| She - 1861 - 328 pages
...and summer grow ; There 'tween twa birks out o'er a little lin, The water fa"s and makes a singing din ; A pool breast-deep, beneath, as clear as glass, Kisses wi' easy whirls the bordering grass." Hero, as Peggy and Jenny, we wander, making chaplets of rushes, or watching how daisies whirl down... | |
| 1861 - 646 pages
...and summer grow ; There 'tween twa birka out o'er a little lin, The water fa's and makes a singing din ; A pool breast-deep, beneath, as clear as glass, Kisses wi' easy whirls the bordering grass." Here, as Peggy and Jenny, we wander, making chaplets of rushes, or watching how daisies whirl down... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1863 - 366 pages
...Between twa birks, out o'er a little linn, The water fa's and makes a singan din : A pool, breast deep, beneath as clear as glass, Kisses wi' easy whirls the bordering grass. We '11 end our washing while the morning 's cool, And when the day grows hot we '11 to the pool, There... | |
| Adam and Charles Black (Firm) - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1863 - 144 pages
...'tween twa birks, out ower a little lin, The water fa's, and makes a singin' din ; A pool, breast deep, beneath as clear as glass, Kisses, wi' easy whirls, the bordering grass." PENNICUIK HOUSE, the seat of Sir George Clerk, Bart., is well worthy of a visit. The neighbouring scenery... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Authors, American - 1864 - 348 pages
...Between twa birks, out o'er a little linn, The water fa's and makes a singan din : A pool, breast deep, beneath as clear as glass, Kisses wi' easy whirls...while the morning's cool , And when the day grows hot we'll to the pool, There wash oursels — it's healthful now in May, An' sweetly caller on sae... | |
| William Ballingall - Pictorial works - 1874 - 104 pages
...and summer grow ; There, 'tween twa birks out ower a little lin, The water fa's and makes a singing din : A pool, breast-deep, beneath as clear as glass, Kisses wi' easy whirls the bordering grass.' ' Behind a tree upon the plain, Pale and his I'eggy meet.' ' I 'LL visit aft the birkin-bush, Where... | |
| James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1875 - 622 pages
...spring an' summer grow: Between twa birks, out o'er a little lin, The water fa's an" mak's a singin" din ; A pool breast-deep, beneath as clear as glass,...end our washing while the morning's cool, And when tha day grows het, we'll to the pool, There wash oursels — it's healthfu' now in May, An' sweetly... | |
| James Grant Wilson - English poetry - 1876 - 604 pages
...wi' dew. Pry. Gae farder up the burn to Habbic's How, Where a* the sweets o' spring an' summer grow: Between twa birks, out o'er a little lin, The water fa's an' mak's a singin" din; A pool breast-deep, beneath as clear as glass, Kisses, wi' easy whirls, the bordering... | |
| John Campbell Shairp - Nature in literature - 1877 - 296 pages
...spring and summer grow : Between twa birks, out o'er a little linn The water fa's an' mak's a singin' din ; A pool breast-deep, beneath as clear as glass, Kisses, wi' easy whirls, the bordering grass. We '11 end our washing while the morning 's cool, And when the day grows het we '11 to the pool, There... | |
| William Ballingall - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1877 - 248 pages
...and summer grow ; There 'tween twa birks, out ower a little lin, The water fa's and mak's a singin' din ; A pool breast-deep beneath, as clear as glass, Kisses, wi' easy whirls, the bord'ring grass.' At this part of the Vale we find Patfis Hill and Peggy's Lea; but whether they were... | |
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