 | Allan Ramsay - 1815 - 194 pages
...wet wi' dew. feggy. Gae farer up the burn to Habbie's How, Where a' the sweets o' spring an' simmer grow : Between twa birks, out o'er a little lin, The water fa's an' rnaks a singan din : A pool breast-deep, beneath as clear as glass, Kisses wi' easy whirls, the... | |
 | Joseph Robertson, Society of Ancient Scots - Poets, Scottish - 1821 - 414 pages
...lin. Every person familiar with the Gentle Shepherd must be ready to repeat the well-known passage : Between twa birks, out o'er a little lin, The water fa's, and maks a singin din. Examples might be multiplied, but it is unnecessary ; as the comparison is not instituted... | |
 | Literature - 1825 - 426 pages
...fifteen feet in height. This I suppose to be " Habie's how, Where a' that 's iweet in spring and simmer grow ; Between twa birks, out o'er a little lin The water fa's and makes a singan din ; A pool, breast deep, beneath, as clear as glass, Kisses with easy whirls the bordering... | |
 | John Minter Morgan - Socialism - 1826 - 294 pages
...the following lines : " farer up the burn is Habies How, Where a' that's sweet in spring and summer grow : Between twa birks out o'er a little lin The water fa's, and makes a singand din : A pool breast deep, beneath as clear as glass, Kisses with easy whirls the bordering... | |
 | John Minter Morgan - Education - 1839 - 228 pages
...following lines : " farer up the burn is Habies How, Where a' that's sweet in spring and summer grow : a Between twa birks out o'er a little lin The water fa's, and makes a sing and din : A pool breast deep, beneath as clear as glass, Kisses with easy whirls the bordering... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - English periodicals - 1844 - 614 pages
...wi' dew. " PEGOY. Gae far'er np the burn to Habbie's Hotr, Where a' the sweets o' spring and simmer grow ; Between twa birks, out o'er a little lin, The water fa's, and maks a sing and din ; A pool breast-deep, beneatli as clear as glass, Kisse«, witJt easy whirls, the bordering... | |
 | William Harrison Ainsworth - English periodicals - 1844 - 656 pages
...wi" dew. " PEGGY. Oae far'er up the burn to Habbie's How, Where a' the sweets o" spring; and simmer grow ; Between twa birks, out o'er a little lin, The water fa's, and mahs a sing and din ; A pool breast-deep, beneath a* clear as glass, Kisses, with easy whirls, the... | |
 | Allan Ramsay - 1851 - 364 pages
...wet with dew. PEGGY. Qae farer up the burn to Habbie's How, Where a' the sweets of spring and simmer grow. Between twa birks, out o'er a little lin, The water fa's, and maks a singand din: A pool breast-deep, beneath as clear as glass, Kisses with easy whirles the bord'ring... | |
 | Allan Ramsay, William Tennant - Scottish poetry - 1852 - 225 pages
...lilly wet with dew. Peg. Go farer up the burn to Habby's How, Where ~a' the sweets of spring and summer grow ; Between twa birks, out o'er a little lin The water fa's, and makes a singand din ; A pool breast-deep beneath, as clear as glass, Kisses with easy whirles the bordring... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 578 pages
...wot with dew. PEGGV. Gae farer up the burn to Habbio's Hew, Where a' the sweets of spring and simmer " and adores with prayer. Four altars raises ; from his herd he eulls, F singand din : A pool breast-deep, beneath as elear as glass, Kisses with easy whirles the bordering... | |
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Kisses with easy whirles the bord'ring grass. We'll end our washing while the morning's cool ; And when the day grows het, we'll to the pool, There wash oursells ; 'tis healthfu' now in May, And sweetly cauler on sae warm a day. 
