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Page 36
... Then worthy Glenriddel , so cautious and sage , No longer the warfare , ungodly , would wage ; A high ruling elder to wallow in wine ! He left the foul business to folks less divine . The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end ; 36.
... Then worthy Glenriddel , so cautious and sage , No longer the warfare , ungodly , would wage ; A high ruling elder to wallow in wine ! He left the foul business to folks less divine . The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end ; 36.
Page 38
... , rhymin ' clatter Some less maun sair . This is prefixed to the Poems of David Sillar , publish- ed at Kilmarnock , 1789 , and has not before appeared in our author's printed poems . Hale be your heart , hale be your fiddle ; 38.
... , rhymin ' clatter Some less maun sair . This is prefixed to the Poems of David Sillar , publish- ed at Kilmarnock , 1789 , and has not before appeared in our author's printed poems . Hale be your heart , hale be your fiddle ; 38.
Page 134
... less to buy , Aboon distress , below envy , O wha wad leave this humble state , For a ' the pride of a ' the great ? Amid their flairing , idle toys , Amid their cumbrous , dinsome joys , Can they the peace and pleasure feel Of Bessy at ...
... less to buy , Aboon distress , below envy , O wha wad leave this humble state , For a ' the pride of a ' the great ? Amid their flairing , idle toys , Amid their cumbrous , dinsome joys , Can they the peace and pleasure feel Of Bessy at ...
Page 170
... less conspicuous in the individual figures , than in the ge- neral mass . The festive vagrants are distinguished from each other by personal appearance and character , as much ' as Wi ' quaffing and laughing , They ranted and they 170.
... less conspicuous in the individual figures , than in the ge- neral mass . The festive vagrants are distinguished from each other by personal appearance and character , as much ' as Wi ' quaffing and laughing , They ranted and they 170.
Page 237
... less prudent , less firm , more susceptible , more simple . " I do not know whether most to pity or admire BURNS . Why were such people made ? What a fatal delusion , to lean for happiness on the bosom of the gay and fortunate , because ...
... less prudent , less firm , more susceptible , more simple . " I do not know whether most to pity or admire BURNS . Why were such people made ? What a fatal delusion , to lean for happiness on the bosom of the gay and fortunate , because ...
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Page 4 - Whare sits our sulky, sullen dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. This truth fand honest Tam o...
Page 116 - MY JO. JOHN Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent ; Your locks were like the raven, Your bonnie brow was brent ; But now your brow is beld, John Your locks are like the snaw ; But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi...
Page 105 - I hear her in the tunefu' birds, I hear her charm the air : There's not a bonnie flower that springs By fountain, shaw, or green, There's not a bonnie bird that sings But minds me o
Page 6 - And sic a night he taks the road in As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last; The rattling...
Page 5 - Kirkton Jean till Monday. She prophesied that, late or soon, Thou would be found deep drown'd in Doon ; Or catch'd wi' warlocks in the mirk By Alloway's auld haunted kirk. Ah, gentle dames ! it gars me greet To think how mony counsels sweet, How mony lengthen'd sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises ! But to our tale : Ae market night, Tam had got planted unco right, Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, Wi...
Page 11 - Her cutty sark, o' Paisley harn, That while a lassie she had worn, In longitude tho' sorely scanty, It was her best, and she was vauntie. — Ah ! little kend thy reverend grannie, That sark she coft for her wee Nannie, Wi...
Page 159 - 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
Page 10 - As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The piper loud and louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit, 'Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark, And linket at it in her sark ! Now Tam, O Tam ! had thae been queans A' plump and strapping, in their teens ; Their sarks instead o...
Page 13 - The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o...
Page 12 - In hell they'll roast thee like a herrin ! In vain thy Kate awaits thy comin ! Kate soon will be a woefu...