 | Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Massacre, 1778 - 1809 - 148 pages
...go, my chief — I'm ready: — ' It is not for your silver bright; ' But for your winsome lady:' ' And by my word! the bonny bird ' In danger shall not tarry; 131 So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry. — By this the storm grew... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1810 - 272 pages
...my chief — I'm ready: — • ' It is not for your silver bright; ' But for your winsome lady: ' And by my word! the bonny bird ' In danger shall not...heav'n each face Grew dark as they were speaking. » The evil spirit of the waters. 35 But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer,... | |
 | John Aikin, Robert Harding Evans - Ballads, English - 1810 - 508 pages
...wight, " I'll go, my chief, I'm ready : It is net for your silver bright, But for your winsome lady. " And by my word, the bonny bird , In danger shall not...the ferry." By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking, And in the scowl of heav'n each face Grew dark, as they were speaking.... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1810 - 266 pages
...I'll go, my chief—I'm ready:— ' It is not for your silver bright; • But for your winsome lady: ' And by my word ! the bonny bird * In danger shall...ferry.'— By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking ;* And in the scowl of heav'n each face Grew dark as they were speaking.... | |
 | John Aikin - Ballads, English - 1810 - 414 pages
...are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry." By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking, And in the scowl of heav'n each face Grew dark, as they were speaking. " Oh ! haste thee, haste ;" the lady cries, " Though tempests round us gather, I'll meet the raging... | |
 | Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...my chief, — I'm ready : — " It is not for your silver bright ; " But for your winsome lady : " And by my word ! the bonny bird, " In danger shall not tarry : " So, tho' the waves are raging white, " I'll row you o'er the ferry !" By this the storm grew loud apace,... | |
 | Parodies - 1813 - 410 pages
...time, "You shall not fail, don't fear it; I'll go, not for your silver dime, But for your manly spirit. "And by my word, the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry; For though a storm is coming on, I'll row you o'er the ferry." By this the wind more fiercely rose,... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - Wyoming Valley (Pa.) - 1814 - 274 pages
...go, my chief — I'm ready : — ' It is not for your silver bright ; ' But for your winsome lady : ' And by my word! the bonny bird ' In danger shall....storm grew loud apace, The water- wraith was shrieking ; s And in the scowl of heav'n each face Grew dark as they were speaking. s The evil spirit of the... | |
 | 1821 - 438 pages
...wight, " I'll go, my Chief; I'm ready : It is not for your silver bright. But for your winsome lady : And by my word ! the bonny bird In danger shall not...the ferry." By this the storm grew loud apace. The water-wraith was shrieking ; And in the scowl of hcav'n each face Crew dark as they were speaking.... | |
 | English literature - 1820 - 344 pages
...border wight I'll do't my Lord, I'm ready, It isn't for your silver bright, But for your winsome lady ; And by my word The bonny bird In danger shall not tarry ; So— though the noise of hoofs be heard, I'll bar the door and marry. By this the noise grew loud apace, The greaseless... | |
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His horsemen hard behind us ride; Should they our steps discover, Then who will cheer my bonny bride, When they have slain her lover? 
