The Works of Robert Burns, Հատոր 3A. Fullarton and Company, 1839 |
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... Publication of his poems · 314 XXX . To Miss Alexander . - Nov . 18 , 1786. Inclosing the ' Lass of Ballochmyle ' 315 XXXI . To Mrs Stewart , of Stair . - Nov . , 1786 . With various songs • 317 + XXXII . To Robert Muir . - Nov . 18 ...
... Publication of his poems · 314 XXX . To Miss Alexander . - Nov . 18 , 1786. Inclosing the ' Lass of Ballochmyle ' 315 XXXI . To Mrs Stewart , of Stair . - Nov . , 1786 . With various songs • 317 + XXXII . To Robert Muir . - Nov . 18 ...
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... Gude ale keeps my heart aboon . * Burns made only a few slight verbal emendations on this old song , to suit it for publication in the Museum . - M . SIMMER'S A PLEASANT TIME . Tune- " Aye waukin O. 14 WORKS OF Burns . O gude ale comes.
... Gude ale keeps my heart aboon . * Burns made only a few slight verbal emendations on this old song , to suit it for publication in the Museum . - M . SIMMER'S A PLEASANT TIME . Tune- " Aye waukin O. 14 WORKS OF Burns . O gude ale comes.
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... publication . We have engaged Pleyel , the most agreeable composer living , to put accompaniments to these , and also to com- pose an instrumental prelude and conclusion to each air , the better to fit them for concerts , both public ...
... publication . We have engaged Pleyel , the most agreeable composer living , to put accompaniments to these , and also to com- pose an instrumental prelude and conclusion to each air , the better to fit them for concerts , both public ...
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... publication . Tell me frankly , then , whether you will devote your leisure to writing twenty or twenty - five songs , suited to the parti- cular melodies which I am prepared to send you . A few songs , exceptionable only in some of ...
... publication . Tell me frankly , then , whether you will devote your leisure to writing twenty or twenty - five songs , suited to the parti- cular melodies which I am prepared to send you . A few songs , exceptionable only in some of ...
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... publication . Apropos ! if you are for English verses , there is , on my part , an end of the matter . Whether in the simplicity of the ballad , or the pathos of the song , I can only hope to please myself in being allowed at least a ...
... publication . Apropos ! if you are for English verses , there is , on my part , an end of the matter . Whether in the simplicity of the ballad , or the pathos of the song , I can only hope to please myself in being allowed at least a ...
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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...