I. THE gloomy night is gath'ring fast, Loud roars the wild inconstant blast; Yon murky cloud is foul with rain, I see it driving o'er the plain ; The hunter now has left the moor, The scatter'd coveys meet secure ; While here I wander, prest with care,... The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life - Page 47by Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 394 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Burns - 1793 - 420 pages
...is gath'ring faft, Loud roars the wild, inconftant blaft, Yon murky cloud is foul with rain, I fee it driving o'er the plain ; The hunter now has left the moor, The fcatt'red coveys meet fecure, While here I wander, preft with care, .Along the lonely banks of Ayr,... | |
| Robert Burns - Scottish poetry - 1797 - 304 pages
...night is gath'ring faft, Loud roars the wild inconftant blaft, Yon murky cloud is foul with rain, I fee it driving o'er the plain ; The Hunter now has left the moor, The icatt'red coveys meet fecure, While here I wander, preft with care, Along the lonely banks of Ayr.... | |
| Robert Burns - 1798 - 308 pages
...night is gath'ring faft, Loud roars the wild inconftant blaft, Yon murky cloud is foul with rain, I fee it driving o'er the plain ; The Hunter now has left the moor, The fcatt'red coveys meet fecure, While here I wander, preft with care, Along the lonely banks of Ayr,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1804 - 242 pages
...night it gath'ring fafl, Loud roars the wild, inconftant blaft, Yon mirkv cloud is foul wi' rain, 1 fee it driving o'er the plain; The Hunter now has left the moor, The fcatter'd coveys meet fecure, While here I wander, preft wi*h care, Along the lonely Dunks of Ajr.... | |
| Robert Burns - 1806 - 468 pages
...it perpetually interrupts the train of sentiment which they excite. E. SONG. SONG. Tune—' ROSLIN CASTLE.' I. THE gloomy night is gath'ring fast, Loud...While here I wander, prest with care, Along the lonely banks of Ayr. II. The Autumn mourns her rip'ning corn By early Winter's ravage torn ; Across her placid,... | |
| English poetry - 1809 - 488 pages
...thy murmuring flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb ROBERT BURNS, SONG. rjnHE gloomy night is gathering fast, •^ Loud roars the wild inconstant blast, Yon...meet secure, While here I wander, prest with care, Alonff the lonely bauks of Ayr. The autumn mourns her ripening corn By early winter's ravage torn ;... | |
| John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 330 pages
...cypresses wave: Lo! that is the Mansion of Rest." LAURA SOPHIA TEMPLE. l HE gloomy night is gathering fast, Loud roars the wild inconstant blast, Yon murky...While here I wander, prest with care, Along the lonely banks of Ayr. The autumn mourns her ripening corn By early winter's ravage torn ; Across her placid... | |
| Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pages
...black, art it 's like a haivk, Aif it ivinna let a body be. SONG VI. THE GLOOMY NIGHT, &c. AIR—EOSLIN CASTLE. I. THE gloomy night is gath'ring fast, Loud...o'er the plain; The hunter now has left the moor, The scatt'red coveys meet secure, While here I wander prest wi' care, Along the lonely banks of Ayr. II.... | |
| Robert Burns - 1813 - 444 pages
...perpetually interrupts the train of sentiment which they excite. K. SONG. Twie—' R 0 SLIN C AST LE.' THE gloomy night is gath'ring fast, Loud roars the...While here I wander, prest with care, Along the lonely banks of Ayr. II. The Autumn mourns her rip'ning corn By early Winter's ravage torn j Across her placid,... | |
| Robert Burns - Scotland - 1815 - 364 pages
...jet block, and ?'('* like a haivk t An* it toinna let a body be*. SONG. Tune, " Roslin Castle.' 1 '' I. The gloomy night is gath'ring fast, Loud roars the wild inconstant blast, * We cannot presume to alter any of the j of our bard, and more especially those pi under his own direction;... | |
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