Book IV. Humourous, satirical, epigrammatical, and miscellaneous ; Book V. Songs and balladsJames B. Dow, 1834 |
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... sweet lovely dame . " A Bard is selected to witness the fray , And tell future ages the feats of the day ; A Bard who detested all sadness and spleen , And wish'd that Parnassus a vineyard had been . The dinner being over , the claret ...
... sweet lovely dame . " A Bard is selected to witness the fray , And tell future ages the feats of the day ; A Bard who detested all sadness and spleen , And wish'd that Parnassus a vineyard had been . The dinner being over , the claret ...
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... sweet - scented woodlands that skirt the proud palace , What are they ? The haunt of the tyrant and slave : The slave's spicy forests , and gold - bubbling fountains , The brave Caledonian views with disdain : He wanders as free as the ...
... sweet - scented woodlands that skirt the proud palace , What are they ? The haunt of the tyrant and slave : The slave's spicy forests , and gold - bubbling fountains , The brave Caledonian views with disdain : He wanders as free as the ...
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... sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon , Where bright beaming summers exalt the perfume , Far dearer to me yon love glen o ' green breckan , Wi ' the burn stealing under the lang yellow broom . 174 POEMS , There's wealth and ease for ...
... sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon , Where bright beaming summers exalt the perfume , Far dearer to me yon love glen o ' green breckan , Wi ' the burn stealing under the lang yellow broom . 174 POEMS , There's wealth and ease for ...
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... sweet , Gin she had recover'd her hearin , And how her new shoon fit her auld shackl't feet , But , heavens ! how he fell a - swearin , a - swearin , But , heavens ! how he fell a - swearin . He begg'd for Gudesake ! I wad be his wife ...
... sweet , Gin she had recover'd her hearin , And how her new shoon fit her auld shackl't feet , But , heavens ! how he fell a - swearin , a - swearin , But , heavens ! how he fell a - swearin . He begg'd for Gudesake ! I wad be his wife ...
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... wi ' Caledonia.— “ Their groves o ' sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon " The Battle of Sheriff - Muir The Dumfries Volunteers The Whistle John Barleycorn • • 178 181 POEMS , CHIEFLY SCOTTISH . Book IV . HUMOROUS , CONTENTS .
... wi ' Caledonia.— “ Their groves o ' sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon " The Battle of Sheriff - Muir The Dumfries Volunteers The Whistle John Barleycorn • • 178 181 POEMS , CHIEFLY SCOTTISH . Book IV . HUMOROUS , CONTENTS .
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alang Amang auld auld lang syne baith Ballochmyle birks of Aberfeldy blast blaw blest blithe bluid bonie lass bosom braes braw brunstane burn canna cauld charms CHORUS claut Craigdarroch Cutty-sark dear dearie Deil e'en e'er Ev'n ev'ry fair flowers frae glen Glenriddel green guid hame heart heaven Highland lassie honest ilka John Anderson John Barleycorn John Highlandman kenn'd Kilmarnock king lassie lawin lo'es Lord Lord Gregory Mauchline maun Maxwelton merry monie nae mair ne'er o'er onie owre the sea pleasure poor pride roar round Samson's dead sang Scotland sing Sir Robert skelpin sodger sweet syne taen tell thee There's thine thou thro Tibbie unco weary weel Whare Whistle Whyles wife Willie Willie's wind winna wrang ye'll Ye're
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Página 67 - Though they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it ; And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Página 132 - SHOULD auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to min' ? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And days o' lang syne ? For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o...
Página 170 - 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
Página 165 - Shall I, like a fool, quoth he, For a haughty hizzie die ? She may gae to — France for me ! Ha, ha, the wooing o't.
Página 53 - O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion...
Página 6 - 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...
Página 4 - Whare sits our sulky, sullen dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. This truth fand honest Tam o...
Página 169 - Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that ! What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man, for a
Página 169 - For a' that and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a
Página 5 - The night drave on wi' sangs and clatter, And ay the ale was growing better ; The landlady and Tam grew gracious, Wi' favors secret, sweet and precious; The souter tauld his queerest stories: The landlord's laugh was ready chorus ; The storm without might rair and rustle, Tam did na mind the storm a whistle. Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drowned himself amang the nappy; As bees flee hame wi...