 Of a' the airts the wind can blaw I dearly like the West, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best : There wild woods grow, and rivers row, And mony a hill between ; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in...  The poetical works of Robert Burns - Page 315by Robert Burns - 1870Full view - About this book
 | 1845 - 440 pages
...and rivers row, And mony a hill hetween ; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair: I hear her in the tunefu' hirds, I hear her charm the air : There's not a hannie flower that springs By fountain, shaw, or green,... | |
 | percy b. st. john - 1846 - 436 pages
...and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. " I see her in the dewy flowers, I sec her sweet an' fair, I hear her in the tunefu' birds, I hear her...bonnie bird that sings, But minds me o' my Jean." In 1792 Burns agreed with Mr. Thomson, of Edinburgh, to write songs for a volume of Scottish airs,... | |
 | 1846 - 374 pages
...such language as the following : — "But day and night my fancy 's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. " 1 see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair...There's not a bonnie flower that springs By fountain, show, or green, There's not a bonnie bird that sings, But minds me o' my Jean !" We have used Italics... | |
 | 1846 - 440 pages
...and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. " I sec her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet an' fair, I hear her in the tunefu' birds, I hear her charm the air. There's not a bonnle flower that springs, By fountain, shaw, or green, There's not a bonnle bird that sings, But... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1847 - 704 pages
...e. Ea»t, West, North, or Soutb. с Roll. But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and...her in the tunefu" birds I hear her charm the air : There s not a bonnie flower that springe By fountain, shaw, or green, There 's not a bonnie bird... | |
 | Samuel Tyler - 1848 - 222 pages
...there is always the image of a beautiful woman, associated in my imagination, with them all : — " I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and...her in the tunefu' birds, I hear her charm the air." This delightful mystery T shall now attempt to unveil. And let me begin by asking a question. Why is... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 pages
...and rivers row, And mony a hill between ; Bnt, day and night, my faney's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tnnefn' birds, I hear her eharm the air : There's not a bonnie flower that springs, By fonntain, shaw,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1865 - 236 pages
...and rivers row, And mony a hill between ; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. 1 see her in the dewy- flowers, I see her sweet and...a bonnie bird that sings, But minds me o' my Jean. Oh blaw ye westlin winds, blaw saft Amang the leafy trees, Wi' balny gale, frae hill and dale Bring... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1851 - 332 pages
...and rivers row, And mony a hill between ; 1 But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and...There's not a bonnie bird that sings, But minds me o' my Jean.2 1 These two lines arc so printed in Johnson's Museum, which must be considered as authoritative... | |
 | John Aikin - 1852 - 792 pages
...and rivers row, And niony a hill between ; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and...a bonnie bird that sings, But minds me o' my Jean. JOHN ANDERSON MY JO. Jomr AKDERSON my jo, John, When we were first acquent j Your locks were like the... | |
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