The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and a Criticism on His Writings, Volumes 3-4Smith & Hill, 1816 |
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... syne - Lord knows how lang . He was a gash an ' faithful tyke , As ever lap a sheugh or dyke . His honest , sonsie , baws'nt face , Ay gat him friends in ilka place . His breast was white , his towzie back , Weel clad wi ' coat o ...
... syne - Lord knows how lang . He was a gash an ' faithful tyke , As ever lap a sheugh or dyke . His honest , sonsie , baws'nt face , Ay gat him friends in ilka place . His breast was white , his towzie back , Weel clad wi ' coat o ...
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... Syne draws her kebbuck an ' her knife , The lasses they are shyer . The auld Guidmen , about the grace , Frae side to side they bother , Till some ane by his bonnet lays , An ' gies them't like a tether , Fu ' lang that day . XXV ...
... Syne draws her kebbuck an ' her knife , The lasses they are shyer . The auld Guidmen , about the grace , Frae side to side they bother , Till some ane by his bonnet lays , An ' gies them't like a tether , Fu ' lang that day . XXV ...
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... syne , in Eden's bonnie yard , When youthfu ' lovers first were pair'd , An ' all the soul of love they shar'd , The raptur'd hour , Sweet on the fragrant , flow'ry swaird , In shady bow'r : Then you , ye auld , snic - drawing dog ! Ye ...
... syne , in Eden's bonnie yard , When youthfu ' lovers first were pair'd , An ' all the soul of love they shar'd , The raptur'd hour , Sweet on the fragrant , flow'ry swaird , In shady bow'r : Then you , ye auld , snic - drawing dog ! Ye ...
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... Syne coziely , aboon the door , Wi ' cannie care , they've plac'd them To lie that night . * The first ceremony of Halloween is , pulling each a stock , ́or plant of kail . They must go out , hand in hand , with eyes shut , and pull the ...
... Syne coziely , aboon the door , Wi ' cannie care , they've plac'd them To lie that night . * The first ceremony of Halloween is , pulling each a stock , ́or plant of kail . They must go out , hand in hand , with eyes shut , and pull the ...
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... Syne bad him slip frae ' mang the folk , Sometime when nae ane see'd him , An ' try't that night . XVIII . He marches thro ' amang the stacks , Tho ' he was something sturtin , The graip he for a harrow taks , An ' haurls at his eurpin ...
... Syne bad him slip frae ' mang the folk , Sometime when nae ane see'd him , An ' try't that night . XVIII . He marches thro ' amang the stacks , Tho ' he was something sturtin , The graip he for a harrow taks , An ' haurls at his eurpin ...
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