All about BurnsJ.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company, 1896 - 178 pages |
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... admirers of Robert Burns might be better employed in studying his writings than his shortcomings , and , in a gentle way , upbraids editors of the poet's works and stu- dents of his life story for gloating over his frailties and ...
... admirers of Robert Burns might be better employed in studying his writings than his shortcomings , and , in a gentle way , upbraids editors of the poet's works and stu- dents of his life story for gloating over his frailties and ...
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... admirers of Robert Burns . We have no interest in the revels at Poosie Nancy's be- yond the fact that the revels there inspired or suggested " The Jolly Beggars , " and we have no concern about the details of these merrymakings , for ...
... admirers of Robert Burns . We have no interest in the revels at Poosie Nancy's be- yond the fact that the revels there inspired or suggested " The Jolly Beggars , " and we have no concern about the details of these merrymakings , for ...
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... admirers have tried to figure out that Ellison would have made a beau ideal wife for the poet , but she did not think so herself and we are of the opinion that she was the best and most clear - headed judge of the matter , more clearer ...
... admirers have tried to figure out that Ellison would have made a beau ideal wife for the poet , but she did not think so herself and we are of the opinion that she was the best and most clear - headed judge of the matter , more clearer ...
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... admirer framed them quietly in a very ordinary setting . In reading Burns's poems we are frequently struck by this peculiarity , this unevenness in a single composition , and can ascribe it to no other reason than the dovetailing of one ...
... admirer framed them quietly in a very ordinary setting . In reading Burns's poems we are frequently struck by this peculiarity , this unevenness in a single composition , and can ascribe it to no other reason than the dovetailing of one ...
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... admirers " about our ears . Besides , after all , it is only a theory , and we have had whole volumes of theories on the subject already . All we really know is contained in the few lines which Burns him- self vouchsafed , and when we ...
... admirers " about our ears . Besides , after all , it is only a theory , and we have had whole volumes of theories on the subject already . All we really know is contained in the few lines which Burns him- self vouchsafed , and when we ...
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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...