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... continued his instructions until the family had been about two years at Mount Oliphant , and there being no school near us , says Gilbert Burns , and our services being already useful on the farm , " my father undertook to teach us ...
... continued his instructions until the family had been about two years at Mount Oliphant , and there being no school near us , says Gilbert Burns , and our services being already useful on the farm , " my father undertook to teach us ...
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... continued to gaze on her , his imagination beheld whatever it chose to be- hold . The region dearest to the Poet's heart is all embla- zoned there — and there too its sages and its heroes . " Here , rivers in the sea were lost ; There ...
... continued to gaze on her , his imagination beheld whatever it chose to be- hold . The region dearest to the Poet's heart is all embla- zoned there — and there too its sages and its heroes . " Here , rivers in the sea were lost ; There ...
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... continued , a ' - day rains , Wi ' deepening deluges o'erflow the plains ; When from the hills where springs the brawling Coil , Or stately Lugar's mossy fountains boil , Or where the Greenock winds his moorland course , Or haunted ...
... continued , a ' - day rains , Wi ' deepening deluges o'erflow the plains ; When from the hills where springs the brawling Coil , Or stately Lugar's mossy fountains boil , Or where the Greenock winds his moorland course , Or haunted ...
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... continued to burn bright as ever , and if the character of the man corresponded in its main features with that of the poet , which we believe it did , its best vindication will be found in a right understanding of the spirit that ...
... continued to burn bright as ever , and if the character of the man corresponded in its main features with that of the poet , which we believe it did , its best vindication will be found in a right understanding of the spirit that ...
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... continued to wail and lament up and down all the vales of Scotland - for what vale is unvisited by such sorrow ? -in one same monotonous melancholy air , varied only as each separate singer had her heart touched , and her face saddened ...
... continued to wail and lament up and down all the vales of Scotland - for what vale is unvisited by such sorrow ? -in one same monotonous melancholy air , varied only as each separate singer had her heart touched , and her face saddened ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Allan Cunningham Ambleside Ancient Rome auld ballad bard beautiful believe better breast breath Burns's called character charm Christabel clouds Coleridge Colonsay dear death delight divine dream Dumfries earth Edinburgh Ellisland evil eyes face fancy father fear feel felt frae gauger genius George Thomson Grasmere hand happy head hear heard heart heaven honour hope hour human imagination inspired knew labour lady light living look Mauchline mind moral morning Mossgiel nature never noble o'er once passion perhaps pity poem poet poet's poetical poetry poor pride racter Robert Burns round Scotland Scots wha hae Scottish seems Shanter Shuffler sing Sitwell smile song soul spirit strong sweet tears tell tender thee things Thomson thou thought tion truth verse virtue voice walk whole wild William Burnes words youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 322 - The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon — ' The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast.
Seite 321 - The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin; The guests are met, the feast is set: May'st hear the merry din.
Seite 109 - For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that — That sense and worth o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a' that, and a' that, It's coming yet, for a
Seite 127 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? 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!
Seite 323 - And now the Storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong: He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. "'With sloping masts and dipping prow As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled.
Seite 326 - The very deep did rot : O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. " About, about, in reel and rout, The death-fires danced at night ; The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue and white.
Seite 322 - The wedding-guest he beat his breast, Yet he cannot choose but hear ! And thus spake on that ancient man, The bright-eyed Mariner.
Seite 327 - The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie: And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I.
Seite 328 - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Seite 326 - With throats unslaked, with black lips baked, We could nor laugh nor wail; Through utter drought all dumb we stood! I bit my arm, I sucked the blood, And cried, A sail ! a sail...