The poetical works of Robert Burns, with a prefatory notice by J. Skipsey, Volume 21885 |
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... thought was or is to be spoken , or the deed was or is to be done as a reference to the opening lines of " The Twa Dogs , " " The Cottar's Saturday Night , " " Tam o ' Shanter , " and many others , will fully show . Sometimes these ...
... thought was or is to be spoken , or the deed was or is to be done as a reference to the opening lines of " The Twa Dogs , " " The Cottar's Saturday Night , " " Tam o ' Shanter , " and many others , will fully show . Sometimes these ...
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... thought and expression , and yet peculiar to himself , and so possesses an interest both for the literary and the psychological student . And as with Shakespeare , so with Burns . Nearly all his poems , and very many of his songs , are ...
... thought and expression , and yet peculiar to himself , and so possesses an interest both for the literary and the psychological student . And as with Shakespeare , so with Burns . Nearly all his poems , and very many of his songs , are ...
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... thought are the prime essentials in a poem ; but if such beauty can only be had at the cost of powerful feelings , and of local and national colour , as some of our poets and critics would seem to think , then the poem , what- ever ...
... thought are the prime essentials in a poem ; but if such beauty can only be had at the cost of powerful feelings , and of local and national colour , as some of our poets and critics would seem to think , then the poem , what- ever ...
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... thoughts as enable us to divine our capacities , our defects , our aspirations , our environ- ments as a race or a nation - then the sooner we abandon verse - making the better ; for what other purpose it can serve , beyond what may be ...
... thoughts as enable us to divine our capacities , our defects , our aspirations , our environ- ments as a race or a nation - then the sooner we abandon verse - making the better ; for what other purpose it can serve , beyond what may be ...
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... thoughts are a ' my Nannie , O. Our auld guidman delights to view His sheep and kye thrive bonny , O ; But I'm as blithe that hauds his pleugh , And has nae care but Nannie , O. Come weal , come woe , I care na by , I'll tak what Heaven ...
... thoughts are a ' my Nannie , O. Our auld guidman delights to view His sheep and kye thrive bonny , O ; But I'm as blithe that hauds his pleugh , And has nae care but Nannie , O. Come weal , come woe , I care na by , I'll tak what Heaven ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
aboon ain dear Amang auld auld lang syne banks Bannocks birks of Aberfeldy blaw blest blithe bloom bonnie lass bonnie Mary bosom braes braw breast Burns canna cauld CESSNOCK charms Chloris Collier Laddie dearie deil e'en e'er ECCLEFECHAN Eppie fair Farewell Fête Champêtre flowers frae Gala Water glen green grows bonnie wi guid hame heart Heaven Here's a health Highland laddie ilka Jamie John Barleycorn Kenmure's kiss lassie lo'es lover luve MAUCHLINE maun meikle mony morning nane ne'er never night o'er Och-on Phillis pleasure poems poet PREFATORY NOTICE rue grows bonnie sang simmer sing sodger sweet sweetly syne thee thine Thou hast thyme twa glancing wadna wander weary wee thing weel wife wild Willie wind winna wooing o't ye'll Ye're yon town young young Jessie
Passagens conhecidas
Página 29 - 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...
Página 152 - 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
Página 152 - 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
Página 174 - 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.
Página 317 - Is there a man, whose judgment clear Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs, himself, life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pause— and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave.
Página 186 - 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 ? That sacred hour can I forget, Can I forget the hallowed grove, Where by the winding Ayr we met, To live one day of parting love...
Página 106 - As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I: And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry: Till a' the seas gang dry, my Dear, And the rocks melt wi' the sun ; I will luve thee still, my dear, While the sands o
Página 221 - 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...
Página 150 - 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. For auld, &c. We twa hae paidl't i' the burn, From mornin sun till dine ; But seas between us braid hae roar'd Sin auld lang syne.
Página 149 - AULD LANG SYNE. 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 kindness yet, For auld lang syne.