 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 pages
...plongh'd him down, Put clods upon his head, 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, And sore surpris'd them all. The sultry suns 'of summer came, And he grew thick and strong, His head weel arm'd... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...kindly on, And show'rs began to fall ; John Barleycorn got up again, And sore surpris'd them all. IV. The sultry suns of summer came, And he grew thick and strong, His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears, That no one should him wrong. V. The sober autumn enter'd mild, When... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...spring 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 and strong, His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears, That no one should him wrong. * This is pnrtly composed on the plan... | |
 | 1819 - 426 pages
...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...And he grew thick and strong, His head well armed wi' pointed spears, That no one should him wrong. The sober AUTUMN entered mild, When he grew wan and... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 pages
...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, That no one should him wrong. The sober autumn enter'd mild, When he... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 pages
...kindly on, And show'rs began to fall ; John Barleycorn got up again, And sore surpris'd them all. IV. The sultry suns of summer came, And he grew thick and strong, His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears, That no one should him wrong. V. The sober autumn enter'd mild, When... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...upon his head. And they hae sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn was dead. But the cheerful Spring cam kindly on, and showers began to fall, John Barleycorn...and he grew thick and strong; His head well armed wi' pointed spears, that no one should him wrong. The sober Autumn entered mild, when he grew wan and... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 pages
...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, That no one should him wrong. The sober autumn enter'd mild, When he... | |
 | Prosper Mérimée - 1825 - 350 pages
...came kindly on, And show'rs began to fall : John Barleycorn got up again And sore surpris'd them nil. The sultry suns of summer came And he grew thick and strong, His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears, That no one should him wrong. The sober autumn enter'd mild, When he... | |
 | William Hone - 1868 - 846 pages
...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, That no one should him wrong. The sober autumn enter'd mild, When he... | |
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And they hae sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn should die. They took a plough and plough'd him down, Put clods upon his head; And they hae sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn was dead. But the cheerful spring came kindly on, And showers began to fall... 
