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
| Readings - English poetry - 1843 - 466 pages
...that 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...thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me!" JAMES BEATTIE WAS bor n in Scotland, AD 1735. He received his education at Marischal College, Aberdeen,... | |
| Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pages
...day 1 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...the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I '11 remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done fur me !'( LINES Seat to Sir John Whltoibord,... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 336 pages
...kind offices of his patron, the Earl of Glencairn, is probably, for that very reason, more effective. The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...monarch may forget the crown That on his head an hour hath been ; The momer may fc.rgci tl.e child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I '11 remember... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Indians - 1844 - 680 pages
...kind offices of his patron, the Earl of Glencairn, is probably, for that very reason, more effective. The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...monarch may forget the crown That on his head an hour hath been ; The motner may forget ;le child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I '11 remember... | |
| John Wilson - 1845 - 266 pages
...volume. That was all—and it was well. For that Burns was as grateful as for the preservation of life. " The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...monarch may forget the crown That on his head an hour hath been; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee; But I'll remember thee,... | |
| John Wilson - 1845 - 248 pages
...volume. That was all—and it was well. For that Burns was as grateful as for the preservation of life. " The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...yestreen; The monarch may forget the crown That on his hoad an hour hath been; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll... | |
| 1845 - 440 pages
...О ! had I met the mortal shaft Which laid my henefactor low I " The hridegroom may forget the hride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The monarch may forget the crown That on his head an hour has heen ; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll rememher thee,... | |
| James Marshall - Lodge Canongate Kilwinning (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1846 - 186 pages
...He delighted in music, and was eminently of a social disposition. No. 4. — THE EARL OF GLENCAIHN. The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me Burns. JAMES CUNNINGHAM EARL OF GLENCAIRN was born 1749, and, as fourteenth Earl, he succeeded his... | |
| James Marshall - Lodge Canongate Kilwinning (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1846 - 178 pages
...He delighted in music, and was eminently of a social disposition. No. 4.—THE EARL OF G-LENCAIRN. The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded...remember thee, Glencairn. And a" that thou hast done for me.—Barns. JAMES CUNNINGHAM EARL or GLENCAIRN was born Burns looked upon his Lordship as his best... | |
| Samuel Tyler - 1848 - 232 pages
...benefactor, and his spirit had revived, he poured forth all the meaning of that tear in immortal verse :— " The bridegroom may forget the bride, Was made his...thee Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me !" Here, genius, in the exercise of its high prerogative, has rendered back to its patron, an immortality... | |
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