| Robert Burns - 1856 - 538 pages
...How rich the hawthorn's blossom ; As underneath their fragrant shade, I clasp'd her to ray bosom ! The golden hours, on angel wings, Flew o'er me and...my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' many a vow, and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu' tender ; And, pledging... | |
| England - 1856 - 586 pages
...blossom, As, underneath the fragrant shade, I clasped her to my bosom ! The angel-hours, on golden wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Wa« my sweet Highland Mary." So sang Burns of the woman for whom, of all others, he seems to have... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1857 - 366 pages
...birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow .and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu' tender ; And pledging... | |
| Robert Burns - 1859 - 530 pages
...birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom; As underneath their fragrant shade, I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours, on angel wings, Flew o'er me and...my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Was my Sweet Highland Mary. Wi* many a vow, and locked emDrace, Our parting was fu' tender And, pledging aft... | |
| Robert Burns - English letters - 1859 - 736 pages
...birch How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade, I clasp'd her to my bosom 1 The golden hours, on angel wings, Flew o'er me and...dearie ; For dear to me, as light and life, Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' monie a vow, and lock'd embrace, many Our parting was fu' tender ; And, pledging... | |
| George Lillie Craik - English language - 1861 - 580 pages
...birk,2 How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow and locked embrace Our parting was fu' tender ; And, pledging aft... | |
| Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 552 pages
...How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasped her to my bosom ! 42 The golden hours, on angel wings, Flew o'er me and...dearie ; For dear to me as light and life, Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' many a vow, and locked embrace, Our parting was fu' tender ; And, pledging... | |
| Household song - 1861 - 72 pages
...birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp' d her to my bosom ! The golden hours, on angel wings, Flew o'er me and...dearie ; For dear to me, as light and life, Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow, and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu' tender ; And, pledging... | |
| Richard Henry Stoddard - Love poetry - 1861 - 560 pages
...O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloomed the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, The golden hours, on angel wings, Flew o'er me and...my dearie; For dear to me as light and life, Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' many a vow, and locked embrace, Our parting was fu' tender ; And, pledging... | |
| George Lillie Craik - English language - 1862 - 578 pages
...birk,a How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow and locked embrace Our parting was fu' tender ; And, pledging aft... | |
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