 | John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - English poetry - 1828 - 600 pages
...chance I turn'd mine eyes, And by the moonbeam, shook to see A stern and stalwart ghaist arise, Attired as minstrels wont to be. Had I a statue been o' stane, His darin look had daunted me ; And frae his harp sic strains did flow, Might roused the slumbering... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1831 - 484 pages
...favours, tint as win. By heedless chance I tum'd mine eyes. And by the moon-beam, shook, to see A stern and stalwart ghaist arise, Attir'd as minstrels wont to be. Had I a statue been o' stane, His da rin look had daunted mo : And on his bonnet grav'd was plain, The sacred posy — Libertio !... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...favours, tint as win. By heedless chance I turn'd mine eyes, And by the moon-beam, shook, to see A stern and stalwart ghaist arise, Attir'd as minstrels wont to be. Had I a statue been o' stane, His darin' look had daunted me: And on his bonnet grav'd was plain, The sacred posy— Libertie ! And... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 356 pages
...favours, tint as win. By heedless chance I turn'd mine eyes, And, by the moonbeam, shook to see A stern and stalwart ghaist arise, Attir'd as minstrels wont to be.* Had I a statue been o' stane, His darin' look had daunted me ; And on his bonnet grav'd was plain, The sacred posy — ' Libertie... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poetry, Modern - 1834 - 236 pages
...favours, tint as win. By heedless chance I turn'd my eyes, And by the moon-beam, shook, to see A stern and stalwart ghaist arise, Attir'd as minstrels wont to be. Had I statue been o* stane, His darin look had daunted me: And on his bonnet gray'd was plain, The sacred... | |
 | John Wilson, Robert Chambers - Engraving - 1840 - 364 pages
...favours, tint as um. " By heedless chnnce I turn'd mine eyes, And by the moon- beam, shook, to see A stern and stalwart ghaist arise, Attir'd as minstrels wont to be. " Had I a statue been o' stane, His darin' look had daunted me ; And on his bonnet grav'd was plain, The sacred posy — Libertie !... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 380 pages
...chance I turned mine eyes, And, by the moonbeam, shook to see A stern and stalwart ghaist arise, Attired as minstrels wont to be. " Had I a statue been o' stane, His darin' look had daunted me; And on his bonnet graved was plain, The sacred posy — Libertie !"... | |
 | John Wilson - 1842 - 384 pages
...chance I turned mine eyes, And, by the moonbeam, shook to see A stern and stalwart ghaist arise, Attired as minstrels wont to be. " Had I a statue been o' stane, His darin' look had daunted me; And on his bonnet graved was plain, The sacred posy—Libertie !" Our... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 540 pages
...tint as win ! " By heedless chance I-turn'd mine eyes, And by the moon-beam, shook, to see A stern and stalwart ghaist arise, Attir'd as minstrels wont to be. " Had I a statue been o' stane, His darin' look had daunted me ; And on his bonnet grav'd was plain, The sacred posy — Liberty !... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pages
...favours, tint as win." By heedless chance I turn'd mine eyes, And by the moon-beam shook to see A stern and stalwart* ghaist arise, Attir'd as minstrels wont to be. Had I a statue been o' stane, His daurin'J look had daunted me ; And on his bonnet grav'd was plain, The sacred posy — LIBEHTIE... | |
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I a statue been o' stane, His darin look had daunted me : And on his bonnet grav'd was plain The sacred posy — Libertie ! And frae his harp sic strains did flow, Might rous'd the slumbering dead to hear; But oh, it was a tale of woe, As ever met a Briton's... 
