 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...daughter, my suit you denied ; — Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide — And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one...bonnet and plume ; And the bridemaidens whispered, " 'Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1843 - 732 pages
...a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye. He took her soft hand, ere her mother could har, — " Now tread we a measure !" said young Lochinvar, So...mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the hridegroom stood dangling his honnet and [', plume; And the hride-maidens whispered, " Twere hetter... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 108 pages
...boldly he entered the Netherby Hall, Among bride's-men, and kinsmen, and brothers, and all; Then spoke the bride's father, his hand on his sword, (For the...bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume ; And the bride -maidens whispered, " 'T were better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar."... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...daughter, my suit you denied ; — Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide — And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one...bonnet and plume ; And the bridemaidens whispered, " 'Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand,... | |
 | John Frost - Elocution - 1845 - 458 pages
...it up, He quafFd off the wine, and he threw down the cup. She look'd down to blush, and she look'd up to sigh, With a smile on her lips, and a tear in...dangling his bonnet and plume ; And the bridemaidens whisper'd, " 'Twere better by far To have match'd our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Tracts - 1846 - 282 pages
...There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar." She looked down to blush, and she looked up to sigh,...bonnet and plume ; And the bride-maidens whispered, " 'Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand,... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - Authors, English - 1846 - 540 pages
...it up, He quoff'd oft" the wine, and he threw down the cap. She look'd down to blush, and she look'd up to sigh, With a smile on her lips, and a tear in...dangling his bonnet and plume ; And the bridemaidens whisper'd, " 'T were better by far To have match'd our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." 00 One touch... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1846 - 540 pages
...the wine, and he threw down the cup; S tie looked down to blush, and she looked up .to sigh, \^"ith a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye. He took...While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, A_nd the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume ; And the bridemaidens whispered, " 'Twere... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - Elocution - 1846 - 398 pages
...could bar, " Now tread we a measure !" said young Lochinvar. So stately his form, and so lovely his face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace...dangling his bonnet and plume : And the bride-maidens whisper'd, " 'Twere better by far, To have match'd our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch... | |
 | Hugh Gawthrop - Recitations - 1847 - 184 pages
...sigh — With a smile on her lips, and a tear in her eye, He took her soft hand, ere her mother conld bar, — " Now tread we a measure >" said young Lochinvar....bonnet and plume, And the bride-maidens whispered, " 'Twere better by far To have match'd our fair cousin with young Lochinvar." One touch to her hand,... | |
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The bride kissed the goblet ; the knight took it up, He quaffed off the wine, and he threw down the cup, She looked down to blush, and she looked up to sigh, With a smile on her lips and a tear in her eye. He took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar,... 
