| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 390 pages
...and I carena much to spin ; I darena think o' Jamie, for that wad be- ft sin. But I will do mrbest a gude wife' aye to be, For auld Robin Gray, oh !...printed volume, he has reared imperishable columns to thehonour of the sex, without a questionable trophy. His " specimens" are an assemblage so individually... | |
| William Hone - Days - 1827 - 892 pages
...; For O, I am but young to cry out. Woe is me. I I gang like a ghaist, and I carena muck to spin ; I darena think o' Jamie, for that wad be a sin. But...to be. For auld Robin Gray, oh ! he is sae kind to m«. The great and remarkable merit of Mr. Dyce is, that in this beautifully printed volume, he has... | |
| Alexander Dyce - English poetry - 1827 - 486 pages
...young to cry out, Woe is me ! 9. I gang like a ghaist, and I carena much to spin ; I darena think <>' Jamie, for that wad be a sin. But I will do my best...be, For auld Robin Gray, oh ! he is sae kind to me. JANE ELLIOT. . The following well-known and beautiful stanzas," says Sir W. Scott, in the Minstrelsy... | |
| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 394 pages
...but young to cry out. Woe is me I I gang like a ghaist, and I carena much to spin ; I darena thiuk o' Jamie, for that wad be a sin. But I will do my...best a gude wife aye to be. For auld Robin Gray, oh I he is sae kind to me. The great and remarkable merit of Mr. Dyce is, that in this beautifully printed... | |
| William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1827 - 452 pages
...; For O, I am bnt yonng to cry out, Woe u me I I gang like a ghaist, and I careua much to spin ( 1 darena think o' Jamie, for that wad be a sin. But I will do my best a gude wife aye to be. For auld Robin-Gray, oh ! he is sae kind to me. The great and remarkable merit of Mr. Dyce is, that in this... | |
| 1828 - 454 pages
...; For O, I am but young to cry out, Woe is me ! " I gang like a ghaist, and I carena much to spin ; I darena think o' Jamie, for that wad be a sin. But.... For Auld Robin Gray, oh ! he is sae kind to me." Such is the most pathetic ballad that ever was written ; and such are the marriages, which it is accounted... | |
| Great Britain - 1831 - 984 pages
...young to cry out, Woe is me ! I g.ing like'a ghaist, and I carena much to spin ; I darena think o1 Jamie, for that wad be a sin. But I will do my best...be. For Auld Robin Gray, oh ! he is sae kind to me. So much for ' Auld Robin Gray.' TITLED AUTHORS. THE KEEPSAKE, FOR 1831. THEKE is no publication of... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...but young to cry out, Wae is me! I gang like a ghaist, and I carena much to spin. I darena think of Jamie, for that wad be a sin ; But I will do my best a gude wife aye to be, For A 1 1 M Robin Gray, O! he is sae kind to me. CHARLOTTE FISKE BATES. UAKI-: THIXE ANQEL GLAD. FKOM the... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 362 pages
...dee ; For O, I am but young to cry out, Woe is me ! I gang like a ghaist, and I carena much to spin ; I darena think o' Jamie, for that wad be a sin. But...For Auld Robin Gray, oh ! he is sae kind to me. THE wintry days grew lang, my tears they were a' spent ; May be it was despair I fancied was content. They... | |
| Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 448 pages
...dee ; For O, I am but young to ery out, Woe is me ! I gang like a ghaist, and I earena mueh to spin ; I darena think o' Jamie, for that wad be a sin. But...be, For Auld Robin Gray, oh ! he is sae kind to me. THB COKTIXVATIOW. THE wintry days grew lang, my tears they were a' spent ; May be it was despair I... | |
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