 | Illustrated poems - 1885 - 370 pages
...ploughed him down, Put clods upon his head ; And they have sworn a solemn oath, John Barleycorn was dead. But the cheerful spring came kindly on, And showers...with pointed spears, That no one should him wrong. E — 2 The sober autumn entered mild, Aiul he grew wan and pale; His bonding joints and drooping head... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1885 - 372 pages
...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...Barleycorn got up again, And sore surprised them all. I. The sultry suns of summer came, And he grew thick and strong ; His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1885 - 310 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... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...smaller and less known productions, in which his pathos and original inspiration are strongly marked. I am, as ever, Thine to serve thee, Richard Saunders. ON SMUGGLING, AND weel(1) arm'd wi'(2) pointed spears, 15 That no one should him wrong. The sober Autumn enter'd mild,... | |
 | Henry Stopes - 1885 - 732 pages
...sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn was dead. m. But the cheerful spring came kindly on, And show'rs began to fall ; John Barleycorn got up again, And sore surprised them all. IV. The sultry suns of summer came, And he grew thick and strong, His head well armed with pointed... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1886 - 490 pages
...head, And they have sworn a solemn oath That John Barleycorn was dead. 3But the spring time it came on, And showers began to fall ; John Barleycorn got up again And sore surpriz'd them all. 4The summer it came on, And he grew thick & strong ; His head well arm'd with pointed... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1887 - 400 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... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - 1890 - 640 pages
...him down, Put clods upon his head, And they hae sworn a solemn oath, John Barleycorn was dead. Hut the cheerful spring came kindly on, And showers began...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... | |
 | Emma J. Todd, William Bramwell Powell - 1890 - 380 pages
...ploughed him down, Put clods upon his head ; And they declared in solemn oath, John Barleycorn was dead. But the cheerful spring came kindly on, And showers...summer came, And he grew thick and strong ; His head was armed with pointed spears, That none should do him wrong. The sober autumn entered mild, When he... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1887 - 730 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, \Vhen 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... 
