The Genius, and Character of BurnsA. Hart, late Carey & Hart, 1854 - 222 pages |
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... look . A tender thought of the " Cottar's Saturday Night , " or a bold thought of " Scots wha hae wi ' Wallace bled , " may come across him ; and he who in such a spirit loves home and country , by whose side may he not walk an equal in ...
... look . A tender thought of the " Cottar's Saturday Night , " or a bold thought of " Scots wha hae wi ' Wallace bled , " may come across him ; and he who in such a spirit loves home and country , by whose side may he not walk an equal in ...
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... look - out on suspicious places ; and though nobody can be more sceptical than I am in such matters , yet it often takes an effort of philosophy to shake off these idle terrors . " We said , that not a boy in Scotland had a better ...
... look - out on suspicious places ; and though nobody can be more sceptical than I am in such matters , yet it often takes an effort of philosophy to shake off these idle terrors . " We said , that not a boy in Scotland had a better ...
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... heavily burthened ; but we look with no such thoughts on his manhood , for his strength is knit , and the sinews of soul and body are equal to their work . He still CHARACTER OF BURNS . 13 less gloom of a hermit, with the unceasing moil ...
... heavily burthened ; but we look with no such thoughts on his manhood , for his strength is knit , and the sinews of soul and body are equal to their work . He still CHARACTER OF BURNS . 13 less gloom of a hermit, with the unceasing moil ...
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... look ? During all these seven years , the most dangerous in the life of every one , that of Robert Burns was singularly free from the sin to which nature is prone ; nor had he drunk of that guilty cup of the intoxication of the passions ...
... look ? During all these seven years , the most dangerous in the life of every one , that of Robert Burns was singularly free from the sin to which nature is prone ; nor had he drunk of that guilty cup of the intoxication of the passions ...
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... looks , and utters words , that being inter- preted , have far other meanings ; there may be recklessness without obduracy ; and though the keenest anguish of self- reproach be no proof of penitence , it is a preparation for it in ...
... looks , and utters words , that being inter- preted , have far other meanings ; there may be recklessness without obduracy ; and though the keenest anguish of self- reproach be no proof of penitence , it is a preparation for it in ...
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Page 67 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approaches Tam maun ride; That hour, o...
Page 124 - Then let us pray that come it may — As come it will for a...
Page 144 - Let him follow me! By Oppression's woes and pains! By your sons in servile chains! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free! •Lay the proud usurpers low ! Tyrants fall in every foe ! Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die...
Page 34 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs...
Page 172 - Fare thee well! and if for ever, Still for ever, fare thee well: Even though unforgiving, never 'Gainst thee shall my heart rebel. Would that breast were bared before thee Where thy head so oft hath lain, While that placid sleep came o'er thee Which thou ne'er canst know again: Would that breast, by thee glanced over, Every inmost thought could show!
Page 189 - That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea stamp ; The man's the gowd for a
Page 16 - 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 185 - ... this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 33 - And, oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle.
Page 128 - The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The monarch may forget the crown That on his head an hour has been ; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me !" LINES, SENT TO SIR JOHN WHITEFORD, OF WHITEFORD, BART.