The land of Burns, a series of landscapes and portraits, the landscapes from paintings by D.O. Hill, the literary department by prof. Wilson and R. Chambers1840 |
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... verses descriptive of Tam : " She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum , A bletherin , blusterin , drunken blellum , " & c . [ EAST SIDE . ] " Erected by Douglas Graham , farmer in Shanter , and Helen his wife , in memory of their son ...
... verses descriptive of Tam : " She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum , A bletherin , blusterin , drunken blellum , " & c . [ EAST SIDE . ] " Erected by Douglas Graham , farmer in Shanter , and Helen his wife , in memory of their son ...
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... verse , to the proposal of the eccentric king of Sweden , to aid in raising a new Stuart insurrection in Scotland , it may be supposed that this song was written about the year 1717. The tune to which it is sung is called Tuttie Taittie ...
... verse , to the proposal of the eccentric king of Sweden , to aid in raising a new Stuart insurrection in Scotland , it may be supposed that this song was written about the year 1717. The tune to which it is sung is called Tuttie Taittie ...
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... verses of the ballad may have taken their origin . However this question may be decided , it cannot affect the honour of the existing family , whose descent is traced from a younger son of an earlier possessor of the title . Cassillis ...
... verses of the ballad may have taken their origin . However this question may be decided , it cannot affect the honour of the existing family , whose descent is traced from a younger son of an earlier possessor of the title . Cassillis ...
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... verses had given offence , he broke the pane on which they were inscribed . BRAES OF BALLOCH MYLE . THE scene here depicted is that of the song entitled , " The Bonny Lass of Ballochmyle , ” with which a well - known anecdote of the ...
... verses had given offence , he broke the pane on which they were inscribed . BRAES OF BALLOCH MYLE . THE scene here depicted is that of the song entitled , " The Bonny Lass of Ballochmyle , ” with which a well - known anecdote of the ...
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... verses , referring to the grief of Maria Whitefoord , now Mrs Cranston , on the occasion of her leaving her family inheritance- “ Through faded groves Maria sang , Hersel in beauty's bloom the while , And aye the wild - wood echoes rang ...
... verses , referring to the grief of Maria Whitefoord , now Mrs Cranston , on the occasion of her leaving her family inheritance- “ Through faded groves Maria sang , Hersel in beauty's bloom the while , And aye the wild - wood echoes rang ...
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Էջ 30 - Far marked with the courses of clear winding rills; There daily I wander as noon rises high, My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye. . How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below, Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow; There oft as mild Evening weeps over the lea, The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me.
Էջ 80 - 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?
Էջ 81 - Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear. My Mary! dear, departed shade! Where Is thy place of blissful rest?
Էջ 67 - Mr. Robert Burns was some time in the parish of Tarbolton prior to my acquaintance with him. His social disposition easily procured him acquaintance ; but a certain satirical seasoning, with which he and all poetical geniuses are in some degree influenced, while it set the rustic circle in a roar, was not unaccompanied by its kindred attendant, suspicious fear.
Էջ 47 - Tam wi' furious ettle; But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain gray tail : The carlin caught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o...
Էջ 80 - O pale, pale now, those rosy lips, I aft hae kiss'd sae fondly ! And closed for aye the sparkling glance That dwelt on me sae kindly : And mouldering now in silent dust That heart that lo'ed me dearly ! But still within my bosom's core Shall live my Highland Mary.