The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, Volume 21800 |
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... poet , writing nearly at the same time , and under the same feelings , to different individuals , would sometimes fall into the same train of senti- ment , and forms of expression . To avoid there- fore the tediousness of such ...
... poet , writing nearly at the same time , and under the same feelings , to different individuals , would sometimes fall into the same train of senti- ment , and forms of expression . To avoid there- fore the tediousness of such ...
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... poet , to be found in the present vo- lume , the rest being thought of inferior merit , or otherwise unfit for the public eye . In printing this volume , the editor has found some corrections of grammar necessary ; but these have been ...
... poet , to be found in the present vo- lume , the rest being thought of inferior merit , or otherwise unfit for the public eye . In printing this volume , the editor has found some corrections of grammar necessary ; but these have been ...
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... Poet , · 62 64 66 XXIII . TO . Accompanying the foregoing , 68 XXIV . EXTRACT , FROM . 8th March , 1787. Good advice , XXV . TO MRS . DUNLOP . 22d March , 1787. Respecting his prospects on leav- ing Edinburgh , XXVI . TO THE SAME . 15th ...
... Poet , · 62 64 66 XXIII . TO . Accompanying the foregoing , 68 XXIV . EXTRACT , FROM . 8th March , 1787. Good advice , XXV . TO MRS . DUNLOP . 22d March , 1787. Respecting his prospects on leav- ing Edinburgh , XXVI . TO THE SAME . 15th ...
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... Poet , • XXXIX . MR . RAMSAY TO DR . BLACK- LOCK . 27th October . Anecdotes of Scottish songs for our Poet , . • XL . FROM MR JOHN MURDOCH , in LONDON . 28th Oct. In answer 104 107 115 120 to No. V. . • 122 No. XLI . FROM MR . Page ...
... Poet , • XXXIX . MR . RAMSAY TO DR . BLACK- LOCK . 27th October . Anecdotes of Scottish songs for our Poet , . • XL . FROM MR JOHN MURDOCH , in LONDON . 28th Oct. In answer 104 107 115 120 to No. V. . • 122 No. XLI . FROM MR . Page ...
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... poet.— Praise of Lord Glencairn , XLV . TO MRS . DUNLOP . 21st Jan. 1788 . 135 Written on recovery from sickness , 137 • XLVI . EXTRACT TO THE SAME . Feb. 1788. Defence of himself , 12th · 139 XLVII . TO A LADY . 7th March , 1788. Who ...
... poet.— Praise of Lord Glencairn , XLV . TO MRS . DUNLOP . 21st Jan. 1788 . 135 Written on recovery from sickness , 137 • XLVI . EXTRACT TO THE SAME . Feb. 1788. Defence of himself , 12th · 139 XLVII . TO A LADY . 7th March , 1788. Who ...
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Page 22 - There is scarcely any earthly object gives me more — I do not know if I should call it pleasure — but something which exalts me, something which enraptures me — than to walk in the sheltered side of a wood, or high plantation, in a cloudy winter day, and hear the stormy wind howling among the trees, and raving over the plain. It is my best season for devotion: my mind is wrapt up in a kind of enthusiasm to Him, who, in the pompous language of the Hebrew bard, ' walks on the wings of the wind.
Page 293 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Page 200 - Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie; That I may drink before I go A service to my bonnie lassie...
Page 316 - Thy spirit, Independence, let me share ; ' " Lord of the Lion-heart and eagle eye ! " Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, " Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky...
Page 6 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Page 136 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 209 - I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and, passing from one thought to another, surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Page 209 - Bagdat in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and, passing from one thought to another, surely...
Page 210 - I never hear the loud solitary whistle of the curlew in a summer noon, or the wild mixing cadence of a troop of gray plover in an autumnal morning, without feeling an elevation of soul like the enthusiasm of devotion or poetry.
Page 278 - 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?