The Poetical Works of Robert BurnsHoughton, Mifflin, 1882 - 299 páginas |
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Página iii
... soul of a servile Author , looking for a continuation of those favours : I was bred to the Plough , and am independent . I come to claim the common Scottish name with you , my illustrious Countrymen ; and to tell the world that I glory ...
... soul of a servile Author , looking for a continuation of those favours : I was bred to the Plough , and am independent . I come to claim the common Scottish name with you , my illustrious Countrymen ; and to tell the world that I glory ...
Página xxxi
... soul . I mention this to you , that you may see what hit the taste of unlettered criticism . " The edition of the " Poems " was exhausted in a month by the subscribers and the public . Wherever the book came , it was admired . Farm ...
... soul . I mention this to you , that you may see what hit the taste of unlettered criticism . " The edition of the " Poems " was exhausted in a month by the subscribers and the public . Wherever the book came , it was admired . Farm ...
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... soul , " which his friend attributed to him , seems to have gained its vigour by the loss of gentleness , For his temper was fierce and ungoverned . But to Burns the tour brought pleasant fruit . Athole House was a cherished emembrance ...
... soul , " which his friend attributed to him , seems to have gained its vigour by the loss of gentleness , For his temper was fierce and ungoverned . But to Burns the tour brought pleasant fruit . Athole House was a cherished emembrance ...
Página xli
... souls , who could relish nothing in common with me but the port . " Among companions like these he had long been in the habit - to adopt his striking phrase — of dividing large slices of his constitution ; but the biggest slices were ...
... souls , who could relish nothing in common with me but the port . " Among companions like these he had long been in the habit - to adopt his striking phrase — of dividing large slices of his constitution ; but the biggest slices were ...
Página xlii
... soul of this wonderful man was shaken by gusts of penitence and fear . A hand on the wall terrified him with the balance ; and dreadfully the scales went down before his accusing eyes . Very awful is his confession to a friend ...
... soul of this wonderful man was shaken by gusts of penitence and fear . A hand on the wall terrified him with the balance ; and dreadfully the scales went down before his accusing eyes . Very awful is his confession to a friend ...
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aboon amang auld auld lang syne baith banks Bard Birks of Aberfeldy blast blaw blest bonnie lass bosom braes braw breast Burns canna cauld charms CHORUS claut dear dearie Deil Dumfries e'en e'er Ev'n ev'ry fair Farewell fate Fête Champêtre flower frae Gavin Hamilton glen guid hame heart Heaven Highland Highland laddie honest ilka Jamie laddie lassie lo'es Lord Mary Mauchline maun monie morning mourn Muse nae mair nane ne'er never night o'er owre pleasure poet poor pow'r pride roar sang Scotland sing skelpin song sorrow soul sweet Syne tears tell thee There's thou hast thro thyme TUNE unco wander weary weel Whare Whigs whistle Whyles wild Willie wind winna ye'll ye're young
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Página 6 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care, And " Let us worship God !
Página 6 - 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
Página 6 - 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...
Página 10 - My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go. Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birthplace of...
Página 5 - But to conclude my silly rhyme, (I'm scant o' verse, and scant o' time,) To make a happy fire-side clime To weans and wife, That's the true pathos and sublime Of human life.
Página 6 - CHORUS. For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o...