 | Ralph Knight - 1959 - 246 pàgines
...embrace Our parting was fu' tender; And, pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder. But O, fell Death's untimely frost, That nipt my flower sae...fondly; And clos'd for ay, the sparkling glance That dwalt on me sae kindly; And mouldering now in silent dust That heart that lo'ed me dearly! But still... | |
 | William Barclay - 1976 - 224 pàgines
...Death, whene'er he call, Must call too soon." Robert Burns wrote of the early death of Highland Mary: "But oh! fell death's untimely frost That nipt my flower sae early!" There are those who have seen only the grim terroriser and despoiler in death. (v) Many have seen in... | |
 | Edith Fowke, Jay Rahn, LaRena LeBarr Clark - 1994 - 319 pàgines
...We tore ourselves asunder O. But oh, fell death's untimely frost That nipped my flower so early O! Now green's the sod and cauld's the clay That wraps my Highland Mary O. 4. O pale, pale now are those rosy lips I aye hae kissed sae fondly O, And closed for aye the sparkling... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 2004 - 592 pàgines
...embrace. Our parting was fu' tender ; And, pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder; But oh 1 fell death's untimely frost, That nipt my flower sae...Mary. " O, pale, pale now, those rosy lips, I aft hae kissed sae fondly ; And closed for aye the sparkling glance That dwelt on me sae kindly ; And mouldering... | |
 | Cecilia Kennedy - 2004 - 164 pàgines
...did owe him. So I pulled the book of poems out of the bag, cracked it open and skimmed a few lines: "But oh! fell death's untimely frost, That nipt my...and cauld's the clay That wraps my Highland Mary!" He had to be kidding. Drambuie. The Glenlivet. Tartan Ale. I plunked my contribution to Burns Night,... | |
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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' mony a vow and lock'd embrace Our parting was fu... 
