 | 1872 - Страниц: 900
...Helen lies I Night and day on me she cries ; 0 that I were where Helen lie», On fair Kirkconnell lee I ie, I downa seek to blame ; But 0, it 's hard to live, Willie, And d firod the shot, When in my arms burd Helen dropt, And died to succor me ! 0, think ye na my heart was... | |
 | Garland - 1872 - Страниц: 170
...growing green ; A winding-sheet drawn ower my een, And I in Helen's arms lying On fair Kirkconnell lee. 1 wish I were where Helen lies ! Night and day on me she cries, And I am weary of the skies, For her sake that died for me ! WEALTH AND FAME. CLAD with the moss of... | |
 | 1873 - Страниц: 824
...of the most exquisite of the Border ballads. Who is there who does not love its pathetic cadences ? I wish I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries ; Oh tha;, I were whore Helen lies On fair Kirkconnell Lea ; Curst be the heart that thought the thought,... | |
 | Casket - 1873 - Страниц: 912
...thy poor slave some pity have. And do him save that's near his grave, And dies for love of thee. PABT heroic l ; О that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirconnell Lee ! Curst be the heart that thought the tboogU.... | |
 | William Ritchie MacFadyen - 1873 - Страниц: 72
...before her lover, received the shot, and fell dead in his arms. It is the lover •who speaks and acts : I wish I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries ; 0 that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirconnell Lea. Curst be the heart that thought the thought,... | |
 | Lyrics, William Davenport Adams - 1874 - Страниц: 312
...cleaving of a craig, She found him drowned in Yarrow ! Anonymous. ccxcin. THE DEATH OF LOVE. BURD HELEN. I WISH I were where Helen lies ; Night and day on me she cries ; O that I were where Helen lies On fair Kirconnell lea ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought,... | |
 | John Clark Murray - 1874 - Страниц: 234
...into three stages by the threefold repetition, at intervals, of the slightly varied refrain : — " I wish I were where Helen lies ; Night and day on me she cries : O that I were where Helen lies On fair Kirconnell Lee ! " The recurrence of this cry describes, with... | |
 | University of Glasgow - 1874 - Страниц: 314
...compare with it in pathos or beauty. To show that this is so, it is sufficient to quote the ballad. "I wish I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries ; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirconnell Lee ! " Curst be the heart that thought the thought,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - Страниц: 600
...greatness flowed around our incompleteness, — Round our restlessness, bis rest. EH BKOWNING. FAIR HELEN. I WISH I were where Helen lies : Night and day on me she cries; O that I were where Helen lies On fair Kirconnell lea! Curst be the heart that thought the thought,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1875 - Страниц: 584
...Helen lies : Night and day on me she cries; O that I were where Helen lies On fair Kirconnell lea ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst the hand that fired the shot, Wien in my arms biml Helen dropt, And died to suceor me! 0 think na but my heart was sair When my love... | |
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Lee ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst the hand that fired the shot, When in my arms burd ' Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! O think na ye my heart was sair, When my love dropt down and spak... 
