The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing His Poems, Songs, and CorrespondencePhillips, Sampson, 1857 - 542 страница |
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... Laird 203 198 On John Bushby 203 · 199 The true loyal Natives 203 • 199 On a Suicide • 199 Extempore , pinned on a Lady's coach 199 Lines to John Rankine 203 203 204 • · Awa , Whigs , awa Ca ' the Ewes to CONTENTS . xiii.
... Laird 203 198 On John Bushby 203 · 199 The true loyal Natives 203 • 199 On a Suicide • 199 Extempore , pinned on a Lady's coach 199 Lines to John Rankine 203 203 204 • · Awa , Whigs , awa Ca ' the Ewes to CONTENTS . xiii.
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... laird of Doonholm , and the more questionable aid of borrowed money , he entered upon a neighbouring farm , named Mount Oliphant , extending to an hundred acres . This was in 1765 ; but the land was hungry and sterile ; the seasons ...
... laird of Doonholm , and the more questionable aid of borrowed money , he entered upon a neighbouring farm , named Mount Oliphant , extending to an hundred acres . This was in 1765 ; but the land was hungry and sterile ; the seasons ...
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... laird of the fields he rents . The dreams of Burns were of the muses , and not of rising markets , of golden locks rather than of yellow corn : he had other faults . It is not known that William Burns was aware before his death that his ...
... laird of the fields he rents . The dreams of Burns were of the muses , and not of rising markets , of golden locks rather than of yellow corn : he had other faults . It is not known that William Burns was aware before his death that his ...
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... laird . Smith a small shop - keeper , and Rankine a farmer , who loved a gill and a joke . Yet these men were the chief friends , the only literary associates of the poet , during those early years , in which , with some exceptions ...
... laird . Smith a small shop - keeper , and Rankine a farmer , who loved a gill and a joke . Yet these men were the chief friends , the only literary associates of the poet , during those early years , in which , with some exceptions ...
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... laird for his rent , and the tradesman for his account , he persevered in song , and sought solace in verse , when all other solace was denied him . The circumstances under which his principal poems were composed , have been related ...
... laird for his rent , and the tradesman for his account , he persevered in song , and sought solace in verse , when all other solace was denied him . The circumstances under which his principal poems were composed , have been related ...
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amang auld auld lang syne Ayrshire ballad bard beautiful birks of Aberfeldy bonnie bonnie lass bosom braes braw Burns cauld charms composed dear Sir dearie death deil Dumfries Dunlop e'en e'er Edinburgh Ellisland ev'ry fair Fintray frae Gavin Hamilton grace hame hand happy heart Highland Highland laddie honest honour humble ilka Jacobite John Kilmarnock laddie lady laird lass lassie letter lo'es Lord Mauchline maun mind mony morning Mossgiel muse Museum nae mair ne'er never night o'er owre pleasure poem poet poet's poetic poor pride rhyme Robert Burns says Scotland Scots Scottish sing song soul stanzas strain sweet syne tears tell thee There's Thomson thou thought thro Tune verses weary weel whyles wild Willie ye'll ye're young
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Страница 117 - Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, 0 ! may heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile I Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their
Страница 345 - kindly stepped in, and carried him away, to where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest ! It is during the time that we lived on this farm that my little story is most eventful. I was, at the beginning of this period, perhaps, the most ungainly awkward boy in the parish—no
Страница 236 - John Anderson, my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And many a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go ; And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson, my jo. LXXXI. OUR THRISSLES FLOURISHED FRESH AND FAIR. Tune—
Страница 262 - As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I : 'And I will luve thee still, my dear, 'Till a' the seas gang dry. 'Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi' the sun : I will luve thee still, my dear, While the
Страница 116 - when a youthful, loving, modest pair, In other's arms, breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the ev'ning gale." x. Is there, in human form, that bears a heart — A wretch ! a villain ! lost to love and truth! That can, with studied, sly, ensnaring art, Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth T Curse on his
Страница 236 - MY heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here ; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe— My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go. Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birth-place of valour, the country of
Страница 284 - By oppression's woes and pains ! By our sons in servile chains ! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free ! Lay the proud usurpers low ! Tyrants fall in every foe ! Liberty's in every blow !— Let us do or die ! CCVII.
Страница 284 - Wha can fill a coward's grave Î Wha sae base as be a slave ? Let him turn and flee ! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand, or freeman fa', Let him follow me 1 By oppression's woes and pains ! By our sons in servile chains ! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall
Страница 273 - 0' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours, on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me, as light and life, Wi' mony a vow, and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu
Страница 116 - Curse on his perj ur'd arts ! dissembling smooth ! Are honour, virtue, conscience, all exil'd Î Is there no pity, no relenting ruth, Points to the -parents fondling o'er their child? Then paints the ruin'd maid, and their distraction wild ? XI. But now the supper crowns their simple board, The halesome parritch, chief