 Doon, How can ye blume sae fair ! How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o' care. Thou'll break my heart, thou bonie bird, That sings upon the bough ; Thou minds me o' the happy days, When my fause luve was true.  Select Reviews - Page 711809Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1855 - 616 pages
...send my last song to Mr. Ballantine. Here it is — Ye flowery banks o' bonnie Doon, How can ye blume sae fair ; How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' of care ! — &c. RB 278 TO MRS. DUNLOP. NO. XXXIII. TO THE EARL OF EGLINTON. Edinburgh, January, 1787.... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1856 - 794 pages
...p. 325, of Dr. Currie's fourth volume : — " Ye flowery hanks o' honie Doon, How can ye blume sac fair ; How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o' care ! " Thnn'll break my heart, thou bonie bird That sings upon the bough ; Thou minds me o' the happy... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 728 pages
...fair ! How can yc chant, yc little birds, And I sac fu' o' care ! Thou '11 break my heart, thou bonnie bird, That sings upon the bough ; Thou minds me o' the happy clays When my fausc luve was true. Thou '11 break my heart, thou bonuie bird, That sings beside thy... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - Theater - 1859 - 474 pages
...go without epithets. Compare the second stanza of each : — " Thoul't break my heart, thira bonnie bird, That sings upon the bough ; Thou minds me o' the happy days When my fause love was true." ***** " Thoul'tbreak my heart, thou wnrbling bird, That wantons through tiiejlowery thorn; Thou minds... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - Essays - 1859 - 432 pages
...second stanza of each :— Thou'lt break my heart, thou bonnie bird, When my fause love was true. ****** That sings upon the bough; Thou minds me o' the happy days Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons through the flowery thorn; Thou minds me o'... | |
 | Charles Kingsley - Essays - 1860 - 424 pages
...to go without epithets. Compare the second stanza of each : — Thou'lt break my heart, thou bonnie bird, That sings upon the bough ; Thou minds me o' the happy days When my fause love was true. * * * * * * Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, That wantons through the flowery tborn; Thou... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
...wring his bosom, is—to die. cxxxix O. Goldsmith Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon How can ye bloom sae fair ! How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o' care ! Thou'll break my heart, thou bonnie bird That sings upon the bough ; Thou minds me o' the happy days When my fause Luve was true.... | |
 | Household song - 1861 - 72 pages
...sweet Baliodimyle. THE I5ANKS 0' DOON. FIRST VERSION. YE flowery banks o' bonnie Boon, How can ye blume sae fair ! How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o' care ! THE BANKS 0' DOON. Thou'lt break my heart, them bonnie bird, That sings upon the bough ; Thou minds... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 328 pages
...altered, is afterwards introduced. January, 1787. YE flowery banks o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fair ! How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o' care ! Thou'll break my heart, thou bonnie bird, That sings upon the bough ; Thou minds me o' the happy days When my fause luve was true.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 332 pages
...altered, is afterwards introduced. January, 1787. YE flowery banks o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fair ! How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o' care ! Thou'll break my heart, thou bonnie bird, That sings upon the bough ; Thou minds me o' the happy days When my fause luve was true.... | |
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