 | Thomas Campbell - 1803 - 162 pages
...young, I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn reapers sung. Then pledg'd we the wine-cup, and fondly I swore...And my wife sobb'd aloud in her fulness of heart. " Stay—stay with us!—rest!—thou art weary and worn!' (And fain was their war-broken soldier to... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1804 - 182 pages
...knew the,strait^tUat the corn reapers sang. Then pledg'd we the wine cup, and fondly we swore, FromWjr home and my weeping friends never to part ; My little ones kiss'd me & thousand times o'er, And my wife sobb'd aloud in the fulness of heart. %1 Stay ! stay with us ! rest... | |
 | 1904 - 518 pages
...aloft, And well knew the strain that the corn-reapers sung. Then pledg'd we the cup, and fondly we swore, From my home, and my weeping friends never to part; My liltle ones miss'd me a thousand times o'er, And my wife sobb'd aloud in the fulness of heart! Stay... | |
 | 1805 - 590 pages
...aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung. ,(3CMU IkilGV Then pledg'd we the wine cup, and fondly I swore From my home and my weeping friends...And my wife sobb'd aloud, in her fulness of heart. 'I" 'Stay, stay with us !— rest ! — thou art weary and worn!* |i (And fain was their war broken... | |
 | 1804 - 450 pages
...aloft, And well knew the strain that the corn- reapers sung. Then pledg'd we the wine cup, and fondly we swore, From my home and my weeping friends never to part ; •My little one. kiss'd me a thousand timei o'er, And my wife sobb'd aloud in the fulness of heart. Stay ! stay... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 266 pages
...dreadful array, Far, far I had roam'd on a desolate track : 'Twas autumn—and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my fathers, that welcom'd me back....And my wife sobb'd aloud in her fulness of heart. Stay, stay with us—rest, thou art weary and worn; And fain was their war-broken soldier to stay—... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1810 - 272 pages
...dreadful array, Far, far I had roam'd on a desolate track : 'Twas autumn — and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my fathers, that welcom'd me back....And my wife sobb'd aloud in her fulness of heart. Stay, stay with us — rest, thou art weary and worn : — And fain was their war-broken soldier to... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung. Then pledg'd we the wine cup, and fondly I swore, From my home, and my weeping friends...And my wife sobb'd aloud in her fulness of heart. — Slay, stay with us, — rest, thou art weary and worn;— And fain was their war-broken soldier... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1814 - 274 pages
...the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung. Then pledg'd we the wine-cup, and fondly I swore, * j From my home and my weeping friends never to part;...And my wife sobb'd aloud in her fulness of heart. Stay, stay with us — rest, thou art weary and worn ; And fain was their war-broken soldier to stay... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...wife sobb'd aloud, in the fulness of heart— ' Stay, stay with us, rest—thou art weary and worn!' From my home and my weeping friends never to part;...My little ones kiss'd me a thousand times o'er, And fain was the war-broken soldier to stay; But sorrow return'd with the dawning of morn, And the voice... | |
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I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung. 
