 Blythe Jenny sees the visit's no ill ta'en ; The father cracks of horses, pleughs, and kye. The youngster's artless heart o'erflows wi' joy, But blate and laithfu', scarce can weel behave ; The mother, wi...  The poetical works of Robert Burns - Page 91by Robert Burns - 1814 - 604 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Choice poems - 1862 - 368 pages
...worthless rake. 1 News. * Makes. » Diligent. « Half Wi' kindly welcome Jenny brings him ben ; A strappan youth ; he takes the mother's eye; Blythe Jenny sees the visit's no ill ta'en ; The father cracks1 of horses, pleughs, and kye. The youngster's artless heart o'erflows wi' joy, But, blate" and... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 pages
...the mother hears it's nae wild, worthless rake. Wi' kindly welcome Jenny brings him ben ; A strappan youth ; he takes the mother's eye ; Blythe Jenny sees...youngster's artless heart o'erflows wi' joy, But blate an' laithfu', scarce can weel behave ; The mother, wi' a woman's wiles, can spy What makes the youth... | |
 | English poetry - 1863 - 392 pages
...youth ! he tak's the mother's eye ; Blythe Jenny sees the visit's no ill-ta'en ; ( The father cracks o' horses, pleughs, and kye. The youngster's artless...behave ; The mother, wi' a woman's wiles, can spy What mak's the youth sae bashfu' and sae grave : Weel pleased to think her bairn's respectit like the lave.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 368 pages
...youngster's artless heart o'erflows wi' j°y> But blate and lathefu', scarce bashful— hesitating can weel behave ; The mother, wi' a woman's wiles, can spy What makes the youth sae bashfu' and sae grave : Weel pleased to think her bairn's respected like the lave. other people... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - Readers - 1922 - 676 pages
...strappin youth; he takes the mother's eye; 65 Blythe Jenny sees the visit's no ill taen; The father crapks of horses, pleughs, and kye. The youngster's artless...weel behave; The mother, wi' a woman's wiles, can spy 70 What makes the youth sae bashfu' and sae grave, Weel-pleased to think her bairn's respected like... | |
 | Charles Herbert Sylvester - Children's literature - 1922 - 530 pages
...hears, it's nae24 wild, worthless rake. VII Wi' kindly welcome, Jenny brings him ben:25 A strappin' youth; he takes the mother's eye; Blythe Jenny sees the visit's no ill ta'en;28 The father cracks27 of horses, pleughs, and kye.28 The youngster's artless heart o'erflows... | |
 | James Wilson - English language - 1923 - 210 pages
...Jenny brings him ben ; A strappan youth ; he takes the Mother's eye ; Blythe Jenny sees the visifs no ill taen ; The Father cracks of horses, pleughs...wi' a woman's wiles, can spy What makes the youth sae bashfu' and sae grave ; Weel-pleas'd to think her bairn's respected like the lave. But now the... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 pages
...Jenny brings him ben ; A strappin' yotrth ; he taks the mother's eye ; Blithe Jenny sees the visit 's no ill ta'en ; The father cracks of horses, pleughs,...youngster's artless heart o'erflows wi' joy. But blate and laithefu', scarce can weel behave; The mother, wi" a woman's wiles, can spy What makes the youth sae... | |
 | 1916 - 568 pages
...brings him ben; A strappin' youth; he taks the mother's eye; Blithe Jenny sees the visit's no ill-ta'en; The father cracks of horses, pleughs, and kye. The youngster's artless heart o'erflows wi' joy, But blathe and lathefu', scarce can weel behave; The mother, wi' a woman's wiles, can spy What makes the... | |
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