 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Authors - 1844 - 334 pages
...blossom ; As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me, as light and life, v Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow, and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu' tender ; And... | |
 | American literature - 1850 - 602 pages
...to the verses in which Burns has recorded it. For example : — " Wi' mony a vow and locked embrace, Our parting was fu' tender; And pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder. But, oh, fell death's untimely frost That nipt my flower sae early ! Now green's the... | |
 | Printers - 1844 - 328 pages
...bosom ; The golden hours on angel's wings, Fie v o'er me, and my dearie ; For dear to me as lialit an<l life, Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow, and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu' tender, And pledging aft to meet again, We tore ourselves asunder, But... | |
 | 1845 - 440 pages
...hlossom ; As underneath her fragrant shade, I clasp'd her to my hosom ! The golden hours, on angel wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light...tender ; And, pledging aft to meet again, We tore our selves asunder ; But Oh ! fell death's untimely frost, That nipt my flower sae early ! Now green's... | |
 | Ireland - 1845 - 484 pages
...фааг bin auf Qrngclflügeln, benn er (iebte fte wie unb i'cben. The golden hoars on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie, For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. , Unb al$ fte langft [фон tobt unb »erwefct war/ fafj fein ©еЬафЫ{? поф immer bei jene«... | |
 | percy b. st. john - 1846 - 436 pages
...blossom ! As underneath their fragrant shade, I ciasped her to my bosom. The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life, Was my sweet Highland Mary. " WI' many a vow and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu' tender ; And pledging oft to meet again, We tore... | |
 | 1846 - 374 pages
...As underneath their fragrant shade, I clasp'd her to my bosom ! " The golden hours, on angel-wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life, Was my sweet Highland Mary ! " What a refulgent morsel of the beautiful and the sublime is the line " The golden hours, on angel-wings... | |
 | 1846 - 444 pages
...blossom ! As onderceath their fragrant shade, I clasped her to my hosom. rfie golden hours on angel winga Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life, "aa my sweet Highland Mary. ' W many a vow and lock'd embrace, oia parting was fn' tender ; ™ Pledging... | |
 | Ballads, American - 1846 - 166 pages
...her to my bosom ! " The golden hours on angel wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me ns light and life, Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow and locli'd embrace, Our parting was fu' tender ; And pledging aft to meet again, We tore ourselves asunder.... | |
 | Songs, English - 1847 - 906 pages
...As underneath their fragrant shade, I clasped her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel's wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life, Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' monie a vow and locked embrace, Our parting was fu' tender, And pledging aft to meet again, We tore... | |
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O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath, their fragrant shade, I clasp'd her to my bosom! The golden hours, on angel wings, Flew o'er me and my dearie; For dear to me, as light... 
