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Page 78
... bell of old Alloway , so dear to the inhabitants , tolled its familiar sounds ; of the com- panies of shepherds , with crooks and plaids ; the pictur- esque Highlanders in full costume ; the long line of citizens , representing every ...
... bell of old Alloway , so dear to the inhabitants , tolled its familiar sounds ; of the com- panies of shepherds , with crooks and plaids ; the pictur- esque Highlanders in full costume ; the long line of citizens , representing every ...
Page 137
... bell- tower of " Alloway's Auld Haunted Kirk . " All about are the scenes of " Tam O'Shanter , " and near on a slight eminence can be see the white , colonnaded shafts of the great Burns monument . But a few miles to the northeast in a ...
... bell- tower of " Alloway's Auld Haunted Kirk . " All about are the scenes of " Tam O'Shanter , " and near on a slight eminence can be see the white , colonnaded shafts of the great Burns monument . But a few miles to the northeast in a ...
Page 148
... Bell . " When I was a bit lassie I was in his service for a while at Ellisland keepin ' his bairns . He was a guid - hearted man Burns ; but he had a het temper . A'body liked him ; but , my faith , some folk feared him , too . " Weel ...
... Bell . " When I was a bit lassie I was in his service for a while at Ellisland keepin ' his bairns . He was a guid - hearted man Burns ; but he had a het temper . A'body liked him ; but , my faith , some folk feared him , too . " Weel ...
Page 150
... Bell profusely for it when she had concluded . But there was something else I wanted to know , and so when Mrs. Bell had got some breathing space I inquired what series of events had brought her to East Lothian . 66 Oh , that's no a ...
... Bell profusely for it when she had concluded . But there was something else I wanted to know , and so when Mrs. Bell had got some breathing space I inquired what series of events had brought her to East Lothian . 66 Oh , that's no a ...
Page 151
... Bell concluded , with a deep sigh . And neither she had , for I got an invitation to attend the funeral of Mrs. James Bell to Haddington Churchyard not long after she had related this story to me . Mrs. Bell died in 1864 , at the age of ...
... Bell concluded , with a deep sigh . And neither she had , for I got an invitation to attend the funeral of Mrs. James Bell to Haddington Churchyard not long after she had related this story to me . Mrs. Bell died in 1864 , at the age of ...
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Page 65 - Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise. In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 77 - 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 128 - Cold on Canadian hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps that mother wept her soldier slain ; Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew, The big drops mingling with the milk he drew Gave the sad presage of his future years, The child of misery baptized in tears.
Page 128 - ... enough to be much interested in his poetry, and would have given the world to know him; but I had very little acquaintance with any literary people, and still less with the gentry of the west country, the two sets that he most frequented. Mr Thomas Grierson was at that time a clerk of my father's. He knew Burns, and promised to ask him to his lodgings to dinner, but had no opportunity to keep his word, otherwise I might have seen more of this distinguished man.
Page 30 - It's no in makin muckle mair: It's no in books ; it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If Happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang; The heart ay's the part ay, That makes us right or wrang.
Page 23 - The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw: Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd and said amang them a'; — "Ye are na Mary Morison!
Page 29 - It's hardly in a body's pow'r, To keep, at times, frae being sour, To see how things are shar'd ; How best o...
Page 18 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King The saint, the father, and the husband prays : Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing' That thus they all shall meet in future days : There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear ; While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 160 - With the ready trick and fable, Round we wander all the day; And at night, in barn or stable, Hug our doxies on the hay.
Page 25 - I am quite transported at the thought that ere long, perhaps very soon, I shall bid an eternal adieu to all the pains, and...