The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life , and a Criticism on His Writing. To which are Prefixed, Some Observations on the Character and Condition of the Scottish Peasantry, Volume 3T. Cadell and W. Davies ; and W. Creech at Edinburgh, 1813 |
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... ev'ry chaup . ! Nae mercy , then , for airn or steel ; The brawnie , bainie , ploughman chiel , Brings hard owrehip , wi ' sturdy wheel , The strong forehammer , Till block an ' studdie ring and reel Wi ' dinsome clamour . When skirlin ...
... ev'ry chaup . ! Nae mercy , then , for airn or steel ; The brawnie , bainie , ploughman chiel , Brings hard owrehip , wi ' sturdy wheel , The strong forehammer , Till block an ' studdie ring and reel Wi ' dinsome clamour . When skirlin ...
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... ev'ry side they're gathrin , Some carrying dales , some chairs an ' stools , An ' some are busy blethrin Right loud that day . IX . Here stands a shed to fend the show'rs , An ' screen our countra Gentry , There , racer Jess , an ' twa ...
... ev'ry side they're gathrin , Some carrying dales , some chairs an ' stools , An ' some are busy blethrin Right loud that day . IX . Here stands a shed to fend the show'rs , An ' screen our countra Gentry , There , racer Jess , an ' twa ...
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... ev'ry bough ; The chanting linnet , or the mellow thrush , Hailing the setting sun , sweet , in the green thorn bush ; The soaring lark , the perching red - breast shrill , Or deep - ton'd plovers , grey , wild - whistling o'er the hill ...
... ev'ry bough ; The chanting linnet , or the mellow thrush , Hailing the setting sun , sweet , in the green thorn bush ; The soaring lark , the perching red - breast shrill , Or deep - ton'd plovers , grey , wild - whistling o'er the hill ...
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... ev'ry side , The wounded coveys , reeling , scatter wide ; The feather'd field - mates , bound by Nature's tie , Sires , mothers , children , in one carnage lie : E 2 ( What ( What warm , poetic heart , but inly bleeds 51.
... ev'ry side , The wounded coveys , reeling , scatter wide ; The feather'd field - mates , bound by Nature's tie , Sires , mothers , children , in one carnage lie : E 2 ( What ( What warm , poetic heart , but inly bleeds 51.
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... ry glass so neat , The infant ice scarce bent beneath their feet : While arts of Minstrelsy among them rung , And ... ev'n his matchless hand with finer touch inspir'd ! No guess could tell what instrument appear'd , But all the soul of ...
... ry glass so neat , The infant ice scarce bent beneath their feet : While arts of Minstrelsy among them rung , And ... ev'n his matchless hand with finer touch inspir'd ! No guess could tell what instrument appear'd , But all the soul of ...
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Page 203 - ... spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade, By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i
Page 343 - The poor inhabitant below, Was quick to learn, and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this earthly hole, In low pursuit ; Know, prudent, cautious self-control, Is wisdom's root.
Page 201 - Thou's met me in an evil hour ; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem : To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie lark, companion meet, Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! Wi' speckl'd breast, When upward-springing, blythe, to greet, The purpling east.
Page 178 - 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 326 - Whare sits our sulky sullen dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. This truth fand honest Tarn o...
Page 326 - Kirkton Jean till Monday. She prophesy'd that, late or soon, Thou would be found, deep drown'd in Doon ; Or catch'd wi' warlocks in the mirk, By Alloway's auld haunted kirk. Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet, To think how mony counsels sweet, How mony lengthen'd sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises ! But to our tale : Ae market night, Tam had got planted unco right ; Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, Wi...
Page 333 - resounds aloud ; So Maggie runs, the witches follow, Wi' mony an eldritch skreech and hollow. Ah, Tam ! ah, Tam ! thou'll get thy fairin ! In hell they'll roast thee like a herrin ! In vain thy Kate awaits thy comin ! Kate soon will be a woefu...
Page 182 - 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-lov'd Isle. O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide, That stream'd thro...
Page 181 - And certes, in fair Virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind. What is a lordling's pomp? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined.
Page 180 - Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace...