The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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Page 198
... Sweet smells the birk , 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 ...
... Sweet smells the birk , 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 ...
Page 449
... Sweet is the dew that falls betimes , And drops upon the leafy limes ; Sweet Hermon's fragrant air : Sweet is the lilly's silver bell , And sweet the wakeful tapers smell That watch for early pray'r . 449 Sweet the young nurse with love ...
... Sweet is the dew that falls betimes , And drops upon the leafy limes ; Sweet Hermon's fragrant air : Sweet is the lilly's silver bell , And sweet the wakeful tapers smell That watch for early pray'r . 449 Sweet the young nurse with love ...
Page 720
... sweet I roam'd from field to field . 388 How sweet is the Shepherd's sweet lot ! 344 How sweet the name of JESUS Sounds 379 How sweet the tuneful bells ' responsive peal ! 40 Hush ! my Dear , lie still and slumber . 148 I am a poor ...
... sweet I roam'd from field to field . 388 How sweet is the Shepherd's sweet lot ! 344 How sweet the name of JESUS Sounds 379 How sweet the tuneful bells ' responsive peal ! 40 Hush ! my Dear , lie still and slumber . 148 I am a poor ...
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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