The Genius, and Character of BurnsA. Hart, late Carey & Hart, 1854 - 222 էջ |
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... heard of the name of Robert Burns . It is , indeed , a household word . His poems are found lying in almost every cottage in the country , on the " window sole " of the kitchen , spence , or parlor ; and in the town - dwellings of the ...
... heard of the name of Robert Burns . It is , indeed , a household word . His poems are found lying in almost every cottage in the country , on the " window sole " of the kitchen , spence , or parlor ; and in the town - dwellings of the ...
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... heard of her death - that to him was the day on which she died . He did not keep it as a day of mourning - for he was happy in as good a wife as ever man had , and cheerfully went about the work of his farm . But towards the darkening ...
... heard of her death - that to him was the day on which she died . He did not keep it as a day of mourning - for he was happy in as good a wife as ever man had , and cheerfully went about the work of his farm . But towards the darkening ...
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... " 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.
... " 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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... heard anything by which I was more highly electrified . " No wonder Gilbert was highly electrified ; for though he had read or heard many things of his brother Robert's of equal poetical power , not one among them all was so charged ...
... heard anything by which I was more highly electrified . " No wonder Gilbert was highly electrified ; for though he had read or heard many things of his brother Robert's of equal poetical power , not one among them all was so charged ...
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... heard by his son Robert duly every night saying , " Let us worship God . " " There was something peculiarly venerable in the phrase " every time he heard it ; but on " Saturday night " family worship was sur- rounded , in its solemnity ...
... heard by his son Robert duly every night saying , " Let us worship God . " " There was something peculiarly venerable in the phrase " every time he heard it ; but on " Saturday night " family worship was sur- rounded , in its solemnity ...
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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.