But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad cam' o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek... The Bardiad: A Poem ; in Two Cantos - Page 100by Charles Burton - 1823 - 286 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edwin Greenlaw, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - American literature - 1922 - 600 pages
...aright!" But hark! a rap comes gently to the door; 55 Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands,...With heart-struck, anxious care, inquires his name, 61 While Jenny hufllins is afraid to speak; Weel pleased the mother hears it's пае wild, worthless... | |
| Education - 1922 - 668 pages
...words. Justify this change in diction. d. Stanzas 7—10. (1) Jenny, blushing, tells her mother how a neebor lad cam o'er the moor, to do some errands and convoy her hame. (2) The strappan youth, who, Mate and laithfu' scarce can weel behave. (3) The complacent parents.... | |
| Charles Herbert Sylvester - Children's literature - 1922 - 530 pages
...almost as iff It as neir ones. 18. The younkers are the i/uungsfers. 19. Eydent is diligent. Tells how a neebor lad cam' o'er the moor, To do some errands and convoy her hame.1'1 The wily mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's e'e,23 and flush her cheek; With... | |
| James Wilson - English language - 1923 - 210 pages
...rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad came o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her...and flush her cheek, With heart-struck, anxious care enquires his name, While Jenny hafflins is afraid to speak; Weel-pleas'd the Mother hears, it 's nae... | |
| Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - American literature - 1922 - 1920 pages
...Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same. Tells how a neebor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some-errands and convoy her hame. The wily mother sees the conscious...flame Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek ; The Cotter's Saturday Night I With heart-struck anxious care emfuires his name, While Jenny hafflins... | |
| 1916 - 568 pages
...But hark! a rap comes gently to the door; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neibor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. Oh happy love! — where love like this is found! Oh heartfelt raptures! — bliss beyond compare!... | |
| William Joseph Long - English literature - 1925 - 844 pages
...hark ! a rap comes gently to the door. Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neibor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy...her hame. The wily mother sees the conscious flame 15 Sparkle in Jenny's ee, and flush her cheek ; Wi' heart-struck, anxious care, inquires his name,... | |
| Robert Burns, James Wilson - Ayrshire (Scotland) - 1925 - 372 pages
...rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad came o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily Mother sees the conscious flarne Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek, With heart-struck, anxious care enquires his name,... | |
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