 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - 748 pàgines
...contained in Sir Walter Scott's ' Minstrelsy of the Border,' from which it is here inserted : "FAIR HELEN. O ili. 'i I were whore Helen lie* On (air Kircoimell Lee ! Cunt be Ihe hpnrt tlmt thought the thought.... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1852 - 356 pàgines
...O poverty ! we're wed in spite of thee. HELEN OF KIRKCONNELL. Modernised version of the older song. I WISH I were where Helen lies — Night and day on me she cries ; Oh, that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirkconnell lea ! O Helen, fair beyond compare ! I'll make... | |
 | Thomas Smibert - 1852 - 126 pàgines
...and its tail- tagged similitude, to that of the old ballad, so remarkable for its simplicity: — " I wish I were where Helen lies ; Night and day on me she cries ; O ! that I were where Helen lies On fair Kircounel lea. Curst be the head that thought the thought,... | |
 | 1853 - 460 pàgines
...very fine poems by Wordsworth and Gifford, not however to be compared to the ancient words : — " I wish I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries ; O that I were where Ellen lies, On fair Kirkonnell lee." A modern hand has added the fine idea after... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1854 - 776 pàgines
...of thy hair. Shall bind my heart for evermair, Until the day I die. O that I were where Helen lien ! Night and day on me she cries ; Out of my bed she bids me rise. Says, " Haste and come to me !"— • O Helen fair! O Helen chaste! If I were with thee, I were blest. Where thou lies low, and... | |
 | 1854 - 356 pàgines
...O poverty ! we're wed in spite of thee. HELEN OF KIRKCONNELL. Modernised version of the older song. I WISH I were where Helen lies — Night and day on me she cries ; Oh, that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirkconnell lea ! 0 Helen, fair beyond compare ! I'll make... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1857 - 418 pàgines
...have, And do him save thaf s near his grave, And dies for love of thee. . FAIR HELEN. PAJRT SECOND. I WISH I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries ; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirconnell Lee ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought,... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 366 pàgines
...O poverty ! we're wed in spite of thee. HELEN OF KIRKCOKNELL. Modernised version of the older song. I WISH I were where Helen lies — Night and day on me she cries ; Oh, that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirkconnell lea ! O Helen, fair beyond compare ! I'll make... | |
 | University of Edinburgh - 1857 - 430 pàgines
...received the bullet. The following song is supposed to be sung by the bereaved man over her grave: — I wish I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries ; 0 that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirkconnell Lee ! Helen of Kirkconnsh. Curst be the heart... | |
 | Francis James Child - 1857 - 416 pàgines
...pity have, And do him save that' s near his grave, And dies for love of thee. FAIR HELEN. PABT SECOND. I WISH I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries ; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirconnell Lee ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought,... | |
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O that I were where Helen lies! Night and day on me she cries ; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Says "Haste and come to me! 
