The Works of Robert Burns: Correspondence with Mr. George Thomson, including poetry hitherto unpublishedT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 |
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... thing , " and " O saw ye bonnie Lesley ? " 13 VI . Mr. B. to Mr. T. with " Highland Mary , " 17 VII . Mr. T. to Mr. B. Thanks , and critical obser- vations ,. 19 VIII . Mr. B. to Mr. T. with an additional stanza to " The Lea Rig , " 23 ...
... thing , " and " O saw ye bonnie Lesley ? " 13 VI . Mr. B. to Mr. T. with " Highland Mary , " 17 VII . Mr. T. to Mr. B. Thanks , and critical obser- vations ,. 19 VIII . Mr. B. to Mr. T. with an additional stanza to " The Lea Rig , " 23 ...
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... thing , cannie wee thing , But lately seen in gladsome green , By Allan - stream I chanc'd to rove , Canst thou leave me thus , my Katy ? 382 401 115 344 • 255 111 280 71 314 183 95 · 206 Ca ' the yowes to the knowes , 160 Clarinda ...
... thing , cannie wee thing , But lately seen in gladsome green , By Allan - stream I chanc'd to rove , Canst thou leave me thus , my Katy ? 382 401 115 344 • 255 111 280 71 314 183 95 · 206 Ca ' the yowes to the knowes , 160 Clarinda ...
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... thing ,. O Logan , sweetly didst thou glide ,. O Luve will venture in , where it daur na weel be seen , O Mary , at thy window be , • O May , thy morn was ne'er so sweet ,. O mirk , mirk is this midnight hour , · O meikle thinks my luve ...
... thing ,. O Logan , sweetly didst thou glide ,. O Luve will venture in , where it daur na weel be seen , O Mary , at thy window be , • O May , thy morn was ne'er so sweet ,. O mirk , mirk is this midnight hour , · O meikle thinks my luve ...
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... thing , She's fair and fause that causes my smart , Should auld acquaintance be forgot , Sing on , sweet thrush , upon thy leafless bough ,. Sir , as your mandate did request , .. Sleep'st thou , or wak'st thou , fairest creature ...
... thing , She's fair and fause that causes my smart , Should auld acquaintance be forgot , Sing on , sweet thrush , upon thy leafless bough ,. Sir , as your mandate did request , .. Sleep'st thou , or wak'st thou , fairest creature ...
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... of your native tongue , as you elegant- ly express it ; and moreover , we will patiently wait your own time . One thing only I beg , which is , that however gay and sportive the muse may may be , she may always be decent . Let 6.
... of your native tongue , as you elegant- ly express it ; and moreover , we will patiently wait your own time . One thing only I beg , which is , that however gay and sportive the muse may may be , she may always be decent . Let 6.
Common terms and phrases
ae night ain dear Allan Allan Ramsay alter anither auld lang syne ballad bard beautiful blythe bonnie Bonnie Dundee bosom braw BURNS Caledonia Cauld Kail charming Chloris CHORUS Coila Craigieburn Dainty Davie dear Sir dearie Duncan Gray Edinburgh English song English verses fair fancy fine air flowers frae Galla Water give glen hame heart Highland Mary Jeanie John Anderson lass lassie lea-rig Leiger lo'es Logan braes Lord Gregory lover mair maun melodies mend merit mony morning muse Museum Nancy Nanie ne'er never o'er Phillis Pindar pleased pleasure Pleyel poet poetry Rob Morris Robin Adair Saw ye Scots Scottish simmer singing stanza suit sung sweet taste thee thine THOMSON thro tune wander wee thing wild Willie young JESSIE
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Էջ 126 - 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!
Էջ 331 - My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
Էջ 17 - YE banks and braes and streams around The castle o' Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers. Your waters never drumlie! There simmer first unfauld her robes, And there the langest tarry; For there I took the last fareweel O
Էջ 293 - Of a' the airts the wind can blaw I dearly like the West, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best : There wild woods grow, and rivers row, 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' birds, I hear her charm the air : There's not a bonnie flower that springs By fountain, shaw, or green, There's not a bonnie bird that sings But minds me o
Էջ 217 - 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 mauna fa' that ! For a
Էջ 122 - CHORUS. For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine ; But we've wander'd mony a weary foot Sin auld lang syne.
Էջ 216 - 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 343 - That's sweetly play'd in tune. As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I : And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a...
Էջ 42 - 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', "Ye are na Mary Morison.
Էջ 302 - JOHN ANDERSON MY JO. JOHN Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your bonnie brow was brent ; But now your brow is beld, John, Your locks are like the snaw ; But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi...