 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 750 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 neehor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 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 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... | |
 | 1841 - 306 pages
...path ye go astray, Implore hie counsel and assisting might : They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright !" But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door : Jenny, who kens the meaning of toe same, Tells how a neighbor [lad came o er the moor, To do some errands,... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1843 - 184 pages
...path ye gang astray, Implore His counsel an' assisting might ; They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright !" 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... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 540 pages
...braw new gown, Or deposite her sair-won penny fee, To help her parents dear, if they in hardship be. " 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... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pages
...jquire. m Strange tights, tales, or stories, n Makes, o Almost. p Diligent. q Dally, or trifle. r Go. 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... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...path ye gang astray, Implore His counsel, an' assisting might; They never sought in vain, that sought the Lord aright!" 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 literature - 1845 - 510 pages
...shears, Gars mild 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, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother... | |
 | 1845 - 440 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 meanin go' the same, Tells how a neehor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convey her hame.... | |
 | 1846 - 436 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 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... | |
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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... 
