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... composed by a small country laird's son , on one of his father's maids , with whom he was in love . The lad Burns saw no reason why he should not sing of his love as well even as the country laird's son had done , for he had equal ...
... composed by a small country laird's son , on one of his father's maids , with whom he was in love . The lad Burns saw no reason why he should not sing of his love as well even as the country laird's son had done , for he had equal ...
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... composed it in a wild enthusiasm of passion , and to this hour I never recollect it but my heart melts and my blood sallies at the remembrance . ” Happy first love ! Destined to be succeeded by many similar passions in the poet's ...
... composed it in a wild enthusiasm of passion , and to this hour I never recollect it but my heart melts and my blood sallies at the remembrance . ” Happy first love ! Destined to be succeeded by many similar passions in the poet's ...
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... composed about the age of seventeen . " Now , he was nineteen before the family removed from Mount Oliphant ; and the poet's sister , Mrs. Begg ( who , by the way , would be only five years old when her brother was seventeen ) insisted ...
... composed about the age of seventeen . " Now , he was nineteen before the family removed from Mount Oliphant ; and the poet's sister , Mrs. Begg ( who , by the way , would be only five years old when her brother was seventeen ) insisted ...
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... composed the words , he says , would seem to have some connection with that dancing - school , which it is likely Robert attended alone , and perhaps unknown to the younger members of the family . As regards the pleasure he felt at ...
... composed the words , he says , would seem to have some connection with that dancing - school , which it is likely Robert attended alone , and perhaps unknown to the younger members of the family . As regards the pleasure he felt at ...
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... composed a song on almost every tolerable looking lass in the parish . " Two , who together engaged his muse , if not his heart , were the sisters Jean and Annie Ronald , concerning whom he composed THE RONALDS OF THE BENNALS . In ...
... composed a song on almost every tolerable looking lass in the parish . " Two , who together engaged his muse , if not his heart , were the sisters Jean and Annie Ronald , concerning whom he composed THE RONALDS OF THE BENNALS . In ...
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Page 110 - I'll wage thee. Who shall say that fortune grieves him, While the star of hope she leaves him? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me ; Dark despair around benights me. I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, Naething could resist my Nancy ; But to see her was to love her ; Love but her, and love for ever. Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met — or never parted, We had ne'er been broken-hearted.
Page 18 - 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.
Page 87 - O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi...
Page 73 - A WINSOME WEE THING. SHE is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonnie wee thing, This sweet wee wife o
Page 191 - O, WERT thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea, My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee. Or did misfortune's bitter storms Around thee blaw, around thee blaw, Thy bield should be my bosom, To share it a', to share it a'.
Page 87 - 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
Page 87 - 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?
Page 87 - Still o'er these scenes my mem'ry wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Page 28 - What makes the youth sae bashfu' an' sae grave: Weel pleased to think her bairn's respected like the lave. O happy love! where love like this is found! O heartfelt raptures! bliss beyond compare! I've paced much this weary, mortal round, And sage experience bids me this declare: — If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the...
Page 87 - I forget the hallow'd grove, Where by the winding Ayr we met, To live one day of parting love ? Eternity will not efface Those records dear of transports past; Thy image at our last embrace! Ah, little thought we 'twas our last ! Ayr, gurgling, kiss'd his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods...