 | Robert Burns - 1840 - Страниц: 872
...with thec I would be blest, Where thou ly'st low, and tak'at thy rest On fair Kirkconnell lea. 1 with raptures, I sit and count my sine by chapters : For l ; I'm sick of all beneath the skies, Since my love died for me." Fair Helen of Kirkconnell belongs... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - Страниц: 746
...some pity have, And do him save that's near his grave. And dies for love of thee. FAIB HELEN. PAET SECOND. I WISH I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries; 0 that I were where Helen lies, OB fair Kirconnell Lee ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought,... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1844 - Страниц: 178
...Of thy poor slave some pity have, And do him save that's near the grave, And dies for love of thee. PART SECOND. 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,... | |
 | 1844 - Страниц: 671
...read the modern lament will hardly fail to be reminded of the exquisite burst of sorrow: " Oh that 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." These and the Mariana at the Moated Grange,... | |
 | 1845 - Страниц: 888
...were with thee. I were blest. Would I wore with thee, and at rest Beneath the kirk-yard tree! ' O that 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.' The various female characters are also... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - Страниц: 748
...contained in Sir Walter Scott's ' Minstrelsy of the Border,' from which it is here inserted : "FAIR HELEN. O ili. 'i I were whore Helen lie* On (air Kircoimell Lee ! Cunt be Ihe hpnrt tlmt thought the thought.... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1851 - Страниц: 750
...compare! 1 '11 make a garland of thy hair, Shall bind my heart fat evermair. Until the day I die. O that I were where Helen lies ! Night and day on me she cries ; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Pays, "Haste and come to me!" — O Helen fair! O Helen chaste! If... | |
 | Thomas Smibert - 1852 - Страниц: 126
...and its tail- tagged similitude, to that of the old ballad, so remarkable for its simplicity: — " I wish I were where Helen lies ; Night and day on me she cries ; O ! that I were where Helen lies On fair Kircounel lea. Curst be the head that thought the thought,... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1852 - Страниц: 356
...I with thee I would be blest, Where tliou liest low and tak'st thy rest On fair Kirkconnell lea. 1 wish I were where Helen lies — Night and day on me she cries : I'm sick of all beneath the skies, Since my love died for me. LUCY'S FLITTIN'. WILLIAM LAIDLAW, died... | |
 | 1853 - Страниц: 460
...very fine poems by Wordsworth and Gifford, not however to be compared to the ancient words : — " I wish I were where Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries ; O that I were where Ellen lies, On fair Kirkonnell lee." A modern hand has added the fine idea after... | |
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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... 
