"Aboon" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... The Powers aboon will tent thee, Misfortune sha' na steer thee; Thou'rt like themselves sae lovely That ill they'll ne'er ...
— The Golden Treasury - Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language • Various
... the eldest wi' glove and ring, Binnorie, O Binnorie! But he lo'ed the youngest aboon a' thing, By ...
— Ballads of Romance and Chivalry - Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - First Series • Frank Sidgwick
... is our next poet. Of him we know only that he was the brother of Colonel Crawford of Achinames; that he assisted Allan Ramsay in the 'Tea-Table Miscellany;' and was drowned when coming from France in 1733. Besides the popular song, 'The Bush aboon Traquair,' which we quote, Crawford wrote also a lyric, called 'Tweedside,' and some verses, mentioned by Burns, to the ...
— Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete • George Gilfillan |
