lasses si-lilting before the dawn of day ; But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning — The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away. • • At buchts, in the morning, nae blythe lads are scorning, The lasses are lonely, and dowie,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...laud, are cauld in the clay. We hear пае mair lilting at onr yowe-milking, Women and bairns are + The Flowers of the Forest; by Mrs. (Jockburn. I've seen the smiling Of Fortune beguiling : I 've felt... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...our land, are cauld in the clay. We hear nae mair lilting at our ewe-milking, Women and bairns are heartless and wae; Sighing and moaning on ilka green...loaning — The Flowers of the Forest are a' wede away. EBENEZER ELLIOTT. POOR ANDREW. THE loving poor! — So envy calls The ever-toiling poor: But oh! I... | |
 | England - 1835 - 794 pages
...our land Are cauld in the clay. We'll hear nae mair lilting At the ewe-milking, Women and bairns are Heartless and wae ; Sighing and moaning On ilka green loaning, The Flowers of the Forest Are a' wede awae. [" In these beautiful ktanzas," says Scott, "the manner of the ancient minstrels is so happily... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 pages
...land, are cauld in the clay. We'll hear nae mair lilting, at the ewe-milking ; Women and bairns are heartless and wae ; Sighing and moaning on ilka green loaning— The flowers of the forest are a' wede awae.3 THE FLOWERS OF THE FOREST. PART SECOND. The following verses, adapted to the ancient air... | |
 | Bannatyne Club (Edinburgh, Scotland) - Scotland - 1838 - 430 pages
...oar land lie cauld in the clay. 6 We'll hac nae mair lilting at the Ewe milking, Women and bairns are heartless and wae ; Sighing and moaning on ilka green loaning, The Flowers of the Forest are »' yede away. No. III. EXTRACTS FROM DOCUMENTS PRESERVED IN THE GENERAL REGISTER HOUSE AT EDINBURGH.... | |
 | Thomas Frognall Dibdin - Bibliography - 1838 - 796 pages
...Fve heard them lilting, at the ewe-milking, Lasses a' lilting before dawn of day ; But now they are moaning on ilka green loaning ; The flowers' of the forest are a' wede awae. " At bughts, in the morning, nae blythe lads are scorning ; Lasses are lonely, and dowie,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 pages
...We'll hear na mair lilting, at the ewe-milking j Women and bairns are heartless und wrto: Suxhingand moaning on ilka green loaning— The flowers of the forest are a' w«de awae.t The following explanation of provincial terms may be found LtJtlns— Singing cheerfully.... | |
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Dool and wae for the order, sent our lads to the Border ! The English, for ance, by guile wan the day ; The Flowers of the Forest, that fought aye the foremost, The prime of our land, are cauld in the clay. We'll hear nae mair lilting at the ewe-milking;... 
