I long woo'd your daughter, my suit you denied; Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide— And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far, That... The songs of England and Scotland - Page 242by England - 1835Full view - About this book
| James W. Gousseff - Pantomimes - 1981 - 236 pages
...bride 's-men and kinsmen, and brothers, and all: Then spoke the bride's father, his hand on his sword, (For the poor craven bridegroom said never a word)...dance at our bridal, young Lord Lochinvar?' 'I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied; — Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide —... | |
| Mary Midgley - Ethics - 2002 - 426 pages
...ail spend our lives having heart attacks every time somehody started to come out of the undergrowth. O come ye in peace here, or come ye in war? Or to dance at our htidal, young lord Lochinvar? The question must arise. In other social species, inchtding all the primates,... | |
| Michael Harrison, Christopher Stuart-Clark - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2004 - 166 pages
...brides-men, and kinsmen, and brothers, and all: Then spoke the bride's father, his hand on his sword, (For the poor craven bridegroom said never a word,)...daughter, my suit you denied; — Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide — And now am I come, with this lost love of mine To lead but one measure,... | |
| Walter Scott, Sir - Poetry - 2005 - 293 pages
...bride's father, his hand on his sword, — For the poor craven* bridegroom said never a word, — ' Oh ! come ye in peace here, or come ye in war, Or to dance at our bridal, young Lord Loehinvar?' — 330 * I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied ; Love swells like the Sol way,6... | |
| Anthony Trollope - 2006 - 514 pages
...have come to thank you for your letter, Madame Goesler," said Lady Glencora, before she sat down. "Oh, come ye in peace here, or come ye in war, or to dance at our bridal?" said Madame Goesler, standing up from her chair and laughing, as she sang the lines. "Certainly not... | |
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