 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 728 страници
...321), which shews that there were persons of that name at an early period connected with the district. There was ae sang, amang the rest, Aboon them a' it...some kind husband had addrest To some sweet wife : It thirled the heart-strings through the breast, A' to the life. I 've scarce heard ought described sac... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck - 1856 - 704 страници
...struck with its l>eauty, that lie addressed a rhyming epistle to the author. In it he says, There was ne sang amang the rest, Aboon them a' it pleased me best, That some kind husband had nd<!rest To some sweet wife; It thrill'd the heart strings through the bronrt, A' to the life, I've... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 454 страници
..." Auld Lapraik," whom he warmly praises for the tenderness and truthfulness of his " sangs " — " There was ae sang, amang the rest, Aboon them a' it...some kind husband had addrest To some sweet wife : It thirl'd the heart-strings thro' the breast, A' to the life ;" and when luxuriating in the joy of conscious... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 466 страници
..." Auld Lapraik," whom he warmly praises for the tenderness and .truthfulness of his " sangs "-— " There was ae sang, amang the rest, Aboon them a' it...some kind husband had addrest To some sweet wife : It thirl'd the heart-strings thro' the breast, A' to the life ;" and when luxuriating in the joy of conscious... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 448 страници
..." Auld Lapraik," whom he warmly praises for the tenderness and truthfulness of his " sangs " — " There was ae sang, amang the rest, Aboon them a' it...some kind husband had addrest To some sweet wife : It thirl'd the heart-strings thro' the breast, A' to the life ;" and when luxuriating in the joy of conscious... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857 - 366 страници
...old Scottish bard," dated April 1st, 1785, Burns pays his predecessor the following fine compliment : There was ae sang amang the rest, Aboon them a' it...some kind husband had addrest To some sweet wife : It thirl'd the heart-strings through the breast A' to the life. I've scarce heard aught described sae... | |
 | John Alfred Langford - 1859 - 132 страници
...Which firmer grew through life's stern struggles ; will abide Eternally. TO MY WIFE. 49 TO MY WIFE. " There was ae sang, amang the rest, Aboon them a' it...some kind husband had addrest To some sweet wife : It skirled the heart-strings through the breast, A' to the life."— BDRSB. 'Tis clearer far within my... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1859 - 284 страници
...an' jockin', Ye need nae doubt ; At length we had a hearty yoldn' At sang about. There was ae sang,7 amang the rest, Aboon them a' it pleased me best,...That some kind husband had addrest To some sweet wife : 1 Partridges.—2 A hare.—3 Eunning as a hare does.—4 Fastens-even. 5 This is a term derived... | |
 | James Ballantine - 1859 - 634 страници
...Jean, " Of a' the airts the wind can blaw." When Lapraik's verses are sent him, his heart chooses — "There was ae sang amang the rest Aboon them a' it pleased me best. That some kind husband bad addressed To some sweet wife ; It thrilled the heart-strings through the breast, A' to the life."... | |
 | James Ballantine - 1859 - 630 страници
...airts the wind can blaw." When Lapraik's verses are sent him, his heart chooses — " There was ae sung amang the rest Aboon them a' it pleased me best, That some kind husband had addressed To some sweet wife ; It thrilled the heart-strings through the breast, A' to the life." He... | |
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On fasten-een we had a rockin, To ca' the crack and weave our stockin ; And there was muckle fun and jokin, Ye need na doubt ; At length we had a hearty yokin At sang about. There was ae sang, amang the rest, Aboon them a... 
