| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 338 pages
...down the brae, And waly, waly, yon burn side, Where I and my love wont to gae. I leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak, Sae my true-love's forsaken me. • O waly, waly> love is bonny, A little... | |
| Charles Mackie - Epitaphs - 1832 - 174 pages
...false gallant, when royalty inhabited the neighbouring Palace, as follows : — " I leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree ; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak, Sae my true love's forsaken me." " Oh ! Arthur's seat shall be my bed, The... | |
| 1833 - 448 pages
...most plaintive and most poetical of all Scotland's ancient melodies : - - • " I leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree ; But first it bowed and syne it brak, Sae my true love's forsaken me. Oh ! Arthur's Seat shall be my bed, The sheets shall ne'er be fyled... | |
| Walter Scott - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1833 - 496 pages
...beautiful, most plaintive and most poetical of all Scotland's ancient melodies : " I leant my back unto an aik, " I thought it was a trusty tree ; " But first it bowed and syne it brak, " Sae my true love's forsaken me. " Oh ! Arthur's Seat shall be my bed, " The sheets shall ne'er be... | |
| Walter Scott - Characters and characteristics in literature - 1833 - 552 pages
...beautiful, most plaintive and most poetical of all Scotland's ancient melodies : " I leant ray back unto an aik, " I thought it was a trusty tree ; " But first it bowed and syne it brak, " Sae my true lore's forsaken me. " Oh ! Arthur's Seat shall be my bed, " The sheets shall ne'er be... | |
| Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1834 - 322 pages
...augur confirmation of her worst fears from this unusual mystery. NH CHAPTER VIII. I lent my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree ; But first it bowed, and syne it brak, Sae my fause luve 's forsaken me. OLD BALLAD. " Do any of you wish to see my friend, Corrie Lovcl ?"... | |
| George Newenham Wright - Electronic books - 1836 - 250 pages
...of the most touching, tender ballads in the whole range of Scottish poetry. " I leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree ; But first it bowed, and syne it brak, Sae my true love's forsaken me. " Oh ! Arthur's Seat shall be my bed, The sheets shall ne'er be fyled... | |
| Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury - 1836 - 420 pages
...confirmation of her worse fears from this unusual mystery. CHAPTER VIII. I lent my back unto an aik, 1 thought it was a trusty tree; But first it bowed, and syne it brak, Sae my fause luve's forsaken me. OLD BALLAD. "Do any of you wish to see my friend, Corrie Lovel?" said... | |
| George Newenham Wright - 1836 - 356 pages
...of the most touching, tender ballads in the whole range of Scottish poetry. " I leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree ; But first it boned, and syne it brak, Sae my true love's forsaken me. " Oh ! Arthur's Seat shall be my bed, The... | |
| Walter Scott, John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 430 pages
...firm believer in the simile of the lover of your native land, who complains— ' I leant my hack unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree, But first it bow'd and then it brake,' &c. &c. &c. • . Certes these Southrons lack much the hahits of the wood... | |
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