Reliques of Robert Burns: Consisting Chiefly of Original Letters, Poems, and Critical Observations on Scottish Songs |
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... stanzas that I made to an air , a musical gentle- man * of my acquaintance composed for the anniver- sary of his wedding - day , which happens on the seventh of November . Take it as follows : The day returns - my bosom burns , The ...
... stanzas that I made to an air , a musical gentle- man * of my acquaintance composed for the anniver- sary of his wedding - day , which happens on the seventh of November . Take it as follows : The day returns - my bosom burns , The ...
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... stanza or two to add to it . No. XXXIV . To Mr. JAMES HAMILTON , Grocer , Glasgow . Ellisland , May 26 , 1789 . DEAR SIR , I SEND you by John Glover , Carrier , the above account for Mr. Turnbull , as I suppose you know his address . I ...
... stanza or two to add to it . No. XXXIV . To Mr. JAMES HAMILTON , Grocer , Glasgow . Ellisland , May 26 , 1789 . DEAR SIR , I SEND you by John Glover , Carrier , the above account for Mr. Turnbull , as I suppose you know his address . I ...
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... stanzas , to the tune of Chevy Chase , by way of Elegy on your poor unfortunate mare , beginning ( the name she got here was Peg Nicholson ) Peg Nicholson was a good bay mare , As ever trode on airn ; But now she's floating down the ...
... stanzas , to the tune of Chevy Chase , by way of Elegy on your poor unfortunate mare , beginning ( the name she got here was Peg Nicholson ) Peg Nicholson was a good bay mare , As ever trode on airn ; But now she's floating down the ...
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... stanza I have been framing as I paced along the road . The subject is LIBERTY : You know , my honored friend , how dear the theme is to me . I design it an irregular ode for General Wash- ington's birth - day . After having mentioned ...
... stanza I have been framing as I paced along the road . The subject is LIBERTY : You know , my honored friend , how dear the theme is to me . I design it an irregular ode for General Wash- ington's birth - day . After having mentioned ...
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... stanza , or even the title of the most trifling Scots air , which has the least panegyrical reference to the fami- lies of Nassau or Brunswick ; while there are hun dreds satirizing them . - This may be thought no pa- negyric on the ...
... stanza , or even the title of the most trifling Scots air , which has the least panegyrical reference to the fami- lies of Nassau or Brunswick ; while there are hun dreds satirizing them . - This may be thought no pa- negyric on the ...
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acquaintance Allan Water amang Auld Ayrshire ballad banks beautiful Blacklock bonie lass bosom brother Burns Burns's called charms compliments composed copy Currie's Dalswinton DEAR FRIEND DEAR SIR Dumfries e'en Edinburgh Ellisland excise farewel feelings frae Gavin Hamilton give gude Gypsie Laddie hand happy heart Highland Highland Laddie honest honor idea kind Laddie lady lassie letter Lord Madam Mauchline maun mind misfortune Miss mony morning muse ne'er never night noble O'er the moor old song pleasure poem poet poetic poor present river Doon ROBERT BURNS Roslin Castle Scotland Scots Scots Musical Museum Scottish sentiments sing soul sparklin stanza sweet tell thee thing thou thought tion tune verses weel wife WILLIAM BURNS Willie wish words write young
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Page 13 - That sings upon the bough ; Thou minds me o' the happy days When my fause Luve was true. Thou'll break my heart, thou bonnie bird That sings beside thy mate ; For sae I sat, and sae I sang, And wist na o' my fate. Aft hae I roved by bonnie Doon To see the woodbine twine, And ilka bird sang o' its love ; And sae did I o' mine. Wi' lightsome heart I pu'da rose, Frae aff its thorny tree ; And my fause luver staw the rose, But left the thorn wi
Page 278 - I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy; Naething could resist my Nancy; But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love for ever.
Page 173 - MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. MY heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here ; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.
Page 171 - 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 The boat rocks at the pier o...
Page 12 - Doon, How can ye blume sae fair ! How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o
Page 225 - Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride. Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so; Thou guide, by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well!
Page 213 - mid renewing storms: Is it departing pangs my soul alarms ? Or death's unlovely, dreary, dark abode ? For guilt, for guilt, my terrors are in arms; I tremble to approach an angry GOD, And justly smart beneath his sin-avenging rod. Fain would I say,
Page 211 - An' riches still may fly them, O ; An' tho' at last they catch them fast, Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O. Green grow, &c. But gie me a canny hour at e'en, My arms about my dearie, O ; An
Page 185 - But pluck'd and strain'd through ruder hands, Her sweets no longer with her dwells: But scent and beauty both are gone, And leaves fall from her, one by one. Such fate ere long will thee betide When thou hast handled been awhile, With sere flowers to be thrown aside; And I shall sigh, while some will smile, To see thy love to every one Hath brought thee to be loved by none.
Page 119 - How are you, my dear friend, and how comes on your fifth volume ? You may probably think that for some time past I have neglected you and your work ; but, alas! the hand of pain, sorrow, and care, has these many months lain heavy on me.