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" I'll wage thee. Who shall say that fortune grieves him, While the star of hope she leaves him ? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me ; Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy ; But to see her was... "
The English Poets: Addison to Blake - Page 557
edited by - 1880
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Reliques of Robert Burns: Consisting Chiefly of Original Letters, Poems, and ...

Robert Burns - 1808 - 496 pages
...hope she leaves him ? Me, nae chearfu' twinkle lights me ; Dark despair around benights me. I'll I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist...her; Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met — or never parted, We had ne'er been...
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Reliques of Robert Burns: Consisting Chiefly of Original Letters, Poems, and ...

Robert Burns - 1809 - 328 pages
...of hope she leaves him ? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me ; Dark despair around benights me. I 'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist...her; Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never lov'd sue kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met — or never parted, We had ne'er been...
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The London Quarterly Review, Volume 1

1810 - 438 pages
...manner. The following exquisitely affecting stanza contains the essence of a thousand love tales ; * Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved...or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.' There are one or two political songs, which for any wit or humour they contain, might have been very...
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The pocket encyclopedia of Scottish, English, and Irish songs ..., Volume 2

Scottish songs - 1816 - 320 pages
...our minds without feelings of interest and -e. It is certain!; worthy of the friend of TANNAHILI, 111 ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist...her; Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met — or never parted, We had ne'er been...
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 46

1839 - 870 pages
...of hope she leaves him? Me, Dae cheerfu' twinkle lights me, Dark despair around benights me. " I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist...to love her, Love but her, and love for ever. Had toe never lowd io kindly, Had we never lovid so blindly, Never met — or never parted, We had ne'er...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 39

Ezekiel Sanford - 1822 - 440 pages
...of hope she leaves him ? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me ; Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist...her; Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met — or never parted, We had ne'er been...
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The Songs of Scotland, Ancient and Modern: With an Introduction ..., Volume 4

Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 388 pages
...hope she leaves him ? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me ; — Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist...her ; Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met — or never parted. We had ne'er been...
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The songs of Scotland, ancient and modern; with an intr. and notes ..., Volume 2

Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...hope she leaves him ? Me, nao cheerfu' twinkle lights me ;— Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist...her ; Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met—or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted...
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Life of Robert Burns

John Gibson Lockhart - 1828 - 324 pages
...furnished Byron with a motto, and Scott has said that that motto is " worth a thousand romances." • . " Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved...or never parted, We had ne'er been broken.hearted." " Nancy" of this moving strain vraV, according to Cunningham, another fair and somewhat frail dame...
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The Scottish Songs, Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1829 - 356 pages
...leaves him ? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me ; Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame thy partial fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy ; But...parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. Fare thee well, thou first and fairest ! Fare thee well, thou best and dearest ! Thine be ilka joy and treasure,...
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