 | English literature - 1809 - 530 pages
...hardship be. In youthfu" bloom, love sparkling m her e'e, Comes hame, perhaps, to shew a braw new gown. ' But hark! a rap comes -gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens the meaning b' the same, Tells, how a neebor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...his counsel and assisting might ; * They neVer sought in vain, that sought the LORD ' aright.' VII. 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 354 pages
...her shears, Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new ; The father mixes a' wi' admonition due. 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, m To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The Wily... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...Implore his counsel and assisting might : * They never sought in vain, that sought the Lord aright I* But hark! a rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens £he meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pages
...path ye go astray, " Implore his counsel and" assisting might: " They never sought in vain who sought the Lord aright." But hark! a rap comes gently to the door ; , Jenny, who knows the meaning of the same, Tells how a neighbour lad came o'er the moor, To do some errands... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...Implore his counsel and assisting might : ' They never sought in vain that sought the Lord 'aright!' VII. 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 hamc. The wily mother... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...Implore his counsel and assisting might : [aright !' They never sought in vain that sought the Lord 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... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...her shears, Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new; The father mixes a' wi' admonition due. But, hark! a rap comes gently to the door; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells bow a neebor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 pages
...Implore his counsel and assisting might : They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright !' vn. 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... | |
 | 1824 - 486 pages
...path ye gang astray, Implore his counsel and assisting might : They never sought in vain, that sought the Lord aright!" But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door; Jenny, wha kens th' meaning o' the same, Tells how a neeber lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her... | |
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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... 
