 Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard or saw : Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them a',  The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life - Pàgina 51per Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 394 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1865 - 466 pàgines
...the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun ; Could I the rich reward secure, The lovely Mary Morison. Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed...and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them a', ' Ye are na Mary Morison.' O Mary, canst thou wreck his peace, Wha... | |
 | Robert Duthie - 1866 - 202 pàgines
...secure — The lovely Mary Morrison. " Yestreen, when to the stented string, The dance gaed through the lighted ha', To thee my fancy .took its wing — I sat, but neither heard ntr saw. Though this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast o' a' the toun ; I sigh'd and said... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1868 - 688 pàgines
...stoure, A weary slave frac sun to sun ; ! Could I the rich reward secure, The lovely Mary Morison. ' Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed...of a' the town, 1 sigh'd, and said amang them a', j ' Ye are na Mary Morison.' O Mary, canst thou wreck his peace, Wha for thy sake wad gladly die? Or... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1868 - 312 pàgines
...stoure, A wetiry slave frae s mi to sun ; Could I the rich reward secure, The lovely Mary Morison. Yestreen when to the trembling string, The dance gaed...thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw ; Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And you the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd and said,... | |
 | John Tomlinson - 1869 - 192 pàgines
...commemorates her in another song, from which we extract the following lines. What a picture of constancy ! — "Yestreen when to the trembling string, The dance...thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw ; Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town ; I sigh'd, and said,... | |
 | Alfred Henderson - 1869 - 526 pàgines
...Where the love is, thither turns the eye. " The eye will often wander The road that love has taught." " Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed...my fancy took its wing ; I sat, but neither heard nor saw." BURNS. " His eyes " Were with his heart, and that was far away." BYRON. See " Ubi quis dolft."... | |
 | 1869 - 632 pàgines
...pulse, and as a specimen we give a quotation from one of them, the muchadmired " Mary Morison " : — " Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thee ray fancy took its wing ; I sat, but neither heard nor saw : Tho' this was fair and that was braw,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1869 - 466 pàgines
...fun, Could I the rich reward fecure, The lovely Mary Morifon. Yeftreen, when to the trembling firing The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing, 1 fat, but neither heard nor faw : Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toaft of a' the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1869 - 456 pàgines
...fun, Could I the rich reward fecure, The lovely Mary Morifon. Yeftreen, when to the trembling ftring The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing, 1 fat, but neither heard nor faw : Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toaft of a' the... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1869 - 624 pàgines
...lovely Mary Morrison. Yestreen, when to the trembling string, The dance gaed round the lighted ha',3 To thee my fancy took its wing — I sat, but neither heard nor saw : Though this was fair and that was braw,4 And yon the toast of a' the town, 1 sigh'd, and... | |
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