 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1825 - 528 pages
...bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume ; And the bride-maidens whisper'd, " 'Twere better by far, To have match'd our fair cousin with young Lochinvar."...hand, and one word in her ear, When they reach'd the hall-door, and the charger stood near ; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
..." 'Twere better by far To have match'd our fair cousin with young Loch. invar!" ••.. i ,.. . . One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reach'd the hall-door, and the charger stood near, So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 356 pages
...her soft hand ere her mother could bar : Now tread we a measure ! said young Lochinvar. One touch on her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reach'd the hall-door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 414 pages
...her eoft hand ere her mother could bar : Now tread we a measure ! said young Lochinvar. One touch on her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reach'd the hall-door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the... | |
 | Walter Scott - Scottish poetry - 1831 - 582 pages
...dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens wbisper'd, «'T were better by far To luve match* d our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.» One touch to her hand, and one word in her car, Rhen tbey reach'd the hall door, and the charger stood near; So light io the croupe the fair lady... | |
 | Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...dangling his bonnet and plume ; And the bridemaidens whispered, " 'Twere better by far " To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near ; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung,... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume, And the bride-maidens whisper'd "'Twere better by far To have match'd our fair cousin with young Lochinvar!"...hand, and one word in her ear, When they reach'd the hall-door, and the charger stood near, So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1833 - 1104 pages
...to blush, and she looked up to sigh, With a »milo un her lips, and a tear in her eye." •MJ II I" One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear. When they reach'd the hall door, nnd the charger stood near ; So lirlit to the r.roune the fuir lady he swung, So licht to the saddle... | |
 | Songs - 1835 - 320 pages
...bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume. And the bride-maidens whisper'd, " 'Twere better by far, " To have match'd our fair cousin with young...hand, and one word in her ear, When they reach'd the hall-door and the charger stood near, So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1835 - 418 pages
...her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume, One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reach'd the hall-door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the... | |
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One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear. When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung! "She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur:... 
