 | Thomas Campbell - 1809 - 148 σελίδες
...go, my chief — I'm ready: — ' It is not for your silver bright; ' But for your winsome lady:' ' And by my word! the bonny bird ' In danger shall not tarry; 131 So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry. — By this the storm grew... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 266 σελίδες
...I'll go, my chief—I'm ready:— ' It is not for your silver bright; • But for your winsome lady: ' And by my word ! the bonny bird * In danger shall not tarry; ' So, though the waves are raging white, ' I'll row you o'er the ferry.'— By this the storm grew... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 272 σελίδες
...my chief — I'm ready: — • ' It is not for your silver bright; ' But for your winsome lady: ' And by my word! the bonny bird ' In danger shall not tarry; , ' So, though the waves are raging white, ' I'll row you o'er the ferry.' — By this the storm grew... | |
 | John Aikin, Robert Harding Evans - 1810 - 508 σελίδες
...wight, " I'll go, my chief, I'm ready : It is net for your silver bright, But for your winsome lady. " And by my word, the bonny bird , In danger shall not tarry ; So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry." By this the storm grew loud... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 σελίδες
...my chief, — I'm ready : — " It is not for your silver bright ; " But for your winsome lady : " And by my word ! the bonny bird, " In danger shall not tarry : " So, tho' the waves are raging white, " I'll row you o'er the ferry !" By this the storm grew loud... | |
 | 1813 - 410 σελίδες
...time, "You shall not fail, don't fear it; I'll go, not for your silver dime, But for your manly spirit. "And by my word, the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry; For though a storm is coming on, I'll row you o'er the ferry." By this the wind more fiercely rose,... | |
 | 1821 - 438 σελίδες
...wight, " I'll go, my Chief; I'm ready : It is not for your silver bright. But for your winsome lady : And by my word ! the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry ; So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry." By this the storm grew loud... | |
 | 1820 - 344 σελίδες
...border wight I'll do't my Lord, I'm ready, It isn't for your silver bright, But for your winsome lady ; And by my word The bonny bird In danger shall not tarry ; So— though the noise of hoofs be heard, I'll bar the door and marry. By this the noise grew loud... | |
 | John Struthers - 1822 - 276 σελίδες
...go, my chief — I'm ready : — " It is not for your silver bright ; " But for your winsome lady : " And by my word ! the bonny bird " In danger shall not tarry ; " So, though the waves are raging white, DAITGHTEJR ///>//////////, d& net tarty f Andltifftrf thf... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 σελίδες
...wight, I'll go, my chief—I'm ready: It is not for your silver bright, But for your winsome lady. And by my word, the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry; So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row ye o'er the ferry. By this the storm grew loud apace,... | |
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His horsemen hard behind us ride; Should they our steps discover, Then who will cheer my bonny bride, When they have slain her lover? 
