The Genius, and Character of BurnsA. Hart, late Carey & Hart, 1854 - 222 pages |
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... writes Robert to one of his cousins— “ in his own opinion , and indeed in almost everybody's else , in a dying condition , " - far gone in a consumption , as it was called ; but dying , though not sixty , of old age at last . His lot in ...
... writes Robert to one of his cousins— “ in his own opinion , and indeed in almost everybody's else , in a dying condition , " - far gone in a consumption , as it was called ; but dying , though not sixty , of old age at last . His lot in ...
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... writes Burns in a note ; but in the poem evil spirits are disarmed of all their terrors , and fear is fun . It might have begun well enough , and nobody would have found fault , with دو " Some merry , friendly , kintra folks , Together ...
... writes Burns in a note ; but in the poem evil spirits are disarmed of all their terrors , and fear is fun . It might have begun well enough , and nobody would have found fault , with دو " Some merry , friendly , kintra folks , Together ...
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... writes about her to Mrs. Dunlop and others in terms of sobriety and good sense— “ The most placid good nature and sweetness of dispo- sition ; a warm heart , gratefully devoted with all its powers to love me ; vigorous health and ...
... writes about her to Mrs. Dunlop and others in terms of sobriety and good sense— “ The most placid good nature and sweetness of dispo- sition ; a warm heart , gratefully devoted with all its powers to love me ; vigorous health and ...
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... writes as if he thought him incapable of self - guidance , and says , " It is to be lamented that at this critical period of his life , our poet was without the society of his wife and chil- dren . A great change had taken place in his ...
... writes as if he thought him incapable of self - guidance , and says , " It is to be lamented that at this critical period of his life , our poet was without the society of his wife and chil- dren . A great change had taken place in his ...
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... writes , " No man knows what nature has fitted him for till he try ; and if after a preparatory course of some years ' study of men and books I shall find myself unequal to the task , there is no harm done . Virtue and study are their ...
... writes , " No man knows what nature has fitted him for till he try ; and if after a preparatory course of some years ' study of men and books I shall find myself unequal to the task , there is no harm done . Virtue and study are their ...
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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.