The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life , and a Criticism on His Writing. To which are Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry, Հատոր 3T. Cadell and W. Davies ; and W. Creech at Edinburgh, 1813 |
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... soul of a servile Author , looking for a conti- nuation of those favours : I was bred to the plough , and am independent . I come to claim the common Scottish name with you , my illustrious Countrymen ; and to tell the world that I ...
... soul of a servile Author , looking for a conti- nuation of those favours : I was bred to the plough , and am independent . I come to claim the common Scottish name with you , my illustrious Countrymen ; and to tell the world that I ...
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... soul o ' plays an ' pranks ! Accept a Bardie's humble thanks ! When wanting thee , what tuneless cranks Are my poor verses ! Thou comes- -they rattle i ' their ranks At ither's a --- s ! Thee , Ferintosh ! O sadly lost ! Scotland lament ...
... soul o ' plays an ' pranks ! Accept a Bardie's humble thanks ! When wanting thee , what tuneless cranks Are my poor verses ! Thou comes- -they rattle i ' their ranks At ither's a --- s ! Thee , Ferintosh ! O sadly lost ! Scotland lament ...
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... soul of dedicating Prose ? No ! though his artless strains he rudely sings , And throws his hand uncouthly o'er the strings , He glows with all the spirit of the Bard , Fame , honest fame , his great , his dear reward . Still , if some ...
... soul of dedicating Prose ? No ! though his artless strains he rudely sings , And throws his hand uncouthly o'er the strings , He glows with all the spirit of the Bard , Fame , honest fame , his great , his dear reward . Still , if some ...
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... soul - ennobling bards heroic ditties sung . O had McLauchlan , * thairm - inspiring sage , Been there to hear this heavenly band engage , When thro ' his dear Strathspeys they bore with Highland rage ; Or when they struck old Scotia's ...
... soul - ennobling bards heroic ditties sung . O had McLauchlan , * thairm - inspiring sage , Been there to hear this heavenly band engage , When thro ' his dear Strathspeys they bore with Highland rage ; Or when they struck old Scotia's ...
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... soul of love they shar'd , The raptur'd hour , Sweet on the fragrant , flow'ry swaird , In shady bow'r : Then you , ye auld , snic - drawing dog ! Ye came to Paradise incog . An ' play'd on man a cursed brogue , ( Black be your fa ...
... soul of love they shar'd , The raptur'd hour , Sweet on the fragrant , flow'ry swaird , In shady bow'r : Then you , ye auld , snic - drawing dog ! Ye came to Paradise incog . An ' play'd on man a cursed brogue , ( Black be your fa ...
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The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life , and a ..., Հատոր 3 Robert Burns Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1813 |
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Էջ 203 - ... spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade, By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i
Էջ 343 - 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 stain'd his name ! Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this earthly hole, In low pursuit ; Know, prudent, cautious self-control, Is wisdom's root.
Էջ 201 - Thou's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem : To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie lark, companion meet, Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! Wi' speckl'd breast, When upward-springing, blythe, to greet, The purpling east.
Էջ 178 - 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 326 - Whare sits our sulky sullen dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. This truth fand honest Tarn o...
Էջ 326 - Kirkton Jean till Monday. She prophesy'd that, late or soon, Thou would be found, deep drown'd in Doon ; Or catch'd wi' warlocks in the mirk, By Alloway's auld haunted kirk. Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet, To think how mony counsels sweet, How mony lengthen'd sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises ! But to our tale : Ae market night, Tam had got planted unco right ; Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, Wi...
Էջ 333 - resounds aloud ; So Maggie runs, the witches follow, Wi' mony an eldritch skreech and hollow. Ah, Tam ! ah, Tam ! thou'll get thy fairin ! In hell they'll roast thee like a herrin ! In vain thy Kate awaits thy comin ! Kate soon will be a woefu...
Էջ 182 - 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-lov'd Isle. O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide, That stream'd thro...
Էջ 181 - And certes, in fair Virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind. What is a lordling's pomp? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined.
Էջ 180 - 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 every grace...