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Poetry and music , till the early part of the last century , lived a very vagrant and
disreputable life in Scotland . They flourished vigorously in the hearts and souls
of the people — for the people of Scotland were susceptible of the strongest ...
Poetry and music , till the early part of the last century , lived a very vagrant and
disreputable life in Scotland . They flourished vigorously in the hearts and souls
of the people — for the people of Scotland were susceptible of the strongest ...
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... song till a recent period , it necessarily follows that very little can be recovered
by the present generation regarding it . It would be no more possible to compile a
history of the vagrant ditties wbieh delighted the sixteenth LE 1 + 1 1 CE century ...
... song till a recent period , it necessarily follows that very little can be recovered
by the present generation regarding it . It would be no more possible to compile a
history of the vagrant ditties wbieh delighted the sixteenth LE 1 + 1 1 CE century ...
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century , than it would be to present a distinct and connected historical view of the
condition of the gipsies or the beggars of the same period . The most vigilant
researches into the annals of the country have only been able to procure for us a
...
century , than it would be to present a distinct and connected historical view of the
condition of the gipsies or the beggars of the same period . The most vigilant
researches into the annals of the country have only been able to procure for us a
...
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... to be found in the Scotichronicon of Fordun , a work written about a century
after the period in question . Fordun informs us , that many songs were composed
by the peo* After the battle of Dunbar , according to Langtoft , the Inglis rymed this
.
... to be found in the Scotichronicon of Fordun , a work written about a century
after the period in question . Fordun informs us , that many songs were composed
by the peo* After the battle of Dunbar , according to Langtoft , the Inglis rymed this
.
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The ensuing century , during which Scotland continued alike unannoyed and
unchronicled by England , and during which she did not happen to possess any
native historians , is , therefore , a complete blank , so far as the subject of this
exsay ...
The ensuing century , during which Scotland continued alike unannoyed and
unchronicled by England , and during which she did not happen to possess any
native historians , is , therefore , a complete blank , so far as the subject of this
exsay ...
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Página 19 - I'll wage thee! Who shall say that Fortune grieves him While the star of hope she leaves him? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me, Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy; Naething could resist my Nancy; But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never loved sae kindly, Had we never loved sae blindly, Never met - or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Página 288 - I forget the hallowed grove, Where by the winding Ayr we met, To live one day of parting love ! " Eternity will not efface Those records dear of transports past ; Thy image at our last embrace ; Ah ! little thought we 'twas our last ! " Ayr gurgling kiss'd his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thickening, green, The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar, Twin'd amorous round the raptured scene.
Página 232 - But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar?
Página 287 - Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear. My 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 ? Vol.
Página 288 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ! Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Página 232 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied; — Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide,- And now am I come, with this lost love of mine, To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far, That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Página 244 - Soft shall be his pillow. There, through the summer day, Cool streams are laving : There, while the tempests sway, Scarce are boughs waving...
Página liv - At the end of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth century...
Página 131 - I've heard them lilting, at our ewe-milking Lasses a' lilting before dawn of day : But now they are moaning, on ilka green loaning, The Flowers of the forest are a
Página 121 - I do confess thou'rt smooth and fair, And I might have gone near to love thee ; Had I not found the slightest prayer That lips could speak had power to move thee : But I can let thee now alone, As worthy to be loved by none.