The Poetical Works, Հատոր 3Little, Brown, 1863 - 1 էջ |
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... young man , to whom she had pledged her troth when she should become of age , and she of course ob- stinately rejected the solicitations of her friends to any other match . Burns represents the lady addressing her youthful lover in the ...
... young man , to whom she had pledged her troth when she should become of age , and she of course ob- stinately rejected the solicitations of her friends to any other match . Burns represents the lady addressing her youthful lover in the ...
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... youthful days , and I own that I should be much flattered to see the verses set to an air which would insure celebrity . ” — Burns to Mr. Thomson , 14th Nov. 1792 . - YE banks , and braes , and streams around The castle o ' Montgomery ...
... youthful days , and I own that I should be much flattered to see the verses set to an air which would insure celebrity . ” — Burns to Mr. Thomson , 14th Nov. 1792 . - YE banks , and braes , and streams around The castle o ' Montgomery ...
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... youthful fancy . At length I reached the bonny glen Where early life I sported ; I passed the mill , and trysting - thorn , Where Nancy aft I courted : Wha spied I but my ain dear maid Down by her mother's dwelling ! And turned me round ...
... youthful fancy . At length I reached the bonny glen Where early life I sported ; I passed the mill , and trysting - thorn , Where Nancy aft I courted : Wha spied I but my ain dear maid Down by her mother's dwelling ! And turned me round ...
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... age ; My trunk of eild , but buss or beild , 1 Sinks in Time's wintry rage . Oh , Age has weary days , And nights o ' sleepless pain ! Thou golden time o ' youthful prime , Why com'st thou not again ? 1 Without bush or shelter . head - thaw ...
... age ; My trunk of eild , but buss or beild , 1 Sinks in Time's wintry rage . Oh , Age has weary days , And nights o ' sleepless pain ! Thou golden time o ' youthful prime , Why com'st thou not again ? 1 Without bush or shelter . head - thaw ...
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... youthful , charming Chloe , From peaceful slumber she arose , Girt on her mantle and her hose , And o'er the flowery mead she goes , The youthful , charming Chloe . ET . 36. ] LASSIE WI ' THE LINT - 142 YOUTHFUL , CHARMING CHLOE ...
... youthful , charming Chloe , From peaceful slumber she arose , Girt on her mantle and her hose , And o'er the flowery mead she goes , The youthful , charming Chloe . ET . 36. ] LASSIE WI ' THE LINT - 142 YOUTHFUL , CHARMING CHLOE ...
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aboon ain dear Allan Water amang auld ballad Balmaghie blast blaw blest blithe bonny lass bosom braw breast Burns Burns's Bushby cauld charms Chloris CHORUS claut Craigieburn Dainty Davie dearest dearie Dumfries Dumourier Duncan e'en e'er fair fate flower frae Gala Water Galloway glen grove grows bonny wi hame heart Heaven Here's a health Heron Highland Highland laddie ilka Jeanie Jessy laddie lady lassie lo'es Lord Gregory lover luve Mally's Maria maun morn nae mair Nancy ne'er never Nith o'er Phillis poet Polly Stewart Rob Morris sang Scots Scots Musical Museum sigh simmer sodger song stanza sweet thee thine Thomson thou hast thyme troggin TUNE Twas verses VERSICLES wander weary weel wild Willie wilt thou winds winna woman Woodley Park yon town young young Jessie
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Էջ 82 - 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, Free-man stand, or Free-man fa', Let him on wi
Էջ 153 - 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 rank 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 153 - Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden-gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a
Էջ 29 - 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...
Էջ 303 - IT was a' for our rightfu' King We left fair Scotland's strand; It was a' for our rightfu' King We e'er saw Irish land, my dear, We e'er saw Irish land. Now a' is done that men can do, And a...
Էջ 304 - 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 153 - Their tinsel show, and a' that ; The honest man, though e'er sae poor, Is king o' men, for a' that. Ye see yon birkie, ca'da lord, Wha struts, and stares, and a' that ; Tho' hundreds worship at his word. He's but a coof. for a' that. For a' that, and a' that, His riband, star, and a' that, The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at a
Էջ 207 - 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'. Or were I in the wildest waste, Sae black and bare, sae black and bare, The desert were a paradise, If thou wert there, if thou wert there. Or were I monarch o' the globe, Wi
Էջ 206 - Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear, Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear ; Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet, And soft as their parting tear — Jessy ! Altho' thou maun never be mine, Altho...