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" Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw: Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd and said amang them a'; —... "
Poetry and Prose: Being Essays on Modern English Poetry - Page 75
by Adolphus Alfred Jack - 1911 - 278 pages
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The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a ..., Volume 4

Robert Burns - 1800 - 460 pages
...the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun ; Could I the rich reward secure, The lovely Mary Mori son. Yestreen when to the trembling string, The dance gaed...thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard or saw: Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said...
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The poetical works of Robert Burns, Volume 3

Robert Burns - 1804 - 256 pages
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The Works of Robert Burns: Correspondence with Mr. George Thomson, including ...

Robert Burns - 1806 - 450 pages
...dance gaed thro' the lighted ha", To thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard or saw. Tho' Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the...and said amang them a', " Ye are na Mary Morison." O Mary, canst thou wreck his peace, Wha for thy sake would gladly die ? Or canst thou break that heart...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature

1809 - 574 pages
...another song} for Yestreen is far from being an unintelligible, and is moreover a very pretty word. ' Yestreen when to the trembling string, The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha ? To thee my fancy look its wing, I sat, but neither heard or saw : Tho' this was fair and that was braw, And yon the...
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The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life , and a ..., Volume 4

Robert Burns - 1813 - 452 pages
...took its wing, I sat, but neither heard or saw. Tho' Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And you the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them a', " Ye are na Mary Morison." O Mary, canst thou wreck his peace, Wha for thy sake wad gladly die ? Or canst thou break that heart...
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The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and a ..., Volume 1

Robert Burns, James Currie - 1814 - 502 pages
...thee my faney took its wing, I sat, hut neither heard or saw : Tho' this was fair, and that was hraw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them a', " Ye are na Mary Morison." O Mary, eanst thou wreek his peaee, Wha for thy sake wad gladly die ? Or eanst thou hreak that heart...
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The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life ..., Issue 673, Volume 4

Robert Burns - 1816 - 468 pages
...the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun ; Could I the rich reward secure, The lovely Mary Morison. Yestreen when to the trembling string, The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha'j To thee my i'aney took ils wing, I sat, but neither heard or saw. cS Tho' this was fair, and that...
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Lectures on the English Poets

William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 pages
...conclusion of the other is as follows. " Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed through the lighted ha', To thee my Fancy took its wing, I...neither heard nor saw. Tho' this was fair, and that was bra', And yon the toast of a' the town, I sighed and said among them a', . Ye are na' Mary Morison."...
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Lectures on the English Poets: Delivered at the Surrey Institution

William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 pages
...Yestreen, when to the tremblingwstring The dance gaed through the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took us wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw. Tho' this was fair, and that was bra', And yon the toast of a' the town, I sighed and said among them a', Ye are na' Mary Morison."...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 274 pages
...the stoure, A weary slave frae sun to sun ; Could I the rich reward secure, The lovely Mary Morison. Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed...thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard or saw : Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And you the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said...
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