The Genius, and Character of BurnsA. Hart, late Carey & Hart, 1854 - 222 էջ |
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... tells us , to “ an old woman who resided in the family , remarkable for her ignorance , credulity , and superstition . She had , I suppose , the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning devils , ghosts , fairies ...
... tells us , to “ an old woman who resided in the family , remarkable for her ignorance , credulity , and superstition . She had , I suppose , the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning devils , ghosts , fairies ...
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... tells us , " I doubt not but the hard labor and sorrow of this period of his life was in a great measure the cause of that depression of spirits with which Robert was so often afflicted through his whole life afterwards . At this time ...
... tells us , " I doubt not but the hard labor and sorrow of this period of his life was in a great measure the cause of that depression of spirits with which Robert was so often afflicted through his whole life afterwards . At this time ...
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... tells us he had no ear for music , and could not be taught a psalm tune ! Nobody could have supposed that he was ... tell you medical people talk much of infection from breathing the same air , the touch , & c . , but I never expressly ...
... tells us he had no ear for music , and could not be taught a psalm tune ! Nobody could have supposed that he was ... tell you medical people talk much of infection from breathing the same air , the touch , & c . , but I never expressly ...
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... to the " Vision " of Burns , our Scottish Theo- critus , as we have heard him classically called , and judge of Dr. Currie's sense in telling us to see the cup of Thyrsis . " Down flow'd her robe , a tartan sheen ; 20 THE GENIUS AND.
... to the " Vision " of Burns , our Scottish Theo- critus , as we have heard him classically called , and judge of Dr. Currie's sense in telling us to see the cup of Thyrsis . " Down flow'd her robe , a tartan sheen ; 20 THE GENIUS AND.
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... tell us , were in that green mantle ? And what a pat- tern ! Thomas Campbell knew better what liberty is allowed by nature to Imagination in her inspired dreams . In his noble Stanzas to the memory of Burns , he says , in allusion to ...
... tell us , were in that green mantle ? And what a pat- tern ! Thomas Campbell knew better what liberty is allowed by nature to Imagination in her inspired dreams . In his noble Stanzas to the memory of Burns , he says , in allusion to ...
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Էջ 67 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approaches Tam maun ride; That hour, o...
Էջ 124 - Then let us pray that come it may — As come it will for a...
Էջ 144 - Let him follow me! By Oppression's woes and pains! By your sons in servile chains! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free! •Lay the proud usurpers low ! Tyrants fall in every foe ! Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die...
Էջ 34 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs...
Էջ 172 - Fare thee well! and if for ever, Still for ever, fare thee well: Even though unforgiving, never 'Gainst thee shall my heart rebel. Would that breast were bared before thee Where thy head so oft hath lain, While that placid sleep came o'er thee Which thou ne'er canst know again: Would that breast, by thee glanced over, Every inmost thought could show!
Էջ 189 - That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea stamp ; The man's the gowd for a
Էջ 16 - Thou ling'ring star, with less'ning ray, That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again thou usher'st in the day My Mary from my soul was torn. O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
Էջ 185 - ... this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Էջ 33 - 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 128 - 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.