...f~\ MARY, at thy window be, ^-^ It is the wish'd, the trysted hour! Those smiles and glances let me see, That make the miser's treasure poor; How blithely...thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw : Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said...

...sentiment with the known history of his passion for Ellison Begbie, and its disappointing issue : — " Yestreen when, to the trembling string, The dance...my fancy took its wing — I sat, but neither heard nor saw," Sue. The " lighted ha' " here, of course, means the country dancing school with its sanded...

...those pure and beautiful love-lyrica, which "take the deepest and most lasting hold on the mind." " Yestreen, when to the trembling string, The dance...the lighted ha'. To thee my fancy took Its wing, I eat, but neither heard nor saw : Tho' this was fair, and that was braw. And yon the toast of a' the...

...passion for Ellison Begb1e, and its disappointing issue : — • " Yestreen when, to the trembliug string, The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thee...my fancy took its wing — I sat, but neither heard nor saw," &c. The "lighted ha'" here, of course, means the country dancing school with ita sanded floor,...

...MORISON. 0 Mary ! at thy window be ! It is the wish'd, the trysted hour : Those smiles and glances let me see That make the miser's treasure poor ! How blithely...Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed through the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing ; I sat, but neither heard nor saw. Though...

...thy window be, It is the wished, the trysted hour ! Those smiles and glances let me see, That makes the miser's treasure poor ! How blithely wad I bide...Yestreen, when, to the trembling string, The dance gaed through the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing — I sat, but neither heard nor saw, Though...

...It is the wished, the trysted hour! Those smiles and glances let me see, 0 MARY, at thy window be! That make the miser's treasure poor: How blithely...I the rich reward secure, The lovely Mary Morison. I sat, but neither heard nor saw. Though this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a'...

...accursed ! " To the cause of all this distress he wrote some of his finest songs, especially that of Mary Morison. " Yestreen when to the trembling string...thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw : Tho' this was fair, an' that was braw, An' yon the toast of a' the town, I sighed, an' said...

...the old ballads, which, as Hazlitt says, " take the deepest and I most lasting hold on the mind." " Yestreen, when to the trembling string. The dance...thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw: Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said...

...Morison," which Alexander Smith pronounces " exquisite," and which has indeed one fine qiiatrain : Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed...fancy took its wing ; I sat, but neither heard or saw — here the effect of the fortunate lines is marred by several conventional English phrases, as "...