And they hae sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn was dead. But the cheerful spring came kindly on, And showers began to fall : John Barleycorn got up again. Poems - Page 272by Robert Burns - 1811Full view - About this book
| Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...hae sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn was dead. But the cheerful spring came kindly on. And showers began to fall ; John Barleycorn got up again, And sore surpris'd them all. The sultry suns 'of summer came, And he grew thick and strong, His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1813 - 444 pages
...his head, And they hae sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn was dead. HI. But the cheerful spring came kindly on, And show'rs began to fall ; John Barleycorn...wi' pointed spears, That no one should him wrong. i V. The sober autumn enter'd mild, When he grew wan and pale; His bending joints and drooping head... | |
| Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...came kindly on, And shoiv'rs began to fall ; John Barleycorn got up again, And sore/urpris'd them all. The sultry suns of summer came, And he grew thick...wi' pointed spears, That no one should him wrong. * This is pnrtly composed on the plan of an old song kuowo by the same natae. . The sober autumn en... | |
| Robert Burns - Scotland - 1815 - 364 pages
...was dead. III. But the ehearful spring eame kindly on, And show'rs began to fall ; John Barleyeorn got up again, And sore surpris'd them all. Iv. The sultry suns of summer eame, And he grew thiek and strong, His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears, That no one should him... | |
| Robert Burns - 1816 - 406 pages
...name. -And they have sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn was dead. III. But the cheerful spring came kindly on, And show'rs began to fall ; John Barleycorn...summer came, And he grew thick and strong; His head wecl arm'd wi' pointed spears, That no one should him wrong. V. The^sober autumn enter'd mild, \Vhen... | |
| Robert Burns - 1818 - 346 pages
...was dead. III. But the eheerful spring eame kindly on, And show'rs hegan to fall ; John Barleyeorn got up again, And sore surpris'd them all. IV. The sultry suns of summer eame, And he grew thiek and strong, His head weel arm'd wP pointed spears, That no one should him wrong.... | |
| Almanacs, English - 1819 - 426 pages
...upon bis head, And they hae sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn was dead. But the cheerful SPRING cam kindly on, And show'rs began to fall ; John Barleycorn got up again, And sore surprised them all. The sultry suns of SUMMER came, And he grew thick and strong, His head well armed... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...head, And they hac sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn was dead. Ill, But the cheerful spring came kindly on, And show'rs began to fall ; John Barleycorn...sober autumn enter'd mild, When he grew wan and pale ; tnsEiLY SCOTTISH. 223 His bending joints and drooping head Show'd he began to fail. VI. Mis colour... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...upon his head, And they hae sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn was dead. But the cheerful spring came kindly on, And show'rs began to fall ; John Barleycorn got up again, And sore surpris'd them all. The sultry suns of summer came, And he grew thick and strong, His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 pages
...his head, And they hae sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn was dead. i But the cheerful spring came kindly on, And show'rs began to fall ; John Barleycorn got up again, . • And sore surpris'd them all. The sultry suns of summer came, And he grew thick and strong, His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears,... | |
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