 The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The monarch may forget the crown That on his head an hour has been ; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a'...  The Works of Robert Burns: Containing His Life - Page cxviiby Robert Burns - 1849 - 425 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - Poetry - 1826 - 226 pages
...day ? A day to me so full of woe! Oh ! had I met the mortal shaft Which laid my benefactor low ! " The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me !" LAMENT OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS, ON THE APPROACH OF SPRING. Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1826 - 272 pages
...that day? A day to me so full of wo ! O ! had I met the mortal shaft Which laid my benefactor low ! " The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that than hact done for me!" CHIEFLY SCOTTISH. 142 LINES SENT TO SIR JOHN WHITEFORD, OF WHITEFORD, BART.... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 pages
...day? A day to me so full of woe ! Oh ! had I met the mortal shaft Which laid my benefactor low ! ' The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me!' BURNS. VERSES ON THE DEATH OF MRS. O'NEILL. LIKE a poor ghost the night I seek; Its hollow winds repeat... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1827 - 826 pages
...forget the crown, That on Ills head an hour hall) been ; The mother may forget the child That smiles so sweetly on her knee; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me. BURNS. LEAVING Susan to the care of her faithful friends, such as every person in her situation needs,... | |
 | 1831 - 460 pages
...head an hour hath been ; " The Bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly...thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me 1" Even this perfect freedom from uneasy, dissatisfied, and angry thoughts and feelings, towards the... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1831 - 484 pages
...that day ? A day to me so full of wo f 0! had I met the mortal shaft Which laid my benefactor low ! " The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...forget the crown That on his head an hour has been ; Th« mother may forget the child That smiles sac sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember thec, Glencairn,... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick Fay - 1832 - 238 pages
...air, he laughed and said, " other people than the Egyptians may be lost in a fog." D. NUMBER VIII. The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairne, And all that thou hast done for me. — Burns. " There is in some minds," said the Genius,... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 356 pages
...A day to me so full of woe ! — O ! had I met the mortal shaft Which laid my benefactor low ! X. " The bridegroom may forget the bride, Was made his...thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me !" With James Cunningham, Earl of Glencairn, perished the last hope of Burns, of obtaining " a pension,... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poetry, Modern - 1834 - 206 pages
...prime? Why did I live to see that day 1 A day to me so full of wo ! O ; had I met the mortal shaft « The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that tliou hast done for me '.' LUTES, SBMT TO SIR JOHN WH1TEFORD, OF WHITEFORD, BART. With the foregoing... | |
 | Robert Burns - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 420 pages
...apply, in all respects, to himself. The verse is lyrical, and the sentiments those of nature : — " The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...her knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And all that thou hast done for me." This is the language of a man who thought himself obliged. He wrote... | |
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