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... instance of the vivid impression which the poetry of his country made on his young mind , we may mention the song of The blaithrie o't , which , he observes , was the earliest song he remem- ' When a child , an old I picked it iv.
... instance of the vivid impression which the poetry of his country made on his young mind , we may mention the song of The blaithrie o't , which , he observes , was the earliest song he remem- ' When a child , an old I picked it iv.
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... mind , Consider how they ebb and flow , each thing in their own kind ; Yet few of them have such a strain , as God hath given to thee ; Therefore this lesson keep in mind , - remember man to die . Man's course on earth I will report ...
... mind , Consider how they ebb and flow , each thing in their own kind ; Yet few of them have such a strain , as God hath given to thee ; Therefore this lesson keep in mind , - remember man to die . Man's course on earth I will report ...
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... mind ; His children small do on him call , and breed him sturt and strife & * * * * Then August old , both stout and bold , when flow'rs do stoutly stand ; So man appears to forty years , with wisdom and command ; And doth provide his ...
... mind ; His children small do on him call , and breed him sturt and strife & * * * * Then August old , both stout and bold , when flow'rs do stoutly stand ; So man appears to forty years , with wisdom and command ; And doth provide his ...
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... mind on me , and learn me for to die ! December , fell baith sharp and snell , makes flow'rs creep in the ground ; Then man's threescore , both sick and sore , no soundness in him found . His ears and e'en , and teeth of bane , all ...
... mind on me , and learn me for to die ! December , fell baith sharp and snell , makes flow'rs creep in the ground ; Then man's threescore , both sick and sore , no soundness in him found . His ears and e'en , and teeth of bane , all ...
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... mind of Burns ; accordingly we find that this ballad has not only the same struc- ture of versification with the Ode of Burns , and the repetition of the last line of the stanza ; but it breathes a kindred pensive melancholy from begin ...
... mind of Burns ; accordingly we find that this ballad has not only the same struc- ture of versification with the Ode of Burns , and the repetition of the last line of the stanza ; but it breathes a kindred pensive melancholy from begin ...
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Aberdeen Allan Water amang auld baith ballad beautiful beginning o't Berkeley birks of Aberfeldy blaithrie o't blythe boatie rows bonie laddie bonny brae braw bridal o't Burns CALIFORNIA LIBRARY cauld charms clans composed Drummond duke e'en e'er earl Earl of Loudon earl of Mar Edinburgh Editor fair flowers frae gang nae mair Gude yill heard Highland laddie hooly and fairly ilka Janet Jean Adam lass lassie Lord Maggie Marion Mary maun mony nane ne'er never night o'er young old song Peggy Piper poems poet Ramsay Ritson Roslin Castle Sae bide Saw ye Scotish Scotish Song Scotland Scots sing spinning o't stanzas sweet tarry woo thee There's nae luck thou thro todlen hame Trumpet Marine tune Tytler UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA verses weel wife
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Page 163 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand, or freeman fa?
Page 107 - Untie these bands from off my hands, And bring to me my sword ! And there's no a man in all Scotland, But I'll brave him at a word.
Page 68 - And are ye sure the news is true ? And are ye sure he's weel ? Is this a time to think o...
Page 163 - Wha will be a traitor knave ? Wha can fill a coward's grave ? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee ! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand, or freeman fa...
Page 69 - Been fed this month and mair ; Mak haste and thraw their necks about, That Colin weel may fare ; And spread the table neat and clean, Gar ilka thing look braw, For wha can tell how Colin fared When he was far awa?
Page 133 - Love wont to gae! 1 leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak, Sae my true Love did lichtly me. O waly waly, but love be bonny A little time while it is new; But when 'tis auld, it waxeth cauld And fades awa...
Page 123 - Lie slaughter'd on their native ground ; Thy hospitable roofs no more Invite the stranger to the door; In smoky ruins sunk they lie. The monuments of cruelty. The wretched owner sees afar His all become the prey of war ; Bethinks him of his babes and wife, Then smites his breast, and curses life.
Page 124 - The pious mother, doom'd to death, Forsaken wanders o'er the heath ; The bleak wind whistles round her head, Her helpless orphans cry for bread ; Bereft of shelter, food, and friend, She views the shades of night descend : And stretch'd beneath th' inclement skies, Weeps o'er her tender babes, and dies.
Page iii - You are a good, worthy, honest fellow, and have a good right to live in this world — because you deserve it. Many a merry meeting this publication has given us, and possibly it may give us more, though, alas ! I fear it. This protracting, slow, consuming illness which hangs over me, will, I doubt much, my ever dear friend, arrest my sun before he has well reached his middle career, and will turn over the poet to far more important concerns than studying...
Page iv - Many a merry meeting this publication has given us, and possibly it may give us more, though, alas! I fear it. This protracting, slow, consuming illness which hangs over me, will, I doubt much, my ever -dear friend, arrest my s"un before he has well reached his middle career, and will turn over the poet to far more important concerns than studying the brilliancy of wit or the pathos of sentiment. However, hope is the cordial of the human heart, and I endeavour to cherish it as well as I can.