The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Volume 2Macmillan, 1865 - 445 páginas |
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... hears and sees the war , A cool spectator purely ! So , when the storm the forest rends , The robin in the hedge descends , And sober chirps securely . STANZAS ON THE DUKE OF QUEENSBERRY . How shall I sing Drumlanrig's Grace , Discarded ...
... hears and sees the war , A cool spectator purely ! So , when the storm the forest rends , The robin in the hedge descends , And sober chirps securely . STANZAS ON THE DUKE OF QUEENSBERRY . How shall I sing Drumlanrig's Grace , Discarded ...
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... hear a wheel thrum i ' the neuk , I hear it - for in vain I leuk.- The red peat gleams , a fiery kernel , Enhusked by a fog infernal : Here , for my wonted rhyming raptures , I sit and count my sins by chapters ; For life and spunk like ...
... hear a wheel thrum i ' the neuk , I hear it - for in vain I leuk.- The red peat gleams , a fiery kernel , Enhusked by a fog infernal : Here , for my wonted rhyming raptures , I sit and count my sins by chapters ; For life and spunk like ...
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... hear , my lord ! Glengarry , hear ! Your hand's owre light on them , I fear ; Your factors , grieves , trustees , and bailies , I canna ' say but they do gaylies ; They lay aside a ' tender mercies , An ' tirl the hallions to the birses ...
... hear , my lord ! Glengarry , hear ! Your hand's owre light on them , I fear ; Your factors , grieves , trustees , and bailies , I canna ' say but they do gaylies ; They lay aside a ' tender mercies , An ' tirl the hallions to the birses ...
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... hear that ? I MET a lass , a bonie lass , Coming o'er the braes o ' Couper , Bare her leg and bright her een , And handsome ilka bit about her . Weel I wat she was a quean Wad made a body's mouth to water ; Our Mess John , wi ' his ...
... hear that ? I MET a lass , a bonie lass , Coming o'er the braes o ' Couper , Bare her leg and bright her een , And handsome ilka bit about her . Weel I wat she was a quean Wad made a body's mouth to water ; Our Mess John , wi ' his ...
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... It may be nae surprise . But when we tirl'd at your door , Your porter dought na hear us ; Sae may , shou'd we to hell's yetts come , Your billy Satan sair us ! LINES ON BEING ASKED WHY GOD HAD MADE MISS DAVIES of Burns . 57 ANOTHER. ...
... It may be nae surprise . But when we tirl'd at your door , Your porter dought na hear us ; Sae may , shou'd we to hell's yetts come , Your billy Satan sair us ! LINES ON BEING ASKED WHY GOD HAD MADE MISS DAVIES of Burns . 57 ANOTHER. ...
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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.