| 单词 | brae |
| 例句 | On the front of the yellow cigarette box is a poem by Robert Burns that Gram likes to sing to an old Irish tune: Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z We didn’t have a clue about the loch and the brae and the rye, but the music never failed to bring tears to our mother’s eyes and we were twisted enough to really love that. ‘Pleasure, Obligation, Curiosity, Inspiration’: What’s on Marie Arana’s Nightstand 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z Serious money may well be made around 100 miles to the north, near the village of Tyndrum, where there really is gold in the imposing hills, or braes as they are called in Scottish. There’s Gold in Them Thar Braes 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z Burns fell early into his hands, and the ambition was soon formed of transferring the braes and byres of Scotland to the hills and folds of New England. Shelburne Essays, Third Series 2012-04-16T02:00:02.027Z And see not ye that bonny road, That winds about the fernie brae? In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding 2012-03-26T02:00:41.847Z All that afternoon, through the woods of Glenaray and across the purple moorland beyond, afar over the banks and braes and streams around, there rang out the strong voice of Sandy off for a holiday. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z It is so pathetically different from the scenes she loved in life,—the heather-clad slopes of her Highland home, the seclusion of the wooded braes where she loitered with her poet-lover. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z These find, 'mid ivied abbey walls, A canopy in some still nook; Others are penthoused by a brae That overhangs a brook. The Land of Song, Book II For lower grammar grades 2012-02-16T03:00:03.167Z I saw the cottage where Robert and Jean first lived as man and wife, and walked on "the banks and braes of Bonnie Doon." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z How can I busk a bonny, bonny bride, How can I busk a winsome marrow, How lue him on the banks o' Tweed That slew my love on the braes o' Yarrow? The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z A man on the outskirts of the town tried to dissuade us from going that way; there was such a brae to be climbed, he said. Our Journey to the Hebrides 2012-03-03T03:00:19.857Z Middle Nithsdale expands into a broad valley, commanded by lofty Queensberry and lower green hills and diversified with upland brae, shadowy copse, sunny mead, and opulent plantation. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z Those braes were to the north and west of them, and would help to shelter the ship from at least one of the coldest winds. Wild Adventures round the Pole The Cruise of the "Snowbird" Crew in the "Arrandoon" 2011-12-15T03:00:12.560Z There is the blue sky above, and the green waving birches on the braes, with distant glimpses of the bonnie loch, and there are sheep browsing among the purple. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z The moon's on the lake, the mist's on the brae, And the clan has a name that is nameless by day; Then gather, gather, gather, Gregalich! The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z It was a beautiful old house in the suburbs of a romantic wee fisher village, that nestled under high banks and green braes, not far from the great naval seaport of P—. Wild Life in the Land of the Giants A Tale of Two Brothers 2011-12-12T03:00:34.923Z To separate them, Sir Robert quickly carried his family back to Nithsdale, but Douglas as quickly followed, and lurked in the vicinage for some months, clandestinely meeting his love among "Maxwelton's bonnie braes." A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z It stood high on a great green brae, not far from the forest and sea, and had been at one time a real castle, for our friends only occupied the more modern portion of it. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z He did not care whether it was or not; he would cross and risk it, for yonder, on the opposite “brae,” were antlers; not one pair but many pairs. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z Seized by the imagination of the ancient Minnesingers, this incident became the subject of a ballad, or ballads of great beauty and pathos, well known through Scotland, and frequently sung "amang her green braes." The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z They come back to me now, as other words come, that I havena thought of for many a year and day, a sure sign that I am no’ far from the foot o’ the brae.” Frederica and her Guardians The Perils of Orphanhood 2011-12-05T03:00:50.157Z In the upper portion of the valley the Nidd winds like a ribbon of silver between green braes and moorland hills which rise steeply to the narrow horizon. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z “My heather land, my heather land, Though fairer lands there be, Thy gowany braes in early days Were gowden ways to me.” Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z Why, it was the same that adorned the braes of Arrandoon! The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z Why on thy braes heard the voice o' sorrow? The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z I’m going over to the brae to see a fine new plough that Mr Maclean has got. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z Four has he hurt, and five has slain, On the bloody braes of Yarrow, Till that stubborn knight came him behind,35 And ran his body thorough. English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) 2011-11-18T03:00:30.847Z He visited "the bonnie braes of Yarrow," in company with Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z The Snowbird lay at anchor in the lake, not far from the creek where the cutter used to swing, and just beneath the birch-clad braes of Arrandoon. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z He left the black into the slap,55 The broun into the brae; But fair fa' that bonnie apple-gray That carried this gay lord away! English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) 2011-10-14T02:00:24.023Z We went over to the brae to see the new plough that the farmer has gotten. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z "I came na here to hunt nor hawk, As I hae dune before, O; But I came here to wiel' my brand, Upon the braes o' Yarrow." English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) 2011-11-18T03:00:30.847Z The road is a rolling one, reminding us forcibly of Northumbrian banks and Durham braes. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z They learned this on the loch, for there sometimes, just as you are quietly passing some tree-clad bank or brae, you all at once open out some beautifully romantic glen. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z First he went to the stag of Ferny-side brae, whom he found sitting by the old stump of an oak, and inquired the age of the owl. Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery 2011-10-09T02:00:29.740Z When she was gone for the night, Mr Dawson, laughing, told Miss Jean of the manner of their departure for the brae that afternoon. The Twa Miss Dawsons 2011-12-05T03:00:37.413Z Dear Willie,—I had the great pleasure of your letter, which carries me back to my own braes, which I love so dearly, out of this place of bustle and politics. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 2011-10-07T02:00:22.270Z “O’erhung with wild woods thickening green,” and “braes” clad in brackens, among which wild flowers were growing—the sweet-scented hyacinth, the white or pink crane’s-bill, the little pimpernel, and the azure speedwell. The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan 2011-10-11T02:01:13.517Z Shetland once again; and when it opened out more, and began to fall off to the bow, the primitive cottages could be descried, and the diminutive cattle and the sheep that browsed on its braes. The Cruise of the Snowbird A Story of Arctic Adventure 2011-12-13T03:00:23.197Z Black firs behind it, standing stiff like sentinels; the house with the tower in the middle on the breast o' the brae, and the lawn running doon to a pool. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z The astonished savages, however, came on like a whirlwind, till within twenty yards of the brae on which stood the fort. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z The south and the west were more open; consequently the mid-day and afternoon sun reposed, with delightful and unobstructed radiance, on the green border of the stream, and the flowery foliage of the brae. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 21 2011-09-09T02:01:06.280Z To your right, dimly seen, is the roaring Don, beyond it cliffs and braes, covered with forest and fern, heather and blaeberries. In Touch with Nature Tales and Sketches from the Life 2011-08-31T02:01:35.803Z It is in one of the many gables of the old mansion that abuts upon a green lawn, or brae, sloping somewhat steeply down to the river’s bank. In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism 2011-08-31T02:01:29.827Z She looked fit to ram the Rock of Gibraltar, let alone the comparatively fragile banks and braes of "Yankee Jim's Canyon." Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z Again, and quickly too, the guns were loaded and run out, and just as the enemy had scaled the brae they were once more met by the terrible fire, and positively hewn down before it. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z See! how they flash and play As the rivulet does 'neath the rowan and birk; 'Tis a glance in which there's loving a-lurk; A glance that only is born on the brae. The Dales of Arcady 2011-08-16T02:00:42.740Z And see not ye that bonny road, 50 That winds about the fernie brae? English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) 2011-08-12T02:00:17.607Z On good ground a mound or brae sometimes seemed to explode with rabbits, so wildly did they fly before their deadly foe. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z The dewy stillness of early morning hung on bush and brae. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z With a wave of her sceptre she stopped them under the brae, or hill, and Dickson and Reginald hurried down to meet her floral majesty. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z Terence was confident he saw Nijmegen; but pushing on to get a still finer view, we came to grief in crossing a heather “brae”. The Further Adventures of O'Neill in Holland 2011-07-20T02:00:17.027Z From the windows one looked across the river, and up a wooded brae, to the venerable towers of St. Machar's Cathedral. A New Medley of Memories 2011-07-12T02:00:37.147Z Then the birds were picked off as they flew over the knolls and braes, or as they boldly stood on any eminence near. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z He lives in a little block-house, as humble as the commonest of those above described, on the declivity of a brae, by a small stream, on which stand the little scattered village of Steinschönau. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z And it was a barn, too!—or, rather, a loft, for it was built partly on a brae, so that after climbing some steps you found yourself on level ground, and entered a great door. Annie o' the Banks o' Dee 2011-09-12T02:00:26.230Z I saw one rise from the brae just outside. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z He threw down the ball: it rolled on, showing the way up and down mountains and hills, across valleys and braes. Myths and Folk Tales of Ireland 2011-06-29T02:00:25.760Z The birds are now seen singly or in pairs, and brae answers brae from dawn till dark. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z In these quiet braes there can be little systematic poaching. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 2011-06-29T02:00:23.750Z So when they had sailed a bit farther they met a man who lay on a sunny brae and sucked at a tap. Tales from the Fjeld A Second Series of Popular Tales 2011-06-13T02:00:24.710Z When his feet touched the brae I lost his footsteps. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z Banks full, braes full, Though ye gather all day, Ye'll not gather your hands full. Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales A Sequel to the Nursery Rhymes of England 2011-04-01T02:00:34.340Z The birds bask on the brae, and spread their wings to the warmth. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Up to 'the bonny brae, the green, Yet sacred to the brave; Where still, of ancient size, is seen Gigantic Kielder's grave. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z It was thrice repeated, and no more, when, behold, Mary appeared on the brae, with wild and eccentric motions, speeding to the appointed place. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z Lady Cramer chatted pleasantly as they drove over the brae and by the seashore, until they reached the large, plain, Georgian mansion called Cramer Hall. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z Off Daisy and I trotted up the brae. Betty Grier 2011-02-24T03:01:04.507Z A dotterel goes plaintively piping over the stones, and the "cheep, cheep," of the awakening ling-birds rises from every brae. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z All the stories, however, agree in one fact, that at midnight the beautiful Fenella still always walks in the braes where she died, and still washes her clothes in the bright shining Morne. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z The farmer fled along the brae, and the gaberlunzie pursued, while the people at the fold were convulsed with laughter. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z She was fairly sick for the gray skies and green braes of Scotland, and, as for the rain, it was only gloom upon gleam, and gleam upon gloom—very comfortable weather upon the whole. Playing With Fire 2011-06-29T02:00:30.590Z The shepherds' wives sit alone in the little hillside cottages away up on the face of the brae, and "mak dae" with their slender money till their men come home again. A Lame Dog's Diary 2011-02-04T03:00:23.707Z A prickly pet may be captured in a hedgehog trotting off through the long grass, and colonies of young wild rabbits may be dug from the mounds and braes. The Confessions of a Poacher 2011-08-05T02:00:44.470Z Man, curate, can ye no contrive to warsle up the brae a bit? Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 15 Adam threw himself upon the bed, and, in a few minutes, his spirit wandered in its dreams amidst the "bonny woods and braes" of Teviotdale. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 In that howe stood the minister, upon a muckle stane that has been lang syne removed; and the congregation sat upon the brae around him. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 I had kissed it, and hung about its neck on the sunny brae. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 It was “Ye banks and braes” this time, and when the pathetic old air was ended Salome sighed. A Double Knot I came up the brae like a Untie and as free o' care, for my heart was light in those good days. Deep Moat Grange My bosom friend, the companion of my follies, had fallen, early in the action, at the foot of the brae, by the burn-side. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 Their own thoughts reflected themselves in every object that met their view, as they wandered amidst the shady woods or along the sunny braes near the royal residence. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 10 I fly to the door—to the brae—to the hill. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 You’re wondering how the sojers has come to a stop at the tap o’ the brae instead o’ marching on the town. The Little Minister But solemn is the silence of the silvery haze That drinks away their voices in echoless repose, And dreamily the evening has still'd the haunted braes, And dreamier the gloaming grows. Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry How can we haunt these precincts without thinking of their high priest Victor Hugo, who loved them as Scott and Burns loved their wholesomer banks and braes? Glories of Spain After dinner we went into the parlor and Aunt Glorianna played on the piano and sang, “Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,” and “Poor Bessie was a sailor’s wife.” Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl And in the evening near the top of the brae I saw the General standing erect with his little cane in his hand. The Great Discovery They came from Tilliedrum, and were advancing on us from the south, but when they heard that we had got the alarm they stopped at the top of the brae, near T’nowhead’s farm. The Little Minister "I say to it what I have often said to a difficulty, what the old Scotch adage says of 'the stout heart to the stey brae.'" Tony Butler Ye banks and braes and streams around The castle o’ Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, Your waters never drumlie! Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands "I believe that it's got a brae lot to do with me and, darn 'ee, if it hasn't——" He thumped the table so that all the crockery rattled. Carnival And as I came up the brae I saw the General putting his hand on the shoemaker's shoulder and turn away, walking slowly up the brae. The Great Discovery Gavin tried to seize the gypsy by the shoulders, but she slipped past him down the stair, and crying “Follow me!” ran round the town-house and down the brae. The Little Minister Eh, lassie! but they’re a brae couple, and Heaven be gracious to them!” The Sapphire Cross "Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise, My Mary is asleep by your turbulent stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream." Fairfax and His Pride I've asked Scotchmen even, and I'm a brae old man now. Carnival The old shoemaker saluted and came down the brae. The Great Discovery Gavin reached the 51 scene to see the soldiers marching down the brae, guarding a small body of policemen. The Little Minister Which gentily and daintily Eat down the flow'ry braes, As greatly and quietly They wimple to the seas.' Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series Sudden changes, however, are effected during the spring floods, when the snow is melting and the upper tributaries are roaring loud from "bank to brae." My First Summer in the Sierra You do think I'm just a fool, but I'm more, missus; I'm brae cunning. Carnival As I went up the brae there came the memory of a school lesson long ago. The Great Discovery Even so; the stout heart to the stae brae, as Sir Archy would call it, and as he mutters every evening he has to climb the steep stair towards his bed-room. The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago In gowany glens thy burnie strays, Where bonnie lassies bleach their claes; Or trots by hazelly shaws and braes, Wi' hawthorns gray, Where blackbirds join the shepherd's lays At close o' day. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series Now Simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlets plays; Come, let us spend the lightsome days In the birks of Aberfeldy. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History Climbing a steep brae, Sandy set me down at the end of a house with some bits of offices about it, and a pleasant homely smell of cows and pasturage. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway And the cobbler at the top of the brae described to me how his dog was run over in the street. The Great Discovery One day found me, sketch-book in hand, sitting on the brae side by the butts, behind the Club. A Golfing Idyll or The Skipper's Round with the Deil On the Links of St. Andrews "You used to sing 'Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon' sweetly," says Julia, when she has recovered from a vigorous yawn, got through quite safely behind her sheet anchor—I mean her fan. Portia or By Passions Rocked Robert Crawford sings of them as "Cheviot braes so soft and gay," and Gilpin likens the hirsels browsing on the most acclivitous to pictures hung on immense green walls. In the Border Country Then we held up the brae that is called the Gadlach, where is the best road over the burn of Palscaig, and so up into the great wide valley through which runs the Eglin Lane. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway In the ordinary day my friend at the top of the Gallows' Road and the cobbler on the breast of the brae would have said that that was the end. The Great Discovery Saw ye ever banks and braes and knolls so beautifully bedropt with human dwellings? Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) You didn't tire of that song until that little girl of the Plunkets asked you what a 'brae' was and you couldn't tell her. Portia or By Passions Rocked There is a placid monotone about its bare treeless scenery—an unbroken pastoral stillness on the sloping braes and hillsides, as they rise, fall, and bend in a uniformly deep colouring. In the Border Country We had been thus walking for some while, bearing breast to the brae all the time, and leaning forward even as a horse leans to its collar. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway My two friends went sadly down the steep brae, and I turned up the long flight of stone steps that leads to the road above. The Great Discovery We see her black eyes beneath a primrose tuft on the brae. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) But death seemed to have no power given him to hurt me; an' I walked as light as ever I hae done on a gowany brae, through the green depths o' the sea. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III Four has he hurt, and five has slain; On the bloody braes of Yarrow, Till that stubborn knight came him behind, And ran his body thorough. In the Border Country Many a mile shall they travel in thee and see naught but waste places, nor so much as a house reeking pleasantly on the brae. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway I laid aside the remainder of my terrors, clambered down the brae—a place I had never ventured through before—and was hid among the shore-side thickets in time 82 to see the boat touch. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition, Vol. XII (of 25) Now you discern flowers unfolding on its low banks and braes—and the rustle of the rushes is like that of a tiny forest—how appropriate to the wild! Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) The smile o' a wife is the sun o' its life, An' her bosom a brae where it blooms for ever. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III “It is not yet a week since I passed the line,” said I. “Less than a week ago I was on the braes of Balquhidder.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) As he ran down the brae, David Jamie, the student youth, came at him with a little spit-stick of a sword, and cried that if he came nearer he would run him through. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway But he had a strong spirit of duty on him; and plodded on instead over the braes till he came near the House of Cairngorm. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI You missed the cottage-girl with her pitcher at the well in the brae, for the spring scarcely trickled, and the water-cresses were yellow before their time. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) I descended the steep brae to the old bridge, where I sat for some time, enjoying the sweep of the river, which was considerably swollen at the time, and the falls were in great magnificence. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III But to resume: I have it here in Mr. Mungo Campbell’s precognition that you ran immediately up the brae. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) Now I felt both traitor and spy as I tracked my cousin down the brae. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Crossing the braes, he hears the clatter of a horse’s shoes, and claps down incontinent in a hag by the wayside. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI And oh! how sweet the scent of the broom or furze, yellowing along the braes, where leap the lambs, less happy than he, on the knolls of sunshine! Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) The lighthouse settlement scarce encroached beyond its fences; over the top of the first brae the ground was all virgin, the world all shut out, the face of things unchanged by any of man’s doings. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume 9 “And through all you had no friends?” said I. “No,” said she; “I have been pretty chief with two-three lasses on the braes, but not to call it friends.” The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) And as I saw them ride over the brae with thirty Glenkens blue bonnets at their tail, I knew that I was looking upon the beginning of the ruin of our house. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway In three or four minutes we had topped the brae and began to go down upon Sandag. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI As for poor little Ann, she had been wiled away some weeks before; and in the blessed thoughtlessness of childhood, was not without hours of happiness among her playmates on the braes. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Yet let us meet in some far country, and, whether we hail from the braes of Manor or the braes of Mar, some ready-made affection joins us on the instant. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 2 (of 25) "Now sing a song—a Scottish song," suggested Caroline, when the hymn was over—"'Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon.'" Shirley As we set breast to the brae and came to the top of the little hill, I stumbled over something white and soft lying behind a heather bush. The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway Mary met me on the beach, and led me up the brae and into the house of Aros. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI These are the Genii of the Mountain-dew; and their hidden enginery, depend on't, is not far off, but buried in the bowels of some brae. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Yet in spite of his pronounced nationality, and his Episcopal faith, he married Rahal Gordon from the braes of Moray; a Highland Scotch woman and a strict Calvinist. An Orkney Maid I gangit up the brae through dense crowds constantly increasing as the sixty-four specials gradually came in. Ireland as It Is And as It Would be Under Home Rule Silence then ensued, which was broken after a few minutes by Billy Little humming under his breath, "Maxwelton's braes are bonny." A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties But solemn is the silence of the silvery haze, That drinks away their voices in echoless repose; And dreamily the evening has stilled the haunted braes, And dreamier the gloaming grows. Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales Small bright-haired, bright-eyed, bright-faced children, come stealing out in the morning from many hidden huts, each solitary in its own site, the sole dwelling on its own brae or its own dell. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) And seest thou that bonnie, bonnie road, that winds up round the ferny brae? Tales From Scottish Ballads Then our Sandie Donaldson, after handing his cup to be replenished, sang, Ye banks and braes with much feeling and in fine manly tenor. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Billy leaned forward on his elbows, placed the points of his fingers together, and, while waiting for Dic to begin, hummed his favorite stanza concerning the braes of Maxwelton. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties They bid me sleep, they bid me pray, They say my brain is warped and wrung— I cannot sleep on Highland brae, 530 I cannot pray in Highland tongue. Lady of the Lake In former days, down they used to go, right and left, in potato or turnip-field, broomy brae or stubble—but now his sight is dim and wavering, and his touch trembles on the trigger. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) But put by your work for a night, and run down the brae, and freshen the roses that are just beginning to bloom on your cheeks. The Orphans of Glen Elder The ditches were wide and deep, and were so arranged that in case of invasion they could be filled with water from a natural lake high up on the brae lands. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure Then turning his face to the shelves on the wall, and arranging a few pieces of goods, he hummed under his breath his favorite stanza, "Maxwelton's braes," and paid no further attention to his guest. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties The word "brae" means slope or declivity; the braes of Doune stretch away east and north from the village. Lady of the Lake Alas, Scotland—ay, well-educated, moral, religious Scotland can show, in the bosom of her bonny banks and braes, cases worse than this; at which, if there be tears in heaven, the angels weep. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) Well, wait till I cover the fire with a wet peat, and I’ll go down the brae with you. The Orphans of Glen Elder Did he not own a flock of nearly six hundred—one shepherd's work—that fed quietly on the heath-clad braes of Coila? Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure He started to sing Maxwelton's braes in open court, but remembered himself in time, and sang mentally. A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties Stung by such thoughts, o'er bank and brae, Like fire from flint he glanced away, While high resolve, and feeling strong, Burst into voluntary song. Lady of the Lake Sad and sickly she sat on the braes herding the kine. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) She did her best to help it, for Mrs Stirling came bustling out again, and they set off down the brae. The Orphans of Glen Elder It was set well up the brae, and was safe. Our Home in the Silver West A Story of Struggle and Adventure He was singing—not humming, but singing—at his topmost pitch, "Maxwelton's braes are bonny, where early falls the dew." A Forest Hearth: A Romance of Indiana in the Thirties Mr Maxwell had seen Mr Fleming stepping up the brae, and he knew well that no words of his could comfort him. David Fleming's Forgiveness Our thickest clothing was penetrated by a searching though slight breeze, as our little rat of a pony, guided by the syce, clambered bravely up the brae that led through Tosari village. Across the Equator A Holiday Trip in Java But it was not a pleasant thought to pursue; and she gave a little start of relief and pleasure as she caught sight of two figures coming slowly up the brae. The Orphans of Glen Elder The car, indeed, was standing upon the edge of a brae. Jonah and Co. Once landed on Raasay, I made up the brae to the great house. A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 “Doesna your grandmother need you, nor your mother, and can you come up the brae with that braw gown on?” David Fleming's Forgiveness In the reign of Charles I. a mortality greater even than that caused by war almost depopulated the bonnie braes of Ochtertyre. Chronicles of Strathearn But though it left me bare indeed, And blew my bonnet off my head, There's something hid in Highland brae, It has not blown my sword away. The Nursery Rhyme Book Did the auld fool mean to stop Andy Gow about her petty affairs, and thus break the line of carts on the only morning they had ever been able to go down the brae together? The House with the Green Shutters On a sunny brae, alone I lay One summer afternoon; It was the marriage-time of May With her young lover, June. Emily Brontë And now you’ll run up the brae after him, and take no heed, but wile him from his vexing thoughts, like a good bairn as you are.” David Fleming's Forgiveness And see not ye that bonny road, Which winds about the fernie brae? Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series He bides wi' his old mother in that cottage at the foot o' the brae. A Dominie in Doubt The fun began when the horses were crawling up the first brae. The House with the Green Shutters Fill the banks and braes with music, Be it loud and low by turns— This we owe the deathless glory, That the hapless fate of Burns. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 “It will all work for good, Katie, you may be sure of that,” said her brother huskily, as they went up the brae together. David Fleming's Forgiveness But in summertime the “gowany braes” which lie nearest to it, and the “heather braes” into which they gradually change as they rise higher in the distance, have a certain beauty of their own. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not "There's the 'Blue Bonnets' up at the tap o' the brae," he suggested thirstily. A Dominie in Doubt To him they had a value not their own, just because they knew the brig and the burn and the brae, and had sat upon the school benches. The House with the Green Shutters To those who were familiar with him, I have perhaps already sufficiently indicated the early home of his dear friend, William Laidlaw, among "the braes of Yarrow." Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) He’s wearied with his week’s work, poor laddie, and canna keep his eyes open, and it will do him good to stroll quietly down the brae to the burn. David Fleming's Forgiveness Grannie thinks it was the fairies that brocht them up the brae. Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not I cried, "come on!" and together we climbed the brae. A Dominie in Doubt He goes up the brae as fast as some other folk are going down't. The House with the Green Shutters Dear William,—Here am I, the weather, according to your phrase, most bitchiferous; the Tweed, within twenty yards of the window at which I am writing, swelled from bank to brae, and roaring like thunder. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume I (of 10) Off went Yaspard, and soon the Harrisons and Mitchell boys were helping him to convey some large stones to the brae which Fred had chosen. Viking Boys But surely it may be His will that you should see the full burn and the snawy braes, if it be your mother’s will! Allison Bain, or, By a Way she knew not They sat close together on the brae; she allowed him her hand, and rested her cheek on his shoulder. Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America Then a desire to get home tugged him, and he scurried up the long brae. The House with the Green Shutters And see ye not that bonny road That winds about the fernie brae? Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 He fastened up his boat, took his sister's hand, and ran quickly up the brae to his home. Viking Boys When the coach reached the narrowest part of the pass, the driver pulled up, and intimated that, “she would be obleeged if the leddies and gentlemen would get down and walk up the brae.” Freaks on the Fells Three Months' Rustication When she succeeded the scene came back to her, she felt again as she had when he had been standing there beside her on the brae overlooking the racing water. Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America "I'll walk to the head o' the brae," said the Templar. The House with the Green Shutters On the Sunday, besides the tent at the foot of the brae above described, where the sacrament was dispensed, other two tents were erected. The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) (Bell's Scottish History Source Books.) Sometimes he fell into a half-dreamy condition, in which his mind leaped over forests and ocean to bonnie Scotland, where his days of childhood were spent in glorious revelry on her sunny banks and braes. The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains She has gathered them on the braes at home.” Janet's Love and Service They sat together on the brae in the sun, and her hand remained in his keeping. Gudrid the Fair A Tale of the Discovery of America He strolled out to the big gate and watched his teams going down the brae. The House with the Green Shutters The value of bone-manure was unknown, and their bones bleached in the sun on the braes of Auchindown for more than thirty years, and remains of them were visible within the last few years. Cattle and Cattle-breeders Degged with dew, dappled with dew Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through, Wiry heathpacks, flitches of fern, And the beadbonny ash that sits over the burn. Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins Now First Published Her courage returned when the sea-sickness departed, and now she was ready “to put a stout heart to a stiff brae” as of old. Janet's Love and Service I was over at his heels, and the pair of us scoured down the brae. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Though cauld 's the sun that shed's his rays O'er Scotland's bonnie woods and braes, Oh, let me spend my latest days In ancient Caledonia! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays; My Mary 's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. English Songs and Ballads Through the heather he brushed eagerly now, his eyes intent upon the dim summits of the brae from which again he should see the light of the shealing if it was there. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure “The bairns are gone down the brae,” said Mrs Nasmyth; “and I’m just going to sit down to my seam a wee while.” Janet's Love and Service And all night long deer belled to deer on the braes of Glen Noe. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn The braes of Mar with heather glow, The healthful breezes o'er them blow, The gushing torrents from them flow, That swell the rolling river. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Why on thy braes heard the voice of sorrow? English Songs and Ballads He must face his brae with lacerated feelings, now a step removed from the girl who walked with him. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure “They say Deacon Snow wants to take you down the brae.” Janet's Love and Service They stayed stubbornly, but we had weight against them and the advantage of the little brae, and by-and-by we pinned them, like foumarts, against the stones. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn But banks and braes, and straths and streams, and woods and waves, though very dear to memory, merely come up to the painted beauties of descriptive verse. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Flows Yarrow sweet? as sweet, as sweet flows Tweed, As green its grass, its gowan as yellow, As sweet smells on its braes the birk, The apple frae its rocks as mellow. English Songs and Ballads Very quickly he sped up the hills; Nan ran out to meet him as he came up the brae from Little Fox. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure As for Janet, her home-sickness must have been left in the little brown house behind the elms, for it never troubled her after she came up the brae. Janet's Love and Service And at evening, after a hurried meal, I was off over the hills to this brae anew, to watch her who gave me an unrest of the spirit, unappeasable but precious. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn The flowers may fade upon your banks, The breckan on the brae, But, oh! the love I ha'e for thee Shall never pass away. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century On either side The braes ascend like lofty wa's, shutting out all but the small blue rift of sky above. Olive A Novel Searching the braes he could hear, after a little, Nan sing at the shealing hut. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure “I never saw the ‘gowany braes,’ but I shall see them soon.” Janet's Love and Service He was beyond the wall, and stepping down the brae before we could be out at the door to look after him. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn "Ye banks and braes and streams around The castle o' Montgomery—" sang Mrs. Fitzgerald. The Long Roll He had won half-ways up the mountain now, and from the brae of heather he could see the glen stretch like a furrow to the sea. The Wind Bloweth He crashed through bracken and bramble and through the fir-wood again, startling the sheltering birds by his hurry, emerging upon the face of the brae in sight of the Jean and the sea. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure “Janet, it was because I was selfish that I wasna pleased from the very first; and you are not really going away from us, only just down the brae.” Janet's Love and Service It was perched well up on the brae, and its light at evening must have gleamed like a friendly star far up the glen, that needs every touch of brightness to mitigate its gloom. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn "Maybe ye 'd send yere carriage to fetch them up the brae!" remarked Mrs. McAravey, with a harsh, disagreeable laugh at her own pleasantry. A Child of the Glens or, Elsie's Fortune For a piece of good graphic Scotch, see how he describes the sturdy old mare in the plough setting her face to the furzy braes. Robert Burns You are down among the mist now; I am farther up the brae, and get a glimpse, through the cloud, of the sunshine beyond. Christie Redfern's Troubles “Go you down the brae for the bairns, and I’ll go and speak to her again.” Janet's Love and Service I felt a push at my shoulder, and the minister, who had left the four others down the brae, stepped softly into the room. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Now, lass, look sharp and run up the brae, and call some of the men, or the tide will be in upon us. A Child of the Glens or, Elsie's Fortune Sam'l looked about him, and then, seeing that the others had gone, walked round the townhouse into the darkness of the brae that leads down and then up to the farm of T'nowhead. Auld Licht Idylls The little window commands the incline to the point where the brae suddenly jerks out of sight in its climb down into the town. A Window in Thrums “Is it the real gowan, ‘that glints on bank and brae’? Janet's Love and Service The lake spread out before us without a ripple, its selvedge at the shore repeating the picture on the brae. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn But yet one foot will I never flee Now frae the braes of Yarrow.’ Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Then they shook hands for the first time in their lives; and soon afterwards Sanders struck up the brae to T'nowhead. Auld Licht Idylls Seldom is the brae empty, for many live beyond the top of it now, and men and women go by to their work, children to school or play. A Window in Thrums Never mind putting by your book, I only want to tell you, that I’m going up the brae to see Mrs Snow awhile. Janet's Love and Service "There may be terror, and there may be gloom, but I shall watch my children's children play upon the braes of Shira Glen." John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn As she went down yon dowy den, Sorrow went her before, O; She saw her true-love lying slain Upon the braes of Yarrow. Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series It sae fell out at their hunting, Upon a summer’s day, That they cam’ by a fair castle, Stood on a sunny brae. Ballads of Romance and Chivalry Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series The hearse passes over the brae and up the straight burying-ground road, but still there is a cry for the christening robe. A Window in Thrums And besides, she has gathered gowans on the braes at home.” Janet's Love and Service At as much speed as we could command, we threaded to the south, not along the valleys but in the braes, suffering anew the rigour of the frost and the snow. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn ‘I dreamed a dreary dream this night, That fills my heart wi’ sorrow; I dreamed my luve came headless hame, O frae the braes of Yarrow! Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series The farm stood at the foot of a low brae. On the Heels of De Wet I arose in time to see the doctor on the brae. A Window in Thrums No, dear, I bade them bide till I went down the brae again. Janet's Love and Service Whaups rose off the sand, and, following the gleam upon the braes, ascended from slope to slope, and the plover followed too, dipping his feet in the golden tide receding. John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Or are ye going to wield your brand, Upon the braes of Yarrow?’ Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Not a whit the worse for my venture, I cycled swiftly home, and ate as only one can eat who has spent the night amid the banks and braes of bonnie Scotland. Scottish Ghost Stories Nanny was buried a month or more before I came to the house on the brae, and even in Thrums the dead are seldom remembered for so long a time as that. A Window in Thrums When Menie went down the brae again, it must be with eyelids closed, and with hands folded on a heart at rest forever. Janet's Love and Service Far and wide, over hill, bank, and brae, are spread the flying School! Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 And he had weel nigh wan the day Upon the braes of Yarrow. Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise, My Mary's asleep by the murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Standard Selections A Collection and Adaptation of Superior Productions From Best Authors For Use in Class Room and on the Platform It is all that was left behind when her coffin went down the brae. A Window in Thrums See, they are coming down the brae together. Janet's Love and Service The flocks were thinned—and the bleating of desolate dams among the woolly people heard from many a brae. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 ‘I dreamed a dreary dream this night, That fills my heart wi’ sorrow; I dreamed I was pouing the heather green Upon the braes of Yarrow. Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series The Princess lifted her voice and pressing the General to her, began the song, "Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise." While Caroline Was Growing From the attic I could see nearly all Thrums, but, until very late, the night was dark, and the brae, except immediately before the door, was blurred and dim. A Window in Thrums There is a Runic stone on the castle brae which I am going to copy. George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends How endless the interchange of woods and meadows, glens, dells, and broomy nooks, without number, among thy banks and braes! Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 I was gazing along my own glen in Donegal with its quiet fields, its sunny braes, steep hills and white lime-washed cottages, snug under their neat layers of straw. The Red Horizon Mr Chambers's stanza proceeds thus:— In southern climes the radiant sun A brighter light displays; But I love best his milder beams That shine on Scotland's braes. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Figures tramped, tramped up the brae, passed the house in shadow and stole silently on. A Window in Thrums Farewell, ye hills of glorious deeds, Ye streams renown'd in song; Farewell, ye braes and blossom'd meads, Our hearts have loved so long! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The frosty wind had swept "that lustre deep from glen and brae," and the chill watery mosses alone looked green and fresh when the snow melted. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Now to the unpractised eye any one brae, or glen, or burn of bonnie Scotland is exactly like any other brae, or glen, or burn of that picturesque land. The Admirable Tinker Child of the World Not on the shining braes, The mountains bare;— Not where the regal streams Their foam-bells cast— Where childhood's time of dreams And sunshine pass'd. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The steep path up the commonty makes for this elbow of the brae, and thus, whichever way the traveller takes, it is here that he comes first into sight of the window. A Window in Thrums The purple heath was just in bloom, And bonnie waved the upland broom, The flocks on flowery braes lay still, Or, heedless, wander'd at their will. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century The little feet that had slid in courtly measure, and twinkled in blithe strathspeys, and wandered restlessly over moor and brae, were stretched out in leaden helplessness. Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes The skies look cold, through a misty haze, That curdles the gold of the bright sun's rays, And the dead leaves cover the banks and braes, A shroud of the summer gone. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Fair are those isles of Indian bloom, Whose flowers perpetual breathe perfume; But dearer far are the braes o' broom Where blooms the hardy thistle. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century Not every one returns who takes the elbow of the brae bravely, or waves his handkerchief to those who watch from the window with wet eyes, and some return too late. A Window in Thrums Then how sweet, and then how cheerie, Raven's braes will be, my dearie. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century And now the month of April was nearly over, and the primroses were glintin' on the braes. Alec Forbes of Howglen A large quantity of rain had fallen in the upper part of the shire; and, in consequence, the river was full from bank to brae. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 435 Volume 17, New Series, May 1, 1852 The braes are dight with flowers, The mountain streams Foam past me in the showers Of sunny gleams; But the light hearts that cast A glory there, In the rejoicing past, Where are they?—where? The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume IV. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century A beggar met him one day on the brae, and got a shilling from him. A Window in Thrums Since then, full many a year and day With me have slowly pass'd away, Far from the braes of Auchinblae, And far from love and thee, Mary! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume III The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century He took the "divot aff o' her lum" and pitched it half way down the brae, at the back of the cottage. Alec Forbes of Howglen She would climb the brae, search him out, and then crouch down and sit watching him, never taking her eyes off him. Lore of Proserpine Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise: My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. The Ontario Readers: Fourth Book His eyes were fixed on the elbow of the brae, where he would come into sight of his mother's window. A Window in Thrums In fact Robert Kennedy was dying;—and in the first week of May, when the beauty of the spring was beginning to show itself on the braes of Loughlinter, he did die. Phineas Redux The mighty minstrel breathes no longer, 'Mid mouldering ruins low he lies; And death, upon the braes of Yarrow, Has closed the Shepherd-poet's eyes. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century She could lift a heifer into a cart, and had once, being dared to it, carried Andrew King up the brae in her arms. Lore of Proserpine The sun blinks blithe on yon town, And on yon bonnie braes of Ayr; But my delight in yon town, And dearest bliss, is Lucy fair. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham It is strange that I should still be left after so many changes, one of the three or four who can to-day stand on the brae and point out Jess's window. A Window in Thrums In those stanzas the lover is brought back to Logan braes, and consummates his union with his weeping shepherdess. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Oh, Julia dear! the parting look, The sad farewell we sorrowing took, Still haunt me as I stray alone, Among the braes of Ballahun. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Old King came out booted and cloaked, his staff in his hand, battled to the door and was swept up the brae upon the gale. Lore of Proserpine I. Ye banks, and braes, and streams around The castle o’ Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, Your waters never drumlie! The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham There he stood at the top of the brae, panting. A Window in Thrums Beloved by friends, revered by faes, We'd live in bliss on Logan braes. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Oh, bonnie buds yon birchen tree, The western breeze perfuming; And softly smiles yon sunny brae, Wi' gowans gaily blooming. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Robert Burns How To Know Him This of mine was made by a man from the braes of Athole, and is exactly what the shepherds wont to use in that country. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham I was but a boy when Jimsy Duthie turned the corner of the brae for the last time, with a score of mourners behind him. A Window in Thrums Entwined with my youthful days, Wi' the bonny banks and braes, Where the winding burnie strays, Murmuring near. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century The sun is jogging down the brae, Dimly through the mist he 's shining, And cranreugh hoar creeps o'er the grass, As Day resigns his throne to E'ening. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Robert Burns How To Know Him I. Flow gently, sweet Afton! among thy green braes, Flow gently, I’ll sing thee a song in thy praise; My Mary’s asleep by thy murmuring stream— Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham His eyes were glazed with staring at the turn of the brae where the doctor must first come into sight. A Window in Thrums He could not tell her of all this, so he fell back for his defence on words which had passed between them since the day when they had met on the braes. Phineas Finn The Irish Member I joyless roam the heathy waste, To soothe this sad, this troubled breast; And seek the haunts of men to shun, Among the braes of Ballahun. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Braw braw lads on Yarrow braes, hills That wander thro' the blooming heather; But Yarrow braes nor Ettrick shaws woods Can match the lads o' Gala Water. Robert Burns How To Know Him The haunt o’ Spring’s the primrose brae, The Simmer joys the flocks to follow; How cheery, thro’ her shortening day, Is Autumn, in her weeds o’ yellow! The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham Twa or three times," she said, "I had seen a man walk quick up the brae an' by the door. A Window in Thrums And whose thoughts did you speak when you and I were on the braes of Loughlinter? Phineas Finn The Irish Member Come, my lassie, let us stray O'er Glenkilloch's sunny brae, Blithely spend the gowden day, 'Midst joys that never weary, O! The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century "My man, I swept the Angus braes ye hae'na trod for years." Songs of Angus and More Songs of Angus Flow gently, sweet Afton! among thy green braes, Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays! The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham From the saw-mill to the house at the top of the brae, some may remember, the road is up the commonty. A Window in Thrums What would she have proposed to him, had he questioned her as to his future, when they were together on the braes of Loughlinter? Phineas Finn The Irish Member At this moment Lord William Douglas, seeing the commotion on the outposts, came down the brae through the broom. The Black Douglas Logan ‘breasted the brae’ from the riverside to the house. The Disentanglers In gowany glens thy burnie strays, Where bonnie lasses bleach their claes; Or trots by hazelly shaws and braes, Wi’ hawthorns gray, Where blackbirds join the shepherd’s lays At close o’ day. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham The young woman who was now mistress of the house at the top of the brae both saw and spoke with Jamie. A Window in Thrums First and northernmost of all came the people whom we know by their Latinised title of Bernicians, and who descended upon the rocky braes between Forth and Tyne. Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain On the green braes of Crichton, therefore, in due time the young Douglases arrived with their sparse train of thirty riders. The Black Douglas As I came wandering down Glen Spean, Where the braes are green and grassy, With my light step I overtook A weary-footed lassie. The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation But soon may peace bring happy days And Willie hame to Logan braes! The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham His lips are moving as I see him turning the corner of the brae. A Window in Thrums Coming to one of the narrow windows, he stood and looked out and down upon bank and brae and wood and field and moor. Foes By ten of the clock the braes of Balmaghie were a sight most glorious to look upon. The Black Douglas When first on them I met my lover; Thy braes how dreary, Yarrow stream! The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation “There’s braw, braw lads on Yarrow braes, That wander through the blooming heather,” you may alter to “Braw, braw lads on Yarrow braes, Ye wander,” &c. The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham The road at that time, however, avoided the brae, and at a certain point Jamie's custom was to alight, and take the short cut home, along a farm road and up the commonty. A Window in Thrums We went up among the trees, young firs; the snow was deep and untrodden; and when we got well off the road, we found that a burn comes down the brae side. The Alleged Haunting of B—— House But in those times the lord of Cowden Knowes is said by tradition to have had a way of putting his prisoners in barrels studded with iron nails, and rolling them down a brae. Lost Leaders Not Dante when he wandered by the river Arno, Not Burns who plowed the banks and braes of bonnie Ayr, Not even Shakspere on the shores of Avon,—ah, no! The Poems of Henry Van Dyke Tho’ wandering now, must be my doom, Far from thy bonnie banks and braes, May there my latest hours consume, Amang the friends of early days! The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham We have all found the brae long and steep in the spring of life. A Window in Thrums However, it matters not, let us clap a stout heart to a steep brae, and we may jink them and blink them yet; that's all. The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One Cope took the low road near the sea, while Charles took the high road, holding the ridge, till from Birsley brae he beheld Cope on the low level plain, between Seaton and Prestonpans. A Short History of Scotland Mag flew down the brae to the pit almost running, while Leebie and other neighbors looked after her with a strange dread at their hearts. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner Some scenes there are that recall forcibly to the remembrance of a son of Scotia, the hills and glens and "bonnie braes" of his own poor, yet beloved native land. Notes of a Twenty-Five Years' Service in the Hudson's Bay Territory Volume I. But the autumn of life comes, and the brae grows steeper; then the winter, and once again we are as the child pausing apprehensively on the brig. A Window in Thrums Leaving Mr Auld and Mr Brodie to see to the unloading of the baggage, we followed the master up the brae to the street that faces the lake, and entered a tavern. The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825 In the summer of that year he made an excursion in Scotland, visiting "the bonnie braes o' Yarrow" in company with James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Andrew lighted the boy's lamp and tore up the brae, leaving Robert shrieking in nervous fright. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner Oh, that happy, happy afternoon on the turf, sand dunes, braes and greens of Old St. Andrews! John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life Life is not always hard, even after backs grow bent, and we know that all braes lead only to the grave. A Window in Thrums In the beautiful song Ye banks and braes of bonnie Doun, he expresses that hearty sympathy with nature which is one of the most attractive features of his character. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction They found the "banks and braes o' Bonnie Doon," and wandered along the banks of more than one little river that they had loved for years in song and story. The Little Colonel's Hero Immediately he realized how helpless he was alone, so he went back to the boy and hurried him down the brae and out to where some other men were at work. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner "I hear footsteps coming up the brae," said Agnes, who had for some time appeared to be slumbering; and in a few moments the voice of Jacob Mayne was heard at the outer door. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader I only once stayed during the whole of my holiday at the house on the brae, but I knew its inmates for many years, including Jamie, the son, who was a barber in London. A Window in Thrums Where the lambies, on the braes, Gambol in the golden haze, And the solar disc delays Heaven throughout the happy days, Lassie, lassie? Soldier Songs and Love Songs So he went back to Glenmora, and was well content when he stood again at his own door and looked over the bonny braes of Sinverness, its simmering becks and fruitful vales. Scottish sketches I heard the bell gang for men three tows a' rinnin', an' I see a lot o' men comin' up the brae. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner Note.—The scene of this story is laid in Scotland, and many of the words employed, such as brae, brake, heather, and plaid, are but little used except in that country. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader In the house on the brae was a great kettle, called the boiler, that was said to be fifty years old in the days of Hendry's grandfather, of whom nothing more is known. A Window in Thrums Where the fairy latest trips it; Hie to haunts right seldom seen, Lovely, lonesome, cool and green; Over bank and over brae Hie away, hie away! From John O'Groats to Land's End And before she got it set right again, the wee bannock was off and down the brae to the mill; and in it ran. More English Fairy Tales Deserted is a setting of Robert Burns's lines, "Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon." Edward MacDowell Lucy was only six years old, but bold as a fairy; she had gone by herself a thousand times about the braes, and often upon errands to houses two or three miles distant. McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader Carts pass up and down the brae every few minutes, and there comes an occasional gig. A Window in Thrums "Then your father is a fisherman, I suppose?" he remarked, as he turned to walk down the brae with me. The Pilots of Pomona But to resume: I have it here in Mr. Mungo Campbell's precognition that you ran immediately up the brae. David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona But when the year has flecked Some deal with white and yellow flowers the braes, I forthwith recollect That day and place in which I first admired Laura's gold hair outspread, and straight was fired.... The Development of the Feeling for Nature in the Middle Ages and Modern Times The heather's in a blaze, Willie, The White Rose decks the tree, The Fiery-Cross is on the braes, And the King is on the sea. Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 Twenty years had passed since Joey ran down the brae to play. A Window in Thrums Grace Drever had some instructions to give me regarding the taking away of her cat, and when I left her my sister Jessie and Captain Gordon were already walking together down the brae. The Pilots of Pomona "And through all you had no friends?" said I. "No," said she; "I have been pretty chief with two-three lasses on the braes, but not to call it friends." David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona Then they shook hands for the first time in their lives; and soon afterward Sanders struck up the brae to T'nowhead. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 Johnie he shot, and the dun deer lap, And he wounded her on the side; But, atween the water and the brae, His hounds they laid her pride. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition Long ago she could not look out from her window upon the brae, but now it was her seat in church. A Window in Thrums Over the braes of Borwick we travelled at a steady pace. The Pilots of Pomona "See the kirk, in ablow the brae!" says some one else, in a pleased voice. The First Hundred Thousand To encourage strenuous exertions to meet difficult circumstances, is well expressed by Setting a stout heart to a stey brae. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Four has he hurt, and five has slain, On the bloody braes of Yarrow, Till that stubborn knight came him behind, And ran his bodie thorough. Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition Though he had written saying when he would sail for Dundee, there was quite a possibility of his appearing on the brae at any moment, for he liked to take Jess and Leeby by surprise. A Window in Thrums We accordingly left the sheep grazing or sleeping contentedly on the open braes, and proceeded on our adventure. The Pilots of Pomona Death met a maiden on the brae, Her eyes held dreams life would betray, And gallant Death was greatly taken— “Leave,” whispered he, “Your dream with me And I will see you never waken.” Fires of Driftwood He says he met her on the station brae and spoke to her, and she said never a word, but put up her hands like as if she feared he was to strike her. Tommy and Grizel It was in the cabin in the brae, where we'd gather to fill our lamps and eat our bread and cheese, that they asked me, as a rule. Between You and Me I never knew how Jamie came by the glove, nor whether it had originally belonged to her who made him forget the window at the top of the brae. A Window in Thrums And as I scampered down the brae, I knew that he was watching me from the door. The Pilots of Pomona Here are all the green braes and the brown winding road just the same as ever. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales There waves a standard o'er the brae, There gleams a highland sword; Is not yon form the Stewart, say,— Yon, Scotland's Martial Lord? The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 374, June 6, 1829 We'd a bit cabin at the top of the brae, and there we'd keep our oil for our lamps, and leave our good coats. Between You and Me He went up the brae to his old home, and asked leave to go through the house for the last time. A Window in Thrums "Hullo! here's some stranger coming up the brae," she said, shading her eyes with her hand. The Pilots of Pomona To me it changed the whole country-side, and the sun was brighter and the braes greener and the air sweeter from the day she came. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales This is the bonny brae, the green, Yet sacred to the brave, Where still, of ancient size, is seen Gigantic Kieldar's grave. Northumberland Yesterday and To-day The Esk was "roaring red frae bank to brae," and it was generally feared that the new brig would be carried away. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain I laid aside the remainder of my terrors, clambered down the brae - a place I had never ventured through before, and was hid among the shore-side thickets in time to see the boat touch. Master of Ballantrae Farther off Wat had his axe in hand and was driving the enemy to the brae. The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies I thought that he would likely come back, but he never did; and I saw him far off up the brae, with his chin on his chest. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales I'm inclined to believe, from the talk I had with him at the foot of the brae to-day, that he is a young dog that would bark with uncommon little teaching. Twilight Stories Yet let us meet in some far country, and, whether we hail from the braes of Manor or the braes of Mar, some ready-made affection joins us on the instant. The Silverado Squatters There is about the small secluded place A garnish of old times; a certain grace Of pensive memories lays about the braes: The old chestnuts gossip tales of bygone days. New Poems "The brae is a little trying, sir," said I. "Speaking as a physician, I should say that you would do well to rest here before you go further." Round the Red Lamp It was all done in an instant, and the Frenchman cantering his horse up the brae, showing his teeth at us over his shoulder like a snarling dog. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales The lighthouse settlement scarce encroached beyond its fences; over the top of the first brae the ground was all virgin, the world all shut out, the face of things unchanged by any of man’s doings. Memories and Portraits But he had a strong spirit of duty on him; and plodded on instead over the braes till he came near the House of Cairngorm. Lay Morals Mary met me on the beach, and led me up the brae and into the house of Aros. Merry Men Then we turned very quietly and went home again up the little brae. Margaret Ogilvy Then the guns found us out again, and we tried to open out into line; but in an instant the horsemen—lancers they were this time—were upon us from over the brae. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales I am labouring here to contradict an old proverb, and make a silk purse out of a sow's ear, namely, to convert a bare haugh and brae, of about 100 acres, into a comfortable farm. The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 Crossing the braes, he hears the clatter of a horse’s shoes, and claps down incontinent in a hag by the wayside. Lay Morals In three or four minutes we had topped the brae and begun to go down upon Sandag. Merry Men He jumped up and made off without a word, but from the east window we watched him strutting down the brae. Margaret Ogilvy He clapped spurs to his horse, and away he went down the brae. The Great Shadow and Other Napoleonic Tales "Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon"; this air, I think, might find a place among your hundred, as Lear says of his knights. The Letters of Robert Burns He began to sing softly in his musical, deep voice: "Ye banks and braes of bonny Doon—" "No, no, man!" cried Campbell, raising his hand in horror at the sound of the false accent. Harrigan But they must have suspected thee of bringing a wolf from the braes of Badenoch along with you, instead of a two-legged being, with no more than the usual allowance of mortal stowage for provisions. Woodstock; or, the Cavalier It is so pathetically different from the scenes she loved in life—the heather-clad slopes of her Highland home, the seclusion of the wooded braes where she loitered with her poet-lover. Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 2 Great Britain and Ireland, Part 2 Two has he hurt, and three has slain, On the bloody braes o' Yarrow; But the stubborn knight crept in behind, And pierced his body thorough. The Book of Old English Ballads From the brae on the side next Corbyknowe she could see the road for some distance in either direction. Heather and Snow Isy was in the garden gathering up the linen she had spread to dry on the bushes, when his head came in sight at the top of the brae. Salted with Fire I scrambled down the soft green brae, and soon stood within the door of the cottage. The Portent & Other Stories He remained at the pig-sty until Sam'l left the farm, when he joined him at the top of the brae, and they went home together. Auld Licht Idyls Ye banks, and braes, and streams around The castle o' Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, Your waters never drumlie! The Canadian Elocutionist When they parted, the old woman resuming her walk to Tiltowie, Kirsty climbed the brae and sat down in the heather. Heather and Snow "That brae just minded me o' the Hill of Difficulty in the Pilgrim's Progress!" Salted with Fire See, here is the stick I had from you when we nutted together in the sunny braes of Lednoch, when autumn was young in the year that is gone. The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day I passed a whole morning about "the banks and braes of bonnie Doon," with his tender little love verses running in my head. Abbotsford and Newstead Abbey And see ye na yon bonny road, That winds about the ferny brae? Ballad Book Down and down the hill he followed, and only at the earth-house lifted his head: she was nearly over the opposite brae! Heather and Snow He started as the first notes of her voice stole forth, and hung quivering on the air,— "Maxwellton braes are bonnie, Where early fa's the dew." Melody : the Story of a Child Gaelic was a further introduction; and though so many thousand miles away, for a moment I felt myself at home when we spoke of the majestic Cuchullins and the heathery braes of Balquidder. The Englishwoman in America He was in appearance and manners very different from the Andy Gowran familiarly known among the braes and crofts of Portray. The Eustace Diamonds Two has he hurt, and three has slain, On the bloody braes o' Yarrow; But the stubborn knight crept in behind, And pierced his body thorough. Ballad Book The laird and his mother sat and looked at Kirsty as her horse tore up the brae. Heather and Snow His blood ran fast, as down a hill From some high spring a slender rill; Ah, piteous it was on the brae to behold How the guileless youth lay in his torture untold. Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses "Are ye frae the braes of Gleneffar?" said an old Scotchwoman to me; "were ye at our kirk o' Sabbath last, ye would na' ken the difference." The Englishwoman in America Ye may drink of the burn, but not bite of the brae. Collection of Scotch Proverbs When they were in the gay greenwood, They heard the mavis sing; When they were up aboon the brae, They heard the kirk bells ring. Ballad Book But, oh! it was a steep brae to climb. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction Farewell, ye hills of glorious deeds, And streams renowned in song: Farewell, ye blithsome braes and meads Our hearts have loved so long. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 344 (Supplementary Issue) Winter had already set in with severity; and his Lowland associates shrunk from the dreary prospect before them; but Montrose himself, accompanied by his more faithful adherents, gained without opposition the braes of Athole. The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 The majority of his poems, like "Winter" and "Ye banks and braes o' bonie Doon," regard nature in the same way that Gray regarded it, as a background for the play of human emotions. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World Behind my father's house there lies A little grassy brae, Whose face my childhood's busy feet Ran often up in play, Whence on the chimneys I looked down In wonderment alway. A Hidden Life and Other Poems Pell-mell they poured by vale and stream, By lawn and steepy brae— "O children, children! while you dream, Your flowers run all away!" The Vigil of Venus and Other Poems by "Q" The purple heather on the brae Was all abloom; by glen and weld The wild birds sang the live-long day, The corn-fields ripened into gold. Lays from the West There's a bloodhound ranging Tinwald wood, There's harness glancing sheen; There's a maiden sits on Tinwald brae, And she sings loud between. The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 The parting shortly after their marriage, in order that he might rejoin his regiment on active service, was the occasion of the popular Scotch song, by Tannahill, "Bonnie Loudoun's woods and braes." Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 1 Though I love this pretty ravine, and the banks and braes about us, I do not think I shall like to stay here. Lost in the Backwoods "For the present the Parliament side is running down the brae," wrote the sagacious Baillie, Sept. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 The pedlar recommended it as excellent, said he had procured it in his last visit to the braes of Doune, where he had securely traded under the safe-conduct of the Laird of Buchanan. The Monastery No; the guiding hands directed its course to the left, down the brae, and along the over-familiar road to the station. Here, There and Everywhere Then he crossed it, and was in a lonely nook of the glen, with steep braes about him on all sides, some of them covered with grass, others rugged and unproductive. Warlock o' Glenwarlock And my wife, who cherished her sweet infancy, is now within yon brae. The Scottish Chiefs Hie to haunts right seldom seen, Lovely, lonesome, cool, and green, Over bank and over brae, Hie away, hie away. Waverley You're wondering how the sojers has come to a stop at the tap o' the brae instead o' marching on the town. The Little Minister What intellectual stimulus can he afford, for instance, to Sandy McGrath, an elder of the kirk whom I saw coming up the brae on Sunday? The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne : a Novel His inner sympathy with wild and tame beasts alike was such that as he moved quietly among a drowsing, cud-chewing herd on the braes of Urioch not a beast moved. The Lilac Sunbonnet Jock and Jean saw them coming and hailed them with a shout, and Tam, who had not quite recovered from his injury, came dashing down the brae on three legs to greet them. The Scotch Twins Oh see ye not that pleasant road, That winds along the ferny brae? Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn Gavin tried to seize the gypsy by the shoulders, but she slipped past him down the stair, and crying "Follow me!" ran round the town-house and down the brae. The Little Minister The lassie ran oot and cried on them from the top o' the brae, and they a' turned and hunted her back. Huntingtower Down the brae face from the green meadowlets that fringed the moor came the long procession of cows. The Lilac Sunbonnet But I sighed to reflect that he was still looking out for the tracks of that miserable impostor from the braes o' Yarra. Such Is Life THE subsiding sea was now a liquid Paradise: its great pellucid braes and hillocks shone with the sparkle and the hues of all the jewels in an emperor's crown. Hard Cash Gavin reached the scene to see the soldiers marching down the brae, guarding a small body of policemen. The Little Minister Stung by such thoughts, o'er bank and brae, Like fire from flint he glanced away, While high resolve and feeling strong Burst into voluntary song. The Lady of the Lake But as the sun went down behind the pines he sent an angry gleam athwart the green braes. The Lilac Sunbonnet She kissed his lips, and combed his hair, As she had dune before, O; Then wi' a crack her heart did brack Upon the braes o' Yarrow. A Bundle of Ballads And again, when the muscles of his legs worked rhythmically, "He's rinnin' wi' the laddies or the braw soldiers on the braes." Greyfriars Bobby They came from Tilliedrum, and were advancing on us from the south, but when they heard that we had got the alarm they stopped at the top of the brae, near T'nowhead's farm. The Little Minister They bid me sleep, they bid me pray, They say my brain is warped and wrung— I cannot sleep on Highland brae, I cannot pray in Highland tongue. The Lady of the Lake The sigh of the waste moorlands, where in the haggs the wild fowl were nestling and the adders slept, came down over the well-pastured braes to her. The Lilac Sunbonnet Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes; Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 At the top of the brae the wind was blowing a cold gale, so the maidie went up again, and around to a bit of tangled garden on the sheltered side of the house. Greyfriars Bobby Thy braes were bonnie, Yarrow stream, When first on them I met my lover: Thy braes how dreary, Yarrow stream, When now thy waves his body cover! The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 Your locks are as brown As the mavis in May, Your hearts are as warm As the sunshine to-day, But mine white and cold As the snow on the brae. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 Then, with his head farther forward than ever, and the immanence of his great brow overshadowing his ascetic face, he set himself slowly to climb the brae. The Lilac Sunbonnet Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes; Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 In fancy he was away on the braes, in the shy sun and wild wet of April weather. Greyfriars Bobby The side was stey, and the bottom deep, From bank to brae the water pouring; The bonny gray mare she swat for fear, For she heard the water-kelpy roaring. The Home Book of Verse — Volume 2 Then they shook hands for the first time in their lives, and soon afterward Sanders struck up the brae to T'nowhead. Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) He has just turned over the brae side, and can be coming nowhere but here.’ The Caged Lion Robert feared he was going to have a relapse; but in a moment more he lifted himself up and bent again to the brae. Robert Falconer Noisy enough to deave one, by nature, give a bit Skye a reason and he'll lie a' the day under a whin bush on the brae, as canny as a fox. Greyfriars Bobby A d—d deep, black, blackguard-looking abyss of a hole it is, and goes straight down from the roadside, as perpendicular as it can do, to be a heathery brae. Redgauntlet The little "but an' ben" was whitewashed till it dazzled the eyes as you came over the brae to it and found it set against the solemn depths of dark-green firwood. Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) He ran up the brae, and there were the solemn cones of the corn-ricks between him and the sky! Sir Gibbie A splendid tent was erected on the brae north of the town, and round that the countless congregation assembled. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner "Eh, Bobby; the wee lassie wull be at the tap o' the brae to race ye hame." Greyfriars Bobby The ground is varied and broken, and the private roads about sweep here into a dell and then up a brae side, as roads should do in such a domain. North America — Volume 2 The heather's in a blaze, Willie, The White Rose decks the tree, The Fiery Cross is on the braes, And the King is on the sea! New Collected Rhymes For every time I take up a handful of them they transport me to the Highlands, and send me tramping once more, with knapsack and fishing-rod, over the braes and down the burns. Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness There is nothing for it but ‘putting a stout heart to a stey brae,’ as the Scotch proverb says. Robert F. Murray: His Poems with a Memoir He wondered, wistfully, if he would feel at home in God's heaven, and if there would be room in that lush silence for a noisy little dog, as there was on the rough Pentland braes. Greyfriars Bobby Highland Mary YE banks and braes and streams around The castle o' Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, Your waters never drumlie! Bulchevy's Book of English Verse |
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