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... rhyming too , to the same tune , about a different subject ; and he strung his first song in honour of Nelly's charms . Afterwards he thought it " very puerile and silly ; " but his heart never failed on that account " to melt , and his ...
... rhyming too , to the same tune , about a different subject ; and he strung his first song in honour of Nelly's charms . Afterwards he thought it " very puerile and silly ; " but his heart never failed on that account " to melt , and his ...
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... many bread weep tup manners ewes hoofs other senseless next , ewe from encounter any , tup mump , associate children both one another do not head eyes , dead POOR MAILIE'S ELEGY . Tament in rhyme , lament in BURNS POEMS . 9.
... many bread weep tup manners ewes hoofs other senseless next , ewe from encounter any , tup mump , associate children both one another do not head eyes , dead POOR MAILIE'S ELEGY . Tament in rhyme , lament in BURNS POEMS . 9.
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... rhyme , lament in prose , Wi ' saut tears tricklin ' down your nose : Our bardie's fate is at a close , Past a ' remead ; The last sad cape - stane of his woes Poor Mailie's deid ! It's no the loss o ' warl's gear , That could sae ...
... rhyme , lament in prose , Wi ' saut tears tricklin ' down your nose : Our bardie's fate is at a close , Past a ' remead ; The last sad cape - stane of his woes Poor Mailie's deid ! It's no the loss o ' warl's gear , That could sae ...
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... rhyming ware , A ' that I bargained for , and mair ; Sae , whan ye hae an hour to spare , I will expect Yon sang , ye'll sen ' t wi ' canny care , And no neglect . more So , when song , thoughtfu Though , faith , sma ' heart hae I to ...
... rhyming ware , A ' that I bargained for , and mair ; Sae , whan ye hae an hour to spare , I will expect Yon sang , ye'll sen ' t wi ' canny care , And no neglect . more So , when song , thoughtfu Though , faith , sma ' heart hae I to ...
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... rhyme and write nae mair , But pennyworths again is fair , When time's expedient ' Meanwhile I am , respected sir , Your most obedient . ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF ROBERT RUISSEAUX . Now Robin lies in his last lair . He'll gabble rhyme nor ...
... rhyme and write nae mair , But pennyworths again is fair , When time's expedient ' Meanwhile I am , respected sir , Your most obedient . ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF ROBERT RUISSEAUX . Now Robin lies in his last lair . He'll gabble rhyme nor ...
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amang auld baith bard blast bless blest bonnie bonnie lass bosom braes braw breast Burns cauld charms Clarinda dear sir dearest DUMFRIES e'en e'er Edinburgh ELLISLAND fair fame fate fear fellow Fête Champêtre FINTRY frae give grace hame happy hear heart Heaven Highland Highland laddie honest honour hope humble Jenny Geddes Kilmarnock kind lass lassie letter madam MAUCHLINE maun mind mony morning Mossgiel mourn Muse nae mair ne'er never night o'er owre pleasure poet poetic poor pride rhyme roar ROBERT BURNS Scotland Scots Scottish sing song soul sweet SYLVANDER tears tell thee There's thou thought tune unco verses wander weary weel Whigs whistle whyles wild Willie winds wish wretch Ye'll ye're
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Page 277 - As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I, And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a" the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi' the sun! And I will love thee still, my dear, While the sands o
Page 147 - Thou ling'ring star, with less'ning ray, That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again thou usher'st in the day My Mary from my soul was torn. O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
Page 291 - 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 90 - BARD'S EPITAPH. Is there a whim-inspired fool, Owre fast for thought, owre hot for rule, Owre blate to seek, owre proud to snool, Let him draw near ; And owre this grassy heap sing dool, And drap a tear. Is there a Bard of rustic song, Who, noteless, steals the crowds among, That weekly this area throng, O, pass not by ! But, with a frater-feeling strong, Here, heave a sigh. Is there a man whose judgment clear, Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs, himself, life's mad career...
Page 261 - Shall I, like a fool, quoth he, For a haughty hizzie die ? She may gae to — France for me ! Ha, ha, the wooing o't.
Page 79 - O' clod or stane, Adorns the histie stibble-field, Unseen, alane. There, in thy scanty mantle clad, Thy snawie bosom sun-ward 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 291 - He looks and laughs at a' that. A prince can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he mauna fa' that. For a
Page 6 - 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 76 - Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving why they do it : And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord- — its various tone, Each spring — its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Page 3 - My lov'd, my honour'd, much respected friend! No mercenary bard his homage pays; With honest pride, I scorn each selfish end, My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise: To you I sing, in simple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's sequester'd scene, The native feelings strong, the guileless ways, What Aiken in a cottage would have been; Ah! tho' his worth unknown, far happier there I ween! November chill blaws loud wi...