Highland Mary: Interesting Papers on an Interesting SubjectJohn Dawson Ross A. Gardner, 1894 - 147 pages |
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... poems , original and otherwise , regarding Highland Mary that have come under my notice . It is , however , quite probable that there are even better papers and poems on the subject ( Burns's pieces of course excepted ) which I have not ...
... poems , original and otherwise , regarding Highland Mary that have come under my notice . It is , however , quite probable that there are even better papers and poems on the subject ( Burns's pieces of course excepted ) which I have not ...
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... poems , original and otherwise , regarding Highland Mary that have come under my notice . It is , however , quite probable that there are even better papers and poems on the subject ( Burns's pieces of course excepted ) which I have not ...
... poems , original and otherwise , regarding Highland Mary that have come under my notice . It is , however , quite probable that there are even better papers and poems on the subject ( Burns's pieces of course excepted ) which I have not ...
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... Poems , for a work he was busy with then . But he died before it was ready to be published , so the songs were never printed . " So writes my fair friend in Chicago . I have been unable to recover anything of this nature from the papers ...
... Poems , for a work he was busy with then . But he died before it was ready to be published , so the songs were never printed . " So writes my fair friend in Chicago . I have been unable to recover anything of this nature from the papers ...
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... poems , and cor- recting proofs , and obtaining subscribers . On 31st July , 612 copies of the book were issued at Kilmarnock , he having secured between three and four hundred subscribers . And he was now preparing to sail for the West ...
... poems , and cor- recting proofs , and obtaining subscribers . On 31st July , 612 copies of the book were issued at Kilmarnock , he having secured between three and four hundred subscribers . And he was now preparing to sail for the West ...
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... poem " Powers Celestial , whose Protection , " was named by BURNS himself , " A Prayer for Mary . " The beautiful ... poems : two of them the sub- limest and tenderest love - pieces that ever were written ! One of the minor blessings ...
... poem " Powers Celestial , whose Protection , " was named by BURNS himself , " A Prayer for Mary . " The beautiful ... poems : two of them the sub- limest and tenderest love - pieces that ever were written ! One of the minor blessings ...
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Common terms and phrases
ALLAN CUNNINGHAM Annie Ardrossan Ayrshire bard beautiful Bible blissful rest brother Burns and Mary Burns's Highland Mary Campbeltown Castle celebrated Coilsfield daughter dear departed shade DUNCAN MACGREGOR Dunoon faith farewell father Firth of Clyde flowers forswear thyself friends Gavin Hamilton genius girl Glasgow golden hair Grand GRAVE OF HIGHLAND hand heart Highland lassie Highland Mary HIGHLAND MARY'S GRAVE honour immortal Jean Armour John kirk letters lived Lord thine oaths lovers Macpherson Mary Campbell Mary in Heaven Mary's death Masonic Mauchline memory Montgomery Montgomery Castle monument Mossgiel mother never o'er passion Peter M'Pherson place of blissful plighted poems poet poet's possession relic Robert Burns Robert Weir Robertson romantic sang says Scotia's Scotland shalt not forswear shalt perform unto sister song stone stream sweet Tarbolton tender true songs Turnbull unto the Lord verse volume vows West Highlands West Indies wrote ye go
Popular passages
Page 96 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Page 42 - Again ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not, forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths...
Page 82 - O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow and lock'd embrace Our parting was fu' tender; And pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder; But, Oh!
Page 107 - I forget the hallowed grove, Where by the winding Ayr we met, To live one day of parting love ! Eternity will not efface Those records dear of transports past ; Thy image at our last embrace ; Ah ! little thought we 'twas our last ! Ayr gurgling kissed his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thickening, green ; The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar, Twined amorous round the raptured scene.
Page 85 - Autumn following, she crossed the sea to meet me at Greenock : where she had scarce landed when she was seized with a malignant fever, which hurried my dear girl to the grave in a few days ! before I could even hear of her illness.
Page 86 - ... promised compliance ; but still remained where he was, striding up and down slowly, and contemplating the sky, which was singularly clear and starry. At last Mrs. Burns found him stretched on a mass of straw, with his eyes fixed on a beautiful planet ' that shone like another moon,' and prevailed on him to come in.
Page 9 - LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon.