 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 to...  The Works of Robert Burns: Containing His Life - Page 184by Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 425 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1808 - 496 pages
...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 my Nancy : But...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1809 - 328 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 pages
...for me!"- Vol. III. p. 313. And Mr. Cromek has preserved a poem, containing these tender lines : " But to see her, was to love 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 320 pages
...feelings of interest and -e. It is certain!; worthy of the friend of TANNAHILI, 111 ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy; But...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... | |
 | 1839 - 870 pages
...leaves him? Me, Dae cheerfu' twinkle lights me, Dark despair around benights me. " I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy : ....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... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1822 - 440 pages
...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...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... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...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...parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted. Fare thee weel, thou first and fairest ! Fare thee weel, thou best and dearest ! Thine be ilka joy and treasure,... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...him ? Me, nao cheerfu' twinkle lights me ;— Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy : But...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... | |
 | 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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