The Beauties of Burns: Consisting of Selections from His Poems and LettersT. Davison, 1826 - 212 páginas |
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... cauld an ' wat , An ' stuff was unco green ; An ' aye a rantin kirn we gat , An ' just on Halloween It fell that night . Our stibble - rig was Rab M'Graen , A clever , sturdy fallow ; His sin gat Eppie Sim wi ' wean , That lived in ...
... cauld an ' wat , An ' stuff was unco green ; An ' aye a rantin kirn we gat , An ' just on Halloween It fell that night . Our stibble - rig was Rab M'Graen , A clever , sturdy fallow ; His sin gat Eppie Sim wi ' wean , That lived in ...
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... reels , Rair for his sake . Mourn , clamoring craiks at close o ' day , ' Mang fields o ' flowering clover gay ; And when ye wing your annual way Frae our cauld shore , Tell thae far warlds , wha lies in clay , 52 BURNS .
... reels , Rair for his sake . Mourn , clamoring craiks at close o ' day , ' Mang fields o ' flowering clover gay ; And when ye wing your annual way Frae our cauld shore , Tell thae far warlds , wha lies in clay , 52 BURNS .
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... Cauld blew the bitter - biting north Upon thy early , humble birth ; Yet cheerfully thou glinted forth Amid the storm , Scarce rear'd above the parent earth Thy tender form . The flaunting flowers our gardens yield , High sheltering ...
... Cauld blew the bitter - biting north Upon thy early , humble birth ; Yet cheerfully thou glinted forth Amid the storm , Scarce rear'd above the parent earth Thy tender form . The flaunting flowers our gardens yield , High sheltering ...
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... cauld ! But , Mousie , thou art no thy lane , In proving foresight may be vain : The best laid schemes o ' mice an ' men , Gang aft a - gley , An ' leave us nought but grief and pain , For promised joy . Still thou art blest , compared ...
... cauld ! But , Mousie , thou art no thy lane , In proving foresight may be vain : The best laid schemes o ' mice an ' men , Gang aft a - gley , An ' leave us nought but grief and pain , For promised joy . Still thou art blest , compared ...
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... cauld , faint - hearted doubtings tease him : Death comes , wi ' fearless eyes he sees him ; Wi ' bluidy hand a welcome gies him : An ' when he fa's , His latest draught o ' breathin lea'es him In faint huzzas . Sages their solemn een ...
... cauld , faint - hearted doubtings tease him : Death comes , wi ' fearless eyes he sees him ; Wi ' bluidy hand a welcome gies him : An ' when he fa's , His latest draught o ' breathin lea'es him In faint huzzas . Sages their solemn een ...
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ain dear amang ance auld bard Beneath Birks of Aberfeldy blate blaw blest bonnie Doon bosom braes braw breast BRIG brunstane canna cauld charms Cutty-sark dearest deil e'en e'er fair fate flowers fortune's frae glen green guid Halloween hame heart Heaven honest honour horse-leech hour humble ilka ither John Anderson John Barleycorn Laird lasses life's lo'es Lord Gregory luve Mailie maun mind mony morning mourn muse nae mair Nancy Nature's ne'er neebor never night o'er Out-owre owre pleasure poor posie pride rhyme roar round sang Scotland sing smile song soul stream sugh swearin sweet Syne tear tell tender thee thegither There's thou unco wander warlock weary weel Whare Whyles wild winds winter wretch Ye'll younkers
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Página 132 - 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 grey, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a
Página 13 - And sage experience bids me this declare — ' If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair, In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
Página 74 - But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an
Página 142 - As fair art thou, my bonie 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 : And I will luve thee still, my Dear, While the sands o
Página 137 - Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair? How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fu' o
Página 139 - My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
Página 130 - Of a' the airts the wind can blaw I dearly like the West, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best : There wild woods grow, and rivers row, And mony a hill between ; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tunefu...
Página 12 - But hark! a rap comes gently to the door; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neibor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek; Wi...
Página 131 - John Anderson, my jo. John Anderson, my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither; And monie 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.
Página 15 - Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method, and of art, When men display to congregations wide, Devotion's...