 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pàgines
...cays, 'Every reader of discernment will see they are by an In* feriorhand.' JOHN Anderson, my jo,r John, When we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your bounie brow was brent ;• But now your brow is bald, John, Your locks are like the snow ; But blessings... | |
 | General reciter - 1845 - 348 pàgines
...archness in his brow, ' Pray, Sir, why did not then your father make, A Gentleman of you ?' JOHN ANDERSON. JOHN ANDERSON my jo, John, When we were first acquent...Your bonnie brow was brent ; But now your brow is held, John, Your locks are like the snaw : But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson my jo. John... | |
 | Archibald Montgomery Maxwell - 1845 - 378 pàgines
...the republic, whilst the once FLOWERS. 211 fair Teresa was from another, and she might well sing :— John Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent...Your bonnie brow was brent ; But now your brow is held, John, Your locks are like the snaw ; But blessings on your frosty prow, John Anderson my jo.... | |
 | 1845 - 440 pàgines
...Mr* R. after residing some thric n Liverpool, i< settled with her hushand in New York, North America. JOHN ANDERSON MY JO. JOHN ANDERSON, my jo, John, When...first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your honnic hrow was hrent ; But now your hrow is held, John, Your locks are like the snaw ; But hlessings... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Nathaniel Parker Willis - 1846 - 120 pàgines
...I would give whole years of life To dream such dreams as thine ! 08) JJ'IDHH &H1DIE!R§DH KIT JdD. JOHN ANDERSON my jo, John, When we were first acquent,...locks were like the raven, Your bonnie brow was brent ; Bat now your brow is bald, John, Your locks are like the snaw ; But blessings on your frosty pow,... | |
 | 1847 - 906 pàgines
...While joyful shouts rise from the shore. Its homeward prow to hail. We cast our lines in Largo bay, &c JOHN ANDERSON, MY JO JOHN ANDERSON, my jo, John, When...were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, John, Your bonnie brow was brent ! But DOW your head's turn'cl bald, John, Your locks are like the... | |
 | 1848 - 530 pàgines
...brought to my mind the well-known lines of Burns : ' John Anderson my jo, John, When we were lirst acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your bonnie...now your brow is beld, John, Your locks are like the snow But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson my jo. 'John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the... | |
 | British minstrel - 1848 - 480 pàgines
...shore, \\iil that's all the use of a guinea. JOHN ANDERSON, MY JO. Music— at ZT Purday's, 45, Uolborn. JOHN Anderson, my jo, John, When we were first acquent,...Your locks were like the raven Your bonnie brow was brcu But now your brow is beld, John, Your locks are like the snow : Yet, blessings on your frosty... | |
 | W A. Williamson - 1849 - 134 pàgines
...glen." — The term brant, smooth, sloping, is preserved in "John Anderson," in the form brent :— "John Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent...were like the raven, Your bonnie brow was brent." The term fellow, feal-leaguc, faith bound, is at once a term of respect and of reproach, as fellow... | |
 | 1875 - 676 pàgines
...of newness, brightness, and freshness I have always read the word brent in the Scotch song : — " John Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your bonny brow was brent." C. Ross. TRIAL OF HENRT WALPOLE, SJ (5th S. iii. 367.) — In answer to DR.... | |
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JOHN ANDERSON MY JO. JOHN Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your bonnie brow was brent ; But now your brow is beld, John, Your locks are like the snaw ; But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson my... 
