The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Volume 2Macmillan, 1865 - 445 páginas |
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... Thomson , Burns writes : - ' Let me tell you that you are too fastidious in your ideas of songs and ballads . I own that your criticisms are just the songs you specify in your list have , all but one , the faults you remark in them ...
... Thomson , Burns writes : - ' Let me tell you that you are too fastidious in your ideas of songs and ballads . I own that your criticisms are just the songs you specify in your list have , all but one , the faults you remark in them ...
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... Thomson . 82 9 Duncan Gray was suggested by a somewhat licentious ditty published in ' Johnson's Museum : ' the first and part of the third line being retained . With reference to this song , Burns wrote to Mr. Thomson , December , 1792 ...
... Thomson . 82 9 Duncan Gray was suggested by a somewhat licentious ditty published in ' Johnson's Museum : ' the first and part of the third line being retained . With reference to this song , Burns wrote to Mr. Thomson , December , 1792 ...
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... Thomson , January , 1793 : — ' The very name of Peter Pindar is an acqui- sition to your work . His " Gregory " is beautiful . I have tried to give you a set of stanzas in Scots on the same subject , which are at your service . Not that ...
... Thomson , January , 1793 : — ' The very name of Peter Pindar is an acqui- sition to your work . His " Gregory " is beautiful . I have tried to give you a set of stanzas in Scots on the same subject , which are at your service . Not that ...
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... Thomson replied in April : Your Here awa , Willie , must undergo alterations to suit the air . Mr. Erskine and I have been conning it over ; he will suggest what is necessary to make them a fit match . ' Some of these alterations Burns ...
... Thomson replied in April : Your Here awa , Willie , must undergo alterations to suit the air . Mr. Erskine and I have been conning it over ; he will suggest what is necessary to make them a fit match . ' Some of these alterations Burns ...
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... Thomson if this stanza is not original . 21 Var . Thy handsome foot thou shalt not set In burn or byre to trouble thee . MS . copy . I In August , 1793 , Burns wrote Mr. Thomson : - ' I have tried my hand on Robin Adair , and you will ...
... Thomson if this stanza is not original . 21 Var . Thy handsome foot thou shalt not set In burn or byre to trouble thee . MS . copy . I In August , 1793 , Burns wrote Mr. Thomson : - ' I have tried my hand on Robin Adair , and you will ...
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aboon Allan Cunningham Amang auld auld lang syne Balmaghie banks Birks of Aberfeldy blast blaw blithe bonie lass bonie Mary bosom braes braw Burns wrote canna cauld charms Chloris CHORUS claut dearie Deil e'en e'er EPITAPH Eppie fair Farewell flowers frae gane Gavin Hamilton glen green gude hame heart Highland Highland laddie hills ilka Jamie John Barleycorn Kilmarnock kiss laddie Laird lassie lo'es Lord luve Mauchline maun monie morning nae mair naething nane ne'er never night Nith o'er owre roar rue grows bonie sang sing soger song sweet syne tear thee There's Thomson thou thro thyme TUNE verses wander warl weary weel Whigs whistle wild Willie win my love wind winna ye'll ye're young
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Página 246 - O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? See'st thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
Página 154 - That's sweetly play'd in tune. As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I : And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a
Página 164 - MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here ; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands...
Página 135 - John Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your bonnie brow was brent; But now your brow is beld, John, Your locks are like the snow; But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson, my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi...
Página 206 - Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that ! What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man, for a
Página 147 - Thou minds me o' departed joys, Departed — never to return. Aft hae I rov'd by bonnie Doon, To see the rose and woodbine twine ; And ilka bird sang o' its luve, And fondly sae did I o
Página 203 - But oh ! fell death's untimely frost, That nipt my flower sae early ! Now green's the sod, and cauld's the clay, That wraps my Highland Mary...
Página 131 - I hear her in the tunefu' birds, I hear her charm the air : There's not a bonnie flower that springs By fountain, shaw, or green, There's not a bonnie bird that sings But minds me o
Página 69 - Is there a man whose judgment clear, Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs, himself, life's mad career Wild as the wave ; Here pause — and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn, and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stained his name ! Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this earthly hole, In low pursuit...
Página 135 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony 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.