The Burns Scrap Book: Or Odd Moments with the Lovers of Scotia's Darling PoetJohn Dawson Ross L.D. Robertson, 1893 - 256 pages |
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... mind . Her memory was stored with old songs , ballads and anecdotes , with which she used to amuse her children . These , and the still more curious stories of an old woman who resided in the family , had a wonderful effect on the ...
... mind . Her memory was stored with old songs , ballads and anecdotes , with which she used to amuse her children . These , and the still more curious stories of an old woman who resided in the family , had a wonderful effect on the ...
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... mind . Gilbert's face said , ' Mirth , with thee I mean to live ; ' and certainly , if any person who knew the two boys had been asked which of them was the most likely to court the Muses , he would surely never have guessed Robert had ...
... mind . Gilbert's face said , ' Mirth , with thee I mean to live ; ' and certainly , if any person who knew the two boys had been asked which of them was the most likely to court the Muses , he would surely never have guessed Robert had ...
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... mind at night . He generally had a few leisure hours to himself when the duties of the day were over ; these he devoted to reading— a study he had always been fond of . It is curious to note the books he read at this time , and the ...
... mind at night . He generally had a few leisure hours to himself when the duties of the day were over ; these he devoted to reading— a study he had always been fond of . It is curious to note the books he read at this time , and the ...
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... mind that he never recovered from the effects of it , although he still went on bravely with his usual work . When about eighteen years of age Burns attended the village dancing school , to give his manners a " brush , " he tells us ...
... mind that he never recovered from the effects of it , although he still went on bravely with his usual work . When about eighteen years of age Burns attended the village dancing school , to give his manners a " brush , " he tells us ...
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... had not been an exemplary one . Taking into account the early religious training his mind had received , it was a portion of his existence he might well be ashamed of . He tells us : " From this adventure I learned 16 THE BURNS SCRAP BOOK .
... had not been an exemplary one . Taking into account the early religious training his mind had received , it was a portion of his existence he might well be ashamed of . He tells us : " From this adventure I learned 16 THE BURNS SCRAP BOOK .
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Page 191 - And, oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle.
Page 205 - THAT AND A' THAT" Is there, for honest Poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a
Page 24 - And wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass, Still shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa : Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Page 194 - 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 85 - 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
Page 191 - And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide; But, chiefly, in their hearts with Grace Divine preside.
Page 190 - 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 !
Page 207 - It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century ; — But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men...
Page 74 - Strong sense, deep feeling, passions strong, A hate of tyrant and of knave, A love of right, a scorn of wrong, Of coward and of slave; A kind, true heart, a spirit high, That could not fear and would not bow, Were written in his manly eye And on his manly brow.
Page 199 - But, oh! fell Death's untimely frost, That nipt my flower sae early! Now green's the sod, and cauld's the clay, That wraps my Highland Mary!