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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... true poet , not worth a sixpence . " His life , however , at Irving 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 ...
... true poet , not worth a sixpence . " His life , however , at Irving 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 ...
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... true to each other . This Bible , which is still in existence , bears the inscription , in Burns ' hand- writing , " And ye shall not swear in my name falsely ; I am the Lord . Levit . , 19th chap . , 12th verse . " In the evening they ...
... true to each other . This Bible , which is still in existence , bears the inscription , in Burns ' hand- writing , " And ye shall not swear in my name falsely ; I am the Lord . Levit . , 19th chap . , 12th verse . " In the evening they ...
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... true , with a little more of poetical genius than the rest of his countrymen . While pursuing his occupation of flax - dressing , at Irving , he had accidentally fallen in with a copy of the poems of Robert Ferguson . To his already ...
... true , with a little more of poetical genius than the rest of his countrymen . While pursuing his occupation of flax - dressing , at Irving , he had accidentally fallen in with a copy of the poems of Robert Ferguson . To his already ...
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... true pathos and sublime Of human life . " Amid these domestic joys came song after song from his heart ; and here was composed in one day that grand masterpiece of poetical fiction , Tam o ' Shanter , a poem of which Alex . Smith says ...
... true pathos and sublime Of human life . " Amid these domestic joys came song after song from his heart ; and here was composed in one day that grand masterpiece of poetical fiction , Tam o ' Shanter , a poem of which Alex . Smith says ...
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... true , " exclaimed the child . The muckle black kist is fu ' o ' the bottles o ' yill that my mither sat up a ' nicht brewing for the Fair . " " We are in a hurry just now , " said Burns , " but when we return from the Fair we'll ...
... true , " exclaimed the child . The muckle black kist is fu ' o ' the bottles o ' yill that my mither sat up a ' nicht brewing for the Fair . " " We are in a hurry just now , " said Burns , " but when we return from the Fair we'll ...
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Page 193 - 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 207 - 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 26 - 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 196 - 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 - 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 193 - 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 192 - 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 209 - 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 76 - 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 201 - 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!