 Thou's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem ; To spare thee now is past my power, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie lark, companion meet, Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet, Wi' spreckled...  The poetical works of Robert Burns - Page 55by Robert Burns - 1870Full view - About this book
 | 1809 - 530 pages
...evil hour ; For L maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem ; To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem, • Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie Lark, companion meet I • : ' . • . . Bending dice 'mang the dewy weet ! Wi' spree kl'd breast, • When upward-springing,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 pages
...evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem ; To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou Bonnie gem. Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet,...companion meet ! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! Wi' spreckl'd breast, When upward-springing, blythe, to greet The purpling east. CnuM Cauld blew the bitter-biting... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...amang the stoure Thy slender stem ; To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! its no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie lark, companion meet ! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! Wf speckled breast, When upward-springing, blythe, to greet The purpling east. Cauld blew the bitter-biting... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...amang the stoure Thy slender stem ; To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! its no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie lark, companion meet! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet! Wi' speckled breast, ' When upward-springing, blythe, to greet The purpling east. i Canld blew the bitter-biting'... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...amang the stoure Thy slender stem. To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! its no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie Lark, companion meet ! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! Wi' spreckl'd breast, When upward-springing, blythe, to greet The purpling East. Cauld blew the bitter-biting... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...companion meet ! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! Wi' sprcckl'd breast, When upwards springing, blythc, to greet The purpling east. Cauld blew the bitter...Upon thy early humble birth ; Yet cheerfully thou glinted forth Amid the storm, Scarce rear'd above the parent-earth Thy tender form. BOOK IV. But lliou,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem ; To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet,...companion meet ! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! Wi' spreckl'd breast, When upward-springing, blithe, to greet The purpling east. Cauld blew the bitter-biting... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 pages
...evil hour ; For I maun crush arming the stoure Thy slender stem; To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ' it's, no thy neebor sweet,...weet! Wi' spreckled breast, When upward-springing, blythe, to greet The purpling east. Cauld blew the bitter-biting north Upon thy early, humble birth... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem ; To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet,...weet ! Wi' spreckled breast, When upward-springing, blythe, to greet The purpling east. Cauld blew the bitter-biting north Upon thy early, humble, birth;... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 270 pages
...evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem; To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Alas ' it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie Lark,...weet! Wi' spreckled breast, When upward-springing, blythe, to greet The purpling east. Cauld blew the bitter-biting north Upon thy early, humble birth... | |
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