The Works of Robert Burns, Հատոր 3A. Fullarton and Company, 1839 |
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... perhaps , the most beautiful ballad in the English language . But let me remark to you , that , in the sentiment and style of our Scot- tish airs , there is a pastoral simplicity , a something that one may call the Doric style and ...
... perhaps , the most beautiful ballad in the English language . But let me remark to you , that , in the sentiment and style of our Scot- tish airs , there is a pastoral simplicity , a something that one may call the Doric style and ...
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... perhaps alone cared for them , would have defaced the legend of my heart , which was so faithfully inscribed on them . Their uncouth simplicity was , as they say of wines , their race . TO MARY CAMPBELL . * WILL ye go to the Indies , my ...
... perhaps alone cared for them , would have defaced the legend of my heart , which was so faithfully inscribed on them . Their uncouth simplicity was , as they say of wines , their race . TO MARY CAMPBELL . * WILL ye go to the Indies , my ...
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... perhaps was right ; and , at any rate , can claim for precedent the great mar- quis of Montrose , who , in one of his best songs , says , As Alexander I will reign , And I will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on ...
... perhaps was right ; and , at any rate , can claim for precedent the great mar- quis of Montrose , who , in one of his best songs , says , As Alexander I will reign , And I will reign alone ; My thoughts did evermore disdain A rival on ...
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... Perhaps , after all , ' tis the still glowing prejudice of my heart , that throws a borrowed lustre over the merits of the composition . I have partly taken your idea of Auld Rob Morris . ' I have adopted the two first verses , and am ...
... Perhaps , after all , ' tis the still glowing prejudice of my heart , that throws a borrowed lustre over the merits of the composition . I have partly taken your idea of Auld Rob Morris . ' I have adopted the two first verses , and am ...
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... perhaps you have written in haste , I may happen to observe careless lines the re - perusal of which might lead you to improve them . The wren will often see what has been overlooked by the eagle . : I remain yours faithfully , & c ...
... perhaps you have written in haste , I may happen to observe careless lines the re - perusal of which might lead you to improve them . The wren will often see what has been overlooked by the eagle . : I remain yours faithfully , & c ...
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ae night ain kind dearie Allan Allan Ramsay alter amang anither auld lang syne ballad bard beautiful bonnie bonnie lass bosom braw cauld charming Chloris Cunningham Currie Dalry dear Sir Dumfries Ecclefechan EDINBURGH English fair fancy favourite flowers frae Galla Water give Greenock Gude hame happy heart Highland laddie Highland Mary honour inclose laddie lady lass lassie lea-rig letter lo'es Logan braes Lord Lord Gregory lover luve luvie mair Mauchline maun merit Mill mony MOSSGIEL muse Museum ne'er never o'er Phillis pleased pleasure poet Poet's poor Rob Morris ROBERT BURNS Scotland Scots Scottish sentiment singing song stanza sweet syne taste tell thee THOMSON TO BURNS thou thro tune verses wander weary wee thing weel wild Willie wish wooing o't young Jessie
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Էջ 30 - O, WERT thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea, My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee. Or did misfortune's bitter storms Around thee blaw, around thee blaw, Thy bield should be my bosom, To share it a', to share it a'.
Էջ 61 - O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow and lock'd embrace Our parting was fu' tender; And pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder; But, Oh!
Էջ 138 - Should auld acquaintance be forgot And never brought to min' ? Should auld acquaintance be forgot And auld lang syne? For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne.
Էջ 141 - Wha will be a traitor knave ? Wha can fill a coward's grave ? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee ! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand, or freeman fa...
Էջ 201 - He looks and laughs at a' that A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he maunna fa' that : For a
Էջ 276 - ... out-of-the-way person. Such is the peculiar pleasure I take in the season of winter, more than the rest of the year. This I believe, may be partly owing to my misfortunes giving my mind a melancholy cast: but there is something even in the " Mighty tempest, and the hoary waste Abrupt and deep, stretch'd o'er the buried earth," — which raises the mind to a serious sublimity, favorable to every thing great and noble.
Էջ 40 - The sodger frae the wars returns, The sailor frae the main; But I hae parted frae my love, Never to meet again, My dear — Never to meet again. When day is gane, and night is come, And a...
Էջ 80 - Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard or saw : Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them a',
Էջ 63 - Wi' mony a vow, and lock'd embrace, Our parting was fu' tender ; And, pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder ; 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...
Էջ 61 - Again ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not, forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths...