The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns ...McKie and Drennan, 1876 |
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... poet's hitherto unpublished compositions that appeared after his death . SONGS BY BURNS , IN JOHNSON'S FIFTH VOL . ( PUBLISHED , DECEMBER , 1796. ) August , 1792 , was the date of Johnson's Fourth Vol . , and in February , 1794 , we ...
... poet's hitherto unpublished compositions that appeared after his death . SONGS BY BURNS , IN JOHNSON'S FIFTH VOL . ( PUBLISHED , DECEMBER , 1796. ) August , 1792 , was the date of Johnson's Fourth Vol . , and in February , 1794 , we ...
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... poet who composed this glorious fragment ! There is more of the fire of native genius in it than half - a - dozen of modern English Bacchanalians . " " Apropos , is not the Scotch phrase Auld Langsyne exceedingly expressive ? This old ...
... poet who composed this glorious fragment ! There is more of the fire of native genius in it than half - a - dozen of modern English Bacchanalians . " " Apropos , is not the Scotch phrase Auld Langsyne exceedingly expressive ? This old ...
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... poetic compliment to the beautiful and accom- plished wife of Mr. Oswald of Auchincruive - lately Miss Lucy Johnston of Hilton . Mr. Oswald was a young Ayrshire squire of great wealth , then resident in Dumfries , to whom the poet had ...
... poetic compliment to the beautiful and accom- plished wife of Mr. Oswald of Auchincruive - lately Miss Lucy Johnston of Hilton . Mr. Oswald was a young Ayrshire squire of great wealth , then resident in Dumfries , to whom the poet had ...
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... poet fell acquainted with when he held the Ellisland farm , and whom he also celebrated by three stanzas , which read like a parody of the present song . Brownhill Inn , near Thornhill , was , at that time , the poet's favourite howff ...
... poet fell acquainted with when he held the Ellisland farm , and whom he also celebrated by three stanzas , which read like a parody of the present song . Brownhill Inn , near Thornhill , was , at that time , the poet's favourite howff ...
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... poet in relation thereto , and on the subject of Scottish Song generally . 19 The connection between Burns and Thomson , which lasted from September , 1792 , till the poet's death in July , 1796 , has given rise to a vast amount of con ...
... poet in relation thereto , and on the subject of Scottish Song generally . 19 The connection between Burns and Thomson , which lasted from September , 1792 , till the poet's death in July , 1796 , has given rise to a vast amount of con ...
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addressed Allan Allan Cunningham amang auld Ayrshire ballad bard beautiful blaw bonie lass braes braw cauld Chambers charms Chloris CHORUS Clarinda composed copy Cromek Cunningham Currie dear dearie death Dumfries e'er Edinburgh Ellisland epigram Epistle Epitaph fair favourite Fête Champêtre Fintry frae fragment Gavin Hamilton Glenriddel gude heart Highland Highland laddie J. G. Lockhart Jean John Kilmarnock laddie lady Laird lassie letter lines lo'es Lord lyric Mauchline maun mony Mossgiel muse Museum nae mair ne'er never night Nith o'er piece poem poet poet's poetical poor present printed published reader referred rhyme Riddel Robert Burns Robert Chambers says Scottish sing song stanza Stewart sweet Tarbolton tell thee There's Thomson thou thro verses volume weel Whig Whistle Willie Willie's words written wrote
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