Kilmeny

I suppose Kilmeny is pretty; the egg peddler told me she was; and no doubt she is a good, nice girl.

Kilmeny of the Orchard Lucy Maud 1910

Kilmeny is as determined as her mother when once she makes up her mind.

Kilmeny of the Orchard Lucy Maud 1910

"If I can win Kilmeny's love I shall ask her to be my wife," he said, looking out of the window to the dark, southwestern hill beyond which lay his orchard.

Kilmeny of the Orchard Lucy Maud 1910

ERIC noticed a change in Kilmeny at their next meeting – a change that troubled him.

Kilmeny of the Orchard Lucy Maud 1910

Many things in Kilmeny's upbringing and temperament became clear to him.

Kilmeny of the Orchard Lucy Maud 1910

I may be but a lad, but I know that Kilmeny is the one woman in the world for me.

Kilmeny of the Orchard Lucy Maud 1910

The thirteenth bard's song -- "Kilmeny" -- is of the type of traditionary tale familiar in "Tarn Lin" and "Thomas of

A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century 1886

Ettrick Shepherd, lays the scene of his exquisite poem "Kilmeny" in the

From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

Each is excellent in its way, but 'Kilmeny' is of the highest character; 'The Witch of Fife' is a real work of fancy -- 'Kilmeny' a fine one of imagination, which is a higher and rarer gift.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various

His ballad of "Kilmeny," in the "Queen's Wake," is the emanation of a poetical mind evidently of the most gifted order; never did bard conceive a finer fairy tale, or painter portray a picture of purer, or more spiritual and exquisite sweetness.

The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various