| Walter Scott - English literature - 1841 - 464 pages
...exquisitely affecting stanza contains the essence of a thousand love tales:— " Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met...parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. There are one or two political songs, which, for any wit or humour they contain, might have been very well omitted.... | |
| Robert Burns - 1843 - 324 pages
...my Nancy : But to see her, was to love her; Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly ! Never met...or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. Fare-thee-weel, thou first and fairest ! Fare-thee-weel, thou best and dearest ! Thine be ilka joy... | |
| George Lillie Craik - English language - 1845 - 484 pages
...kiss, and then we sever ; Ae fareweel, alas, for ever ! • • • • • Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met,...or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest ! Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest ! • • • • •... | |
| American literature - 1847 - 434 pages
...embodiment of all the romance, I had almost said of all the poetry, of life : * Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met...or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted." How many have felt the wild surges of feeling heave with a calmer swell when they listened to the solemn... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1852 - 792 pages
...my Nancy: But to see her, was to love her ; Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never loved sae rce Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest ! Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest ! Thine be ilka joy... | |
| Scottish songs - 1852 - 356 pages
...my Nancy ; But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met...or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest ; Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest ; Thine be ilka joy... | |
| Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...my Nancy : But to see her was to love her; Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met...or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest ! Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest ! Thine be ilka joy... | |
| Ballads, Scots - 1854 - 356 pages
...my Nancy ; But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met...or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. Pare thee weel, thou first and fairest ; Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest ; Thine be ilka joy... | |
| Augustin Louis Taveau - 1855 - 202 pages
...of Boyhood years his slumbering visions blest. END OF BOOK I. XIV. ABEN-KE Y. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met...never parted — We had ne'er been broken-hearted ! • BURNS. NOTE. — The scene of the following Poem is laid in the Grove of the ALIIAMERA. The date... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1856 - 660 pages
...; And " Let us worship God ! " he says, with solemn air. Song. Ae fond Kiss. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. * I weigh the man, not his title ; 'tis not the king's stamp can make the metal better. The Country... | |
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