The Ballads and Songs of Robert Burns. With a Lecture on His Character and Genius by Thomas Carlyle. [With Illustrations.]C. Griffin, 1864 - 224 էջ |
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... poor body , Contented wi ' little , an ' cantie wi ' mair , Could aught of song declare my pains , Deluded swain , the pleasure , Does haughty Gaul invasion threat ? Duncan Gray cam ' here to woo , • Farewell , thou fair day , thou ...
... poor body , Contented wi ' little , an ' cantie wi ' mair , Could aught of song declare my pains , Deluded swain , the pleasure , Does haughty Gaul invasion threat ? Duncan Gray cam ' here to woo , • Farewell , thou fair day , thou ...
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... poor Ayrshire hut . The largest soul of all the British lands came among us in the shape of a hard - handed Scottish Peasant . His Father , a poor toiling man , tried various things ; did not succeed in any ; was in- volved in continual ...
... poor Ayrshire hut . The largest soul of all the British lands came among us in the shape of a hard - handed Scottish Peasant . His Father , a poor toiling man , tried various things ; did not succeed in any ; was in- volved in continual ...
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... poor seven acres of nursery - ground , ” - not that , nor the miserable patch of clay - farm , nor anything he tried to get a living by , would prosper with him ; he had a sore unequal battle all his days . But he stood to it valiantly ...
... poor seven acres of nursery - ground , ” - not that , nor the miserable patch of clay - farm , nor anything he tried to get a living by , would prosper with him ; he had a sore unequal battle all his days . But he stood to it valiantly ...
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... poor fragment of him . Professor Stewart remarked very justly , what indeed is true of all Poets good for much , that his poetry was not any particular faculty ; but the general result of a naturally vigorous original mind express- ing ...
... poor fragment of him . Professor Stewart remarked very justly , what indeed is true of all Poets good for much , that his poetry was not any particular faculty ; but the general result of a naturally vigorous original mind express- ing ...
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... poor moonstruck man . For himself a most portentous contradiction ; the two ends of his life not to be brought into harmony . He sits at the tables of grandees ; and has to copy music for his own living . He cannot even get his music ...
... poor moonstruck man . For himself a most portentous contradiction ; the two ends of his life not to be brought into harmony . He sits at the tables of grandees ; and has to copy music for his own living . He cannot even get his music ...
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AE FOND KISS ain dear ane-and-twenty auld Ballochmyle banks birds birks of Aberfeldy blaw blest blink blithe bloom body kiss bonnie blue bonnie lass bosom braes braw breast cauld charms Chloris CHORUS danc'd awa de'il de'il's awa dearest dearie dewy e'en Exciseman fair Farewell flowers fortune's frae Gala Water gi'e glen green gude ha'e hame heart heaven Here's a health Highland lassie ilka Jamie John Anderson John Barleycorn lassie lo'es Lord Gregory love thee lover luve Mary maun meikle mony morning nae mair naebody Nancy Nannie ne'er never night Nith o'er owre Peggy Peggy's pleasure poor Rob Morris Robert Burns simmer sing song sparklin sweet sweetly tears There's thine thou hast thro TUNE TUNE-"The twa glancin wander wanton weary wee thing weel wild Willie wind wooing o't yon town young Jessie
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Էջ 36 - 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', Let him follow me!
Էջ 15 - I forget the hallowed grove, Where by the winding Ayr we met, To live one day of parting love ! " Eternity will not efface Those records dear of transports past ; Thy image at our last embrace ; Ah ! little thought we 'twas our last ! " Ayr gurgling kiss'd his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thickening, green, The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar, Twin'd amorous round the raptured scene.
Էջ 70 - 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 nor 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 220 - And mony a hill between ; But, day and night, my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tunefu...
Էջ 37 - THAT AND A' THAT" Is there, for honest Poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a
Էջ 57 - CHORUS. Green grow the rashes, O ; Green grow the rashes, O ; The sweetest hours that e'er I spend, Are spent am'ang the lasses, O ! THERE'S nought but care on ev'ry han', In ev'ry hour that passes, O ; What signifies the life o' man, An
Էջ 38 - Guid faith, he mauna fa' that! For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that; The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will, for a' that, That sense and worth o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Էջ 14 - 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 155 - Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie; That I may drink before I go A service to my bonnie lassie...
Էջ 20 - The Powers aboon will tent thee Misfortune sha' na steer thee; Thou'rt like themselves sae lovely That ill they'll ne'er let near thee. Return again, fair Lesley, Return to Caledonie! That we may brag we hae a lass There's nane again sae bonnie.