 I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied; Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide; And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland, more lovely by far, That...  A manual of expressive reading - Page 107by John Daniel Morell - 1874 - 308 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 330 pages
...wine, and he threw down the cup. She look'd down to blush, and she look'd up to sigh, With a smile ou her lips, and a tear in her eye. He took her soft hand ere her mother could bar,— " Now tread we a measure!" said young LOCIIINVAK. So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1813 - 536 pages
...— And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far,...eye. He took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar, — " Now tread we a measure !" said young Lochinvar. So stately his form, and so lovely her face,... | |
 | Parodies - 1813 - 410 pages
...tide;— And now am I come, with this lost love of mine To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far,...gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar." The bride kiss'd the goblet: the knight took it up, He quaff'd off the wine, and he threw down the cup. She look'd... | |
 | Richard Clark - Madrigals, English - 1814 - 530 pages
...up ; He quaff 'd off the wine, and he threw down the cup. She look'd down to blush, and she look'd up to sigh, With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye ; He took her soft hand e'er her mother could bar, Now tread we a measure said young Lochinvar ; So stately his form, and so... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1818 - 372 pages
...more lovely hy far, That would gladly he hride to the young Lochinvar.'-' The hride kissed the gohlet; the knight took it up, He quaffed off the wine, and he threw down the cup. She looked down to hlush, and she looked up to sigh, With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye. He took her soft... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1820 - 958 pages
...— And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far,...He took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar,— " Now tread we a measure !" said young Lochinvar. So So stately his forinr and so lovely her face,... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1820 - 306 pages
...tide— And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far,...gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar." The bride kiss'd the goblet; the knight took it up, He quaff'd off the wine, and he threw down the cup. She look'd... | |
 | Walter Scott - English poetry - 1821 - 530 pages
...And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, " To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. " There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far,...gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.' The bride kiss'd the goblet ; the knight took it up, He quaff'd off the wine, and he threw down the cup. She... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 596 pages
...And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, " To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. " There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far,...gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.' The bride kiss'd the goblet; the knight took it up, He quaff'd off the wine, and he threw down the cup. She look'd... | |
 | American wit and humor - 1821 - 154 pages
...tide, And now am I come with this lost love of mine. To tread but one measure, drink one cup of wine ; There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far,...gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar." The bride kiss'd the goblet, the knight took it up, He quafTd off the wine and he threw down the cup. She look'd... | |
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