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" The greenwood path to meet her brother: They sought him east, they sought him west, They sought him all the Forest thorough; They only saw the cloud of night, They only heard the roar of Yarrow! "
On the Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature: With Occasional ... - Page 14
by Charles Bucke - 1823
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English Poetry..: With Introduction, Notes and Illustrations, Volume 2

1910 - 298 pages
...with a shriek of sorrow; Thrice did the water-wraith ascend, And gave a doleful groan thro' Yarrow. His mother from the window look'd With all the longing...of a mother; His little sister weeping walk'd The green- wood path to meet her brother; They sought him east, they sought him west, They sought him all...
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The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580 ..., Volume 3, Pages 843-1252

1912 - 432 pages
...His mother from the window looked, With all the longing of a mother; His little sister weeping walked The greenwood path to meet her brother. They sought...cloud of night, They only heard the roar of Yarrow! No longer from thy window look, — Thou hast no son, thou tender mother! No longer walk, thou little...
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The Golden Treasury: Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - 1912 - 508 pages
...a shriek of sorrow ; 20 Thrice did the water wraith ascend, And gave a doleful groan thro' Yarrow. His mother from the window look'd With all the longing of a mother ; His little sister weeping walk'd 25 The green-wood path to meet her brother ; They sought him east, they sought him west, They sought...
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Life and Works of Michael Bruce: Poet of Loch Leven, Author of the "Ode to ...

Michael Bruce - 1914 - 446 pages
...with a shriek of sorrow ; Thrice did the water-wraith ascend, And gave a doleful groan thro' Yarrow. His mother from the window look'd, With all the longing...cloud of night, They only heard the roar of Yarrow ! 1 1 This is the verse which was so much admired. It mav have been introduced by Logan, but it stands...
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The Home Book of Verse, American and English, 1580-1918, Volume 1

1918 - 2030 pages
...His mother from the window looked, With all the longing of a mother; His little sister weeping walked The greenwood path to meet her brother. They sought...cloud of night, They only heard the roar of Yarrow! No longer from thy window look, — Thou hast no son, thou tender mother! No longer walk, thou little...
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A St. Andrews Treasury of Scottish Verse

Mrs. Alexander Lawson, Alexander Lawson - 1920 - 310 pages
...ascend, And gave a doleful groan thro' Yarrow. •wrastk, spirit. 41 Thy Braes were Bonny, Yarrow Stream His mother from the window look'd With all the longing...cloud of night, They only heard the roar of Yarrow. No longer from thy window look — Thou hast no son, thou tender mother ! No longer walk, thou lovely...
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A Book of British and American Verse

Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig, Asa Don Dickinson - 1922 - 1920 pages
...shriek of sorrow ; Thrice did the water-wraith ascend, And gave a doleful groan thro' Yarrow. 24 " His mother from the window look'd With all the longing...meet her brother ; They sought him east, they sought ham west, They sought him all the forest thorough; They only saw the cloud of night, They only heard...
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language

Francis Turner Palgrave - 1924 - 774 pages
...water-wraith ascend, And gave a doleful groan thro' Yarrow. ' His mother from the window look'd 25 With all the longing of a mother ; His little sister...him west, They sought him all the forest thorough ; 30 They only saw the cloud of night, They only heard the roar of Yarrow. ' No longer from thy window...
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The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century Verse

David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 pages
...shriek of sorrow ; ' Thrice did the water-wraith ascend, ' And gave a doleful groan thro' Yarrow. ' His mother from the window look'd, ' With all the...cloud of night, ' They only heard the roar of Yarrow ! ' No longer from thy window look, ' Thou hast no son, thou tender mother ! ' No longer walk, thou...
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The Cambridge Book of Lesser Poets

Sir John Collings Squire - 1927 - 496 pages
...with a shriek of sorrow ; Thrice did the water-wraith ascend, And gave a doleful groan through Yarrow. "His mother from the window look'd, With all the longing...cloud of night, They only heard the roar of Yarrow ! " No longer from thy window look — Thou hast no son, thou tender mother ! No longer walk, thou...
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