| Scottish songs - 1852 - 356 pages
...fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy ; But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved...or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest ; Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest ; Thine be ilka joy... | |
| Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy : But to see her was to love her; Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved...or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest ! Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest ! Thine be ilka joy... | |
| Ballads, Scots - 1854 - 356 pages
...fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy ; But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved...or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. Pare thee weel, thou first and fairest ; Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest ; Thine be ilka joy... | |
| Augustin Louis Taveau - 1855 - 202 pages
...heart to rest, The scenes of Boyhood years his slumbering visions blest. END OF BOOK I. XIV. ABEN-KE Y. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved...never parted — We had ne'er been broken-hearted ! • BURNS. NOTE. — The scene of the following Poem is laid in the Grove of the ALIIAMERA. The date... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God ! " he says, with solemn air. Song. Ae fond Kiss. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved...or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. * I weigh the man, not his title ; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better. The Country... | |
| William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1856 - 596 pages
...leaves him T Mo, uae cheerfu' twinkle lights me; Dark despair around benights me. Had we never loved eae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met,...or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted." Of the generous and true-hearted disposition of Clarinda, we shall possess a juster idea when we reflect... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1857 - 366 pages
...fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy; But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved...or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. Fare thee weel, thon first and fairest ; Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest ; Thine be ilka joy... | |
| Literature - 1857 - 240 pages
...fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy; But to see her was to love her ; Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved...or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. * These exquisitely affecting stanzas contain the essence of a thousand love tales. — Scott. Fare... | |
| William Howitt - Literary landmarks - 1857 - 736 pages
...star of hope she leaves him t Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me ; Dark despair around benights me. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved...blindly, Never met — or never parted, We had ne'er been broken hearted." Of the generous and true-hearted disposition of Clarinda we shall possess a juster... | |
| Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - Women in literature - 1857 - 532 pages
...to fade into a shadow. The subject of the song, Had we never lov'd sae kindly — Had we never lov'd sae blindly — Never met — or never parted — We had ne'er been broken-hearted, was also real, and I am afraid, a person of the same description. Of these four lines, Sir Walter Scott... | |
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