The Burns Scrap Book: Or Odd Moments with the Lovers of Scotia's Darling PoetJohn Dawson Ross L.D. Robertson, 1893 - 256 էջ |
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... BURNS AS A FREEMASON , SCOTIA'S MINSTREL BARD ( Poem ) , A CONTEMPORARY OF BURNS , BURNS ' " LAIRGE LEEBRARY , " THE ... ROBIE BURNS , DISCOVERY OF A BURNS RELIC , NEW YEAR SERMON BY BURNS , SALE OF BURNS ' AUTOGRAPHS , BURNS IN THE LAND ...
... BURNS AS A FREEMASON , SCOTIA'S MINSTREL BARD ( Poem ) , A CONTEMPORARY OF BURNS , BURNS ' " LAIRGE LEEBRARY , " THE ... ROBIE BURNS , DISCOVERY OF A BURNS RELIC , NEW YEAR SERMON BY BURNS , SALE OF BURNS ' AUTOGRAPHS , BURNS IN THE LAND ...
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... Robbie Burns a gauger . A At Thornhill , on a Fair day , he was seen to call at the door of a poor old woman , who , for the day , was doing a little illicit business on her own account . nod and a movement of the forefinger brought the ...
... Robbie Burns a gauger . A At Thornhill , on a Fair day , he was seen to call at the door of a poor old woman , who , for the day , was doing a little illicit business on her own account . nod and a movement of the forefinger brought the ...
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... Robbie Burns ! Carlyle on Burns . " AT the end of 1783 , " says Professor Morley of Burns and his brother Gilbert , " three months before their father's death , the two young men took the farm of Mossgiel in the parish of Mauchline ...
... Robbie Burns ! Carlyle on Burns . " AT the end of 1783 , " says Professor Morley of Burns and his brother Gilbert , " three months before their father's death , the two young men took the farm of Mossgiel in the parish of Mauchline ...
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... if strangers have learned to look upon it as the native land of poetry and patriotism , they owe thanks in the first place to Robert Burns , and in the second to Walter Scott . " Scotia's Bard , Robie Burns . BY WILLIAM LYLE . BURNS . 233.
... if strangers have learned to look upon it as the native land of poetry and patriotism , they owe thanks in the first place to Robert Burns , and in the second to Walter Scott . " Scotia's Bard , Robie Burns . BY WILLIAM LYLE . BURNS . 233.
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... Robie Burns . BY WILLIAM LYLE . SING no classic lay , I give no sound To place new wreaths on Homer's brow ; To Dante's fame , with all its laurels bound , Or Virgil's verse ... Robie Burns ! rich in a noble soul— 234 THE BURNS SCRAP BOOK .
... Robie Burns . BY WILLIAM LYLE . SING no classic lay , I give no sound To place new wreaths on Homer's brow ; To Dante's fame , with all its laurels bound , Or Virgil's verse ... Robie Burns ! rich in a noble soul— 234 THE BURNS SCRAP BOOK .
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Agnes Brown Alloway Kirk Auld Langsyne Ayrshire bard beautiful birth blaw bonnie born braes brother Burns Club Byron charm Cotter's dear death Doon Dumfries Earl of Glencairn Edinburgh edition fame farm father feelings frae friends genius Glasgow Glencairn heart Highland Mary honor human immortal inspiration Isa Craig James James Hogg Jean John Kilmarnock lads land lassies letter lived Lodge Mauchline melody memory of Burns mind morning Mossgiel muse national poet native Nature never night o'er patriotic peasant Perthshire ploughman poems poet's poetic poetry poor praise proud Robert Burns Robie Burns sang says scenes Scotia's Scotland Scots wha hae Scotsmen Scottish Scottish poet Shanter sing song soul spirit sung sweet Tannahill Tarbolton thee thou tion took true Twas verse Wallace Westminster Abbey wife William writing wrote
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Էջ 193 - And, oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle.
Էջ 207 - THAT AND A' THAT" Is there, for honest Poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a
Էջ 26 - And wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass, Still shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa : Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Էջ 196 - The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The monarch may forget the crown ' That on his head an hour has been ; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me ! " LINES, SENT TO SIR JOHN WHITEFORD, OF WHITEFORD, BART.
Էջ 87 - Guid faith he mauna fa' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher rank 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
Էջ 193 - And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide; But, chiefly, in their hearts with Grace Divine preside.
Էջ 192 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride. His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !
Էջ 209 - It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century ; — But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men...
Էջ 76 - Strong sense, deep feeling, passions strong, A hate of tyrant and of knave, A love of right, a scorn of wrong, Of coward and of slave; A kind, true heart, a spirit high, That could not fear and would not bow, Were written in his manly eye And on his manly brow.
Էջ 201 - 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!