 O gin my love were yon red rose That grows upon the castle wa', And I mysel' a drap o' dew, Into her bonnie breast to fa' ! Oh, there beyond expression blest. I'd feast on beauty a' the night ; Seal'd on her silk-saft faulds to rest, Till fley'd awa'...  Songs from David Herd's Manuscripts - Page 88by David Herd - 1904 - 348 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 460 lehte
...Originally, " Ye mind na, 'mid your cruel joys " Oh, '* The widow's tears, the orphan's cries." " Oh, there beyond expression blest " I'd feast on beauty a' the night; " Seal'd on her silk-saft faulds to rest, " 'Till fley'd awa by Phebus' light." This thought is inexpressibly beautiful; and... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 714 lehte
...That grows upon the castle wa' " And I mysel a drap o' dew, " Into her borne breast to fa' ! • - Oh, there beyond expression blest, " I'd feast on beauty a' the night ; • • Seal'd on her silk-saft faulds to rest, " Till fley"d awa by Phebus' light." This thought is inexpressibly beautiful ; and... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1819 - 658 lehte
...rose, That grows upon the castle wa' ; nil I mysel a drap o" dew, Into her bonnie breast to fa' ! Oh, there beyond expression blest, I'd feast on beauty a' the night ; Seal'd on her silk-saft faulds to rest, Till fley'd awa by Phoebus' light.' This thought is inexpressibly beautiful; and quite... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 lehte
...That grows upon the castle wa', ' And I mysel' a drap o' dew, ' Into her bonnie breast to fa' ! ' Oh, there beyond expression blest, ' I'd feast on beauty a' the night ; ' Seal'd on her silk-saft faulds to rest, ' Till fley'd awa by I'hcebus' light.' * O were my love yon lilac fair, Wi' purple... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 lehte
...rose That grows upon the castle wa', And I mysel' a drap o' dew, Into her bonnie breast to fa'! ' Oh, there, beyond expression blest, I'd feast on beauty a' the night ; Seal'd on her silk-safi faulds to rest, Till fley'd awa by Phoebus' light.' ' O, were my love yon lilac fair, Wi'... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 lehte
...rose That grows upon the castle wa', And I mysel' a drap o' dew, Into its bonnie breast to fa'! Oh, there beyond expression blest, I'd feast on beauty a' the night; Seal'd on its silk-saft faulds to rest, Till fley'd awa by Phoebus' light. O were my love yon lilac fair, Wi'... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 388 lehte
...rose That grows upon the castle wa', And I mysel' a drap o' dew, Into its bonnie breast to fa' ! Oh, there beyond expression blest, I'd feast on beauty a' the night ; Seal'd on its silk-saft faulds to rest, Till fley'd awa by Phoebus' light. O were my love yon lilae fair, Wi'... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1826 - 288 lehte
...rote, That grows upon the castle wa'. And T'mywl' a drap o' dew, Into' her bonie breast to fa' ! " O, there beyond expression blest, I'd feast on beauty a' the night ; Seal'd on her silk-soft fan Ids to rest, Till fley'd awa by Phoebus' ligTit." 55 • _ ADDRESS TO A LADY. OR, wert... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 lehte
...rose. That grows upon the castle wa', And I myael a drop o' dew, Into her bonuie breast to fa' ! " Oh, there beyond expression blest, I'd feast on beauty a' the night ; Seal'd on her silk-son faulds to rest, Till fiey'd awa' by Phoebus' light." * O were my love yon lilac fair, Wi'... | |
 | 1831 - 426 lehte
...That grows upon the castle wa'. And I mysel' a drap о' dew, Into ber bonnie breast to fa' 1 " Oh, there beyond expression blest, I'd feast on beauty a' the night; Seal'd on her sllk-saft faulds to rest, Till fley'd awa by Phœbus' light." • О were my love yon lilac fair, Wi'... | |
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