 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 692 pages
...braw new gown, Or deposite her sair-won penny fee, To help her parents dear, if they in hardship be. " But hark! a rap comes gently to the door; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother... | |
 | 1744 - 596 pages
...path ye gang astray, Implore his counsel and assisting might : They never sought in vain, that sought the Lord aright !" But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; Jeuny, wha kens th' meaning o' the same, Tells how a neeber lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands,... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...path ye gang astray, Implore his counsel and assisting might : They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright ! " But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, * Fire. f By and by. J Heedful, cautious. § Fine, handsome. || Sadly, sorely. f Inquires. **... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...path ye gang astray, Implore his counsel and assisting might : They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright '. But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother... | |
 | Garland - 1850 - 152 pages
...path ye gang astray, Implore his counsel and assisting might: They never'sought in vain that sought the Lord aright.' But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, who kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and... | |
 | John Aikin - 1852 - 792 pages
...Implore his counsel and assisting might: They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright !" VII. But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother... | |
 | 1852 - 782 pages
...ptwi. In youthfu' bloom, love sparkling in her«'«. Comes hame, perhaps, to shew a braw new pn. " But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same. Tells how a neebor lad came o'er the шоог, To do some errands, and convoy her him*. The wily... | |
 | 1852 - 782 pages
...new gown, Or deposite her sair-won penny fee, To help her parents dear, -if they in hardship be. " But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad came o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pages
...path ye gang astray, Implore his counsel and assisting might ; They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright !" But, hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pages
...path ye gang astray, Implore His counsel and assisting might ; They never sought in vain, that sought the Lord aright ! But hark! a rap comes gently to the door; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad came o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame! The wily... | |
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But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad cam o'er the moor To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek... 
