 | Robert Burns - 1800
...life the band shall ne'er remuve, And this will be a posie to my ain dear May. THE THE BANKS O' DOON. YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can- ye bloom...chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary, fu' o' care ! Thou'll break my heart thou warbling bird, That wantons thro' the flowering thorn : Thou minds me... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811
...to my ain dear May. VII. SONG L. • YE BANKS AND BRAES, &c. AIR. — THE CALEDONIAN BUNT'S DELIGHT. YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom...chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary, fu' o' care ! Thou '11 break my heart thou warbling bird, That wantons thro' the flowering thorn : Thou minds me... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813
...this will be a posie to my ain dear May. THE THE BANKS O' BOON. YE banks and braes o' bonnie Boon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair ; How can ye chant,...flowering thorn ? Thou minds me o' departed joys, Beparted never to return. Oft hae I rov'd by bonnie Boon, To see the rose and woodbine twine ; And... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816
...o' life the band shall ne'er remuve, And this will be a posie to my ain dear May. THE BANKS O' DOON. YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom...! Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird. That wanton* thro' the flowering thorn ; She's bow-hough'd, she's hein shinn'd, . Ae liiapin leg a hand-bread... | |
 | 1877
...around him? It was this that inspired Burns with those touching lines — "Ye banks and braes o' bonuie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair ? How can...the flowering thorn: Thou minds me o' departed joys, Departed — never to return ! " We have often thought that there is irony in the fact that houses... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1822
...o' life the band shall ne'er remuve, And this will be a posie to my ain dear May. THE BANKS (f .DOOM YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair ; 4-2 amirs' POEMS , Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons thro' the flowering thorn... | |
 | British poets - 1822
...this will be a posie to my ain dear May. THE BANKS O' DOON. TUNE— The Caledonian Hunt's Delight. YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fairT How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary, fu' o' care ! Thou'lt break my heart, thou... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824
...position might be adduced from Burns, and other poets. See the popular ballad The Banks o" Doon. Ye batiks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh...Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons through the flowering thorn : Thou minds me o' departed joys, Departed never to return. Oft hae I rov'd... | |
 | British anthology - 1825
...bosom's core Shall live my Highland Mary. XCIX. THE BANKS O' DOON. TUNE— The Caledonian Hunft Delight. YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom...chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary, fu' o' care ? Thou 'It break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantous thro' the flowering thorn : Thou minds... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825
...courses of indulgence, the offspring of disappointed hope. THE BANKS O' DOON. Ye banks and braes of bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair !...can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary, fu' of care ! Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons through the flowering thorn ; Thou... | |
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