The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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Page 198
... green grows , green grows the grass , Yellow on Yarrow's bank the gowan , Fair hangs the apple frae the rock , Sweet the wave of Yarrow flowan . Flows Yarrow sweet ? as sweet , as sweet flows Tweed , As green its grass , its gowan ...
... green grows , green grows the grass , Yellow on Yarrow's bank the gowan , Fair hangs the apple frae the rock , Sweet the wave of Yarrow flowan . Flows Yarrow sweet ? as sweet , as sweet flows Tweed , As green its grass , its gowan ...
Page 286
... green like velvet neat , Soft to the eye , and to the feet , Where od❜rous plants in evening fair Breathe all ... green , Fresh pastures speckled o'er with sheep , Brown fields their 286 MATTHEW GREEN.
... green like velvet neat , Soft to the eye , and to the feet , Where od❜rous plants in evening fair Breathe all ... green , Fresh pastures speckled o'er with sheep , Brown fields their 286 MATTHEW GREEN.
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... Green HE Sun does arise , TH Tand make And make happy the skies ; The merry bells ring To welcome the Spring ; The sky lark and thrush , The birds of the bush , Sing louder around To the bells ' chearful sound , While our sports shall ...
... Green HE Sun does arise , TH Tand make And make happy the skies ; The merry bells ring To welcome the Spring ; The sky lark and thrush , The birds of the bush , Sing louder around To the bells ' chearful sound , While our sports shall ...
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auld lang syne beauty beneath bless blest bliss bloom bosom breast breath busk charms chearful Cumnor dear Death delight divine dydd e'er Ev'n ev'ry eyes fair Fame Fancy Fate fear flowers frae Glory grace grave green Grongar Hill grove hand happy hear heart Heart of Oak Heav'n hill hour King live Lord lov'd lyre maid maun mind morning mourn Muse Nature's ne'er never night numbers Nymph o'er Olney Hymns pain Passion peace Pity plain pleas'd pleasure Poems poor pow'r praise pride rise round scene Scots Musical Museum shade shine sigh sing smile soft Song Sonnet sorrow soul Spring strain stream swain sweet tears tell thee thine thou thought thro toil Twas vale verse Virtue voice wave wawking weep wild wind wings wyfe wyllowe Yarrow ynne youth