 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1853 - 946 pages
...gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When, sitting sac mournfully at the door, 1 saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna think it he. Till he said, I'm come back for to marry thee. Oh, sair did we greet, and muckle did we say ; We took but ae kiss, and we... | |
 | 1854 - 356 pages
...The cow, adds Lady Anne in her letter, " was immediately liftcd by me, and tie song completed." Oh, sair did we greet, and muckle did we say, We took but ae kiss, and tore ourselves away : I wish I were dead, but I'm nae like to die ; And why do I live to say, Oh, waes... | |
 | 1856 - 332 pages
...Bobin Gray was gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife, a week but only four, When, sitting sae mournfully at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna think it he, Till he said, I'm come back for to marry thee. Oh, sair did we greet, and mickle did we say ; We took but ae kiss, and we... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - 1856 - 578 pages
...Robin Gray was gudoman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When sitting sao mournfully e ahrub, and the tree, Which I reared for her pleasure in vain, In time may ha ' I 'in come back for to marry thee.' 0, sair did we greet, and mucklo did we say ; We took but ae... | |
 | 1856 - 344 pages
...Robin Gray was gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife, a week but only four, When, sitting sae mournfully at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna think it he, Till he said, I'm come back for to marry thee. Oh, sair did we greet, and mickle did we say ; We took but ae kiss, and we... | |
 | William Allingham - 1860 - 316 pages
...he is gudeman to me. 1 hadna been a wife a week but only four, When sitting sac mournfully ae night at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna think it he, Till he said, " I'm come back, love, to marry thee." 0 sair did we greet, and muckle did we say ; We took but ae kiss, and we... | |
 | Mary Virginia Terhune - 1860 - 512 pages
...pathos of the earlier stanzas swelled into passionate sorrow, as she sang the closing verse : — ' Oh ! sair did we greet and muckle did we say, We took but ae kiss, and we tore ourselves away; I wish I were dead ! but I'm no like to dee ; And why do I live to say, " Wae... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...he was gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When mournfu' as I sat on the stane at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna...it he— Till he said, I'm come hame to marry thee. 1 wish that I were dead, but I'm no like to dee : And why was I born to say, Wae's me ! 0 sair, sair... | |
 | Jane Williams - 1861 - 580 pages
...Robin Gray was gudoman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When sitting sae mournfully at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna think it he, Till he said, I've come back for to marry thee. Oh, sair did we greet, and muckle did we say, We took but ae kiss,... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1862 - 382 pages
...Robin Gray was gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four, When sitting sae mournfully at the door, I saw my Jamie's wraith, for I couldna think it he— Till he said, " I'm come back for to marry thee." 0 sair did we greet, and muckle did we say ; We took but ae kiss, and we tore... | |
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