 | 1870 - 462 pages
...gentlemen Kirkward shall carry ye.' 'Who makes the bridal bed, Birdie, say truly?' 10 —'The gray-headed sexton That delves the grave duly. ' The glowworm...light thee steady; The owl from the steeple sing, 15 Welcome, proud lady.' Sir Walter Scott. CXCIV AN HOUR WITH THEE. An hour with thee!—When earliest... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 pages
...wood, Walking so early; Sweet Robin sits on the bush, Singing so rarely. 'Tell me, thou bonny bird, 5 When shall I marry me ? ' — 'When six braw gentlemen...ye.' 'Who makes the bridal bed, Birdie, say truly ?' IO — ' The gray-headed sexton That delves the grave duly. ' The glowworm o'er grave and stone... | |
 | Gilbert Malcolm Sproat - 1871 - 144 pages
...Maisie is in the wood, Walking so early ; Sweet Robin sits on the bush Singing so rarely. 'Tell me, thou bonny bird, When shall I marry me ?' —' When six...makes the bridal bed, Birdie, say truly ?' —' The gray-headed sexton That delves the grave duly.' ' The glowworm o'er grave and stone Shall light thee... | |
 | Coventry Kersey D. Patmore - 1873 - 396 pages
...is in the wood, Walking so early ; Sweet Robin sits on the bush Singing so rarely. x ' Tell me, thou bonny bird, When shall I marry me ?' ' When six braw...duly. ' The glow-worm o'er grave and stone Shall light thce steady ; The owl from the steeple sing Welcome, proud lady.' Sir W. Scott CUV SIR LANCELOT DU... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 pages
...rarely. " Toll me, thou bonny bird, When shall I marry me ? " — " When six braw gentlemen Kirk ward the ¡ Tho owl from the steeple sing Welcome, proud lady." Sir W. Scott— Born 1771, Died 1832. 1 33 1... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1873 - 614 pages
...is in the wood, Walking so early ; Sweet Robin sits on the bush, Singing so rarely. "Tell me, thou bonny bird, When shall I marry me ? "— " When six...Kirkward shall carry ye." " Who makes the bridal bed, Biriiie, say truly ': " — " The grey-headed sexton That delves the grave duly. " The glow-worm o'er... | |
 | 1875 - 592 pages
...Maisie is in the wood Walking so early ; Sweet Robin sits on the bush Singing so rarely. " Tell me, thou bonny bird, When shall I marry me ? " " When six braw...The owl from the steeple sing Welcome, proud lady. Now I am not going to say one word to explain these poems. We will leave them just as they are opposite... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1877 - 704 pages
...wood, Walking so early ; Sweet Robin sits on the bush, Singing so rarely. " ' Tell me, thou bonny birdt When shall I marry me?' 'When six braw gentlemen Kirkward...owl from the steeple sing, ' Welcome, proud lady.' " Her voice died away with the last notes, and she fen into a slumber, from which the experienced attendant... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1878 - 544 pages
...in the wood, Walking so early ; Sweet Robin sits on the bush, Singing so rarely. " ' Tell me, thon bonny bird, When shall I marry me ?' ' When six braw...owl from the steeple sing, 'Welcome, proud lady.' " Her voice died away with the last notes, and she fell into a slumber, from which the experienced... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 376 pages
...Maisie is in the wood, Walking so early; Sweet Robin sits on the bush Singing so rarely. "Tell me, thou bonny bird, When shall I marry me?" — "When six...makes the bridal bed, Birdie, say truly?" —"The gray-headed sexton That delves the grave duly. "The glowworm o'er grave and stone Shall light thee... | |
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Proud Maisie is in the wood, Walking so early; Sweet Robin sits on the bush, Singing so rarely. '"Tell me, thou bonny bird. When shall I marry me?' 'When six braw gentlemen Kirkward shall carry ye.' '"Who makes the bridal bed, Birdie, say truly?' —... 
