...singing in the sweetest of all strains such tender melodies as the following ; '< Thoul't break my heart, thou bonie bird That sings upon the bough : Thou minds me o' rhe liappy days, When my fause love was true !" — So complete a detail of the several events of B*urns's...

...can ye blume sae fair ; How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I Sae fu' o' care ! ' Thou'll break my heart, thou bonie bird That sings upon the bough ;...my fause luve was true. * Thou'll break my heart, thoti bonie bird. That sings beside thy mate ; For sae I sat, and sae 1 sang, And wist na o' my fate....

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...the measure of this copy of the "Banks o' bonie Doon," differs from that which is Thou 'II break my heart, thou bonie bird That sings upon the bough ;...me o' the happy days When my fause luve was true. Thou 'll break my heart, thou boijie bird That sings beside thy mate; For sae I sat, and sae I sang,...

...that the measure of this copy "Banks o' bonie Doon," differs from that which is • Thou 'll break my heart, thou bonie bird That sings upon the bough ;...me o' the happy days When my fause luve was true. Thou 'll break my heart, thou bonie bird That sings beside thy mate; For sae I sat, and sae I sang,...

...can ye blume sae fair ; How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o' care ! Thou'll break my heart, thou bonie bird, That sings upon the bough ; Thou minds me o' the happy days When my fause love was true. Thou'll break my heart, thou bonie bird, That sings beside thy mate ; For sae I sat,...

..." How can ye chant, ye little birds, " And I sae fu' o' care ! " Thou'll break my heart, thou bohie bird, " That sings upon the bough ; " Thou minds me...o' the happy days " When my fause luve was true." (Reliques, p. 17, 18.) A critic has little concern with the moral character of authors ; and it is...

...can ye blutne sae fair ; How can ye. chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu" o' care ! Thou'll break my heart, thou bonie bird, That sings upon the bough ; Thou minds me o' the happy days When my fause love was true. Thou'll break my heart, tliou bonie bird, That sings beside thy mate ; For sac I sat,...

...this copy the "Banks o' bonie Doon," differs from that which is Thou 'll break my heart, thou bonle bird ' That sings upon the bough ; Thou minds me o' the happy days When my fause luve was -true. Thou 'll break my heart, thou bonie bird That sings beside th~y mate; For sae I sat, and sae I sang,...