The Works of Robert Burns: Life of Robert Burns, criticism on his writings, and some observations on the Scottish peasantryT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 |
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... may sometimes recal to your mind the friend who addresses you , and who bids you - most affectionately - adieu ! J. CURRIE . LIVERPOOL , 1st May , 1800 . ADVERTISEMENT . IF the Editor has not mentioned by name DEDICATION . ix.
... may sometimes recal to your mind the friend who addresses you , and who bids you - most affectionately - adieu ! J. CURRIE . LIVERPOOL , 1st May , 1800 . ADVERTISEMENT . IF the Editor has not mentioned by name DEDICATION . ix.
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... - tion , once excited , are stimulated by his ima- gination ; and distant and uncertain objects , giving freer scope to the operation of this fa- culty , culty , often acquire , in the mind of the 6 PREFATORY REMARKS .
... - tion , once excited , are stimulated by his ima- gination ; and distant and uncertain objects , giving freer scope to the operation of this fa- culty , culty , often acquire , in the mind of the 6 PREFATORY REMARKS .
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Robert Burns. culty , often acquire , in the mind of the youth- ful adventurer , an attraction from their very distance and uncertainty . If , therefore , a greater degree of instruction be given to the peasantry of a country ...
Robert Burns. culty , often acquire , in the mind of the youth- ful adventurer , an attraction from their very distance and uncertainty . If , therefore , a greater degree of instruction be given to the peasantry of a country ...
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... mind of the peasant , and are rendered more attractive from the music with which they are united . They associate them- selves with his own youthful emotions ; they elevate the object as well as the nature of his attachment ; and give ...
... mind of the peasant , and are rendered more attractive from the music with which they are united . They associate them- selves with his own youthful emotions ; they elevate the object as well as the nature of his attachment ; and give ...
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... mind . Of these , music and poetry are the chief . Among the snows of Lapland , and under the burning sun of Angola , the savage is seen hastening to his mistress , and . every where he beguiles the weariness of his jour ney with poetry ...
... mind . Of these , music and poetry are the chief . Among the snows of Lapland , and under the burning sun of Angola , the savage is seen hastening to his mistress , and . every where he beguiles the weariness of his jour ney with poetry ...
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Page 84 - ... Martyrs,' worthy of the name ; Or noble 'Elgin' beets' the heavenward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : Compared with these, Italian trills are tame ; The tickled ears no heart-felt raptures raise ; Nae unison hae they with our Creator's praise. The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abram was the friend of God on high ; Or Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny ; Or how the royal Bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging...
Page 126 - 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 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing' That thus they all shall meet in future days: There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear; While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 85 - And decks the lily fair in flowery pride, Would in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly in their hearts with grace divine preside.
Page 49 - Shandy and the Man of Feeling were my bosom favourites. Poesy was still a darling walk for my mind, but it was only indulged in according to the humour of the hour. I had usually half a dozen or more pieces on hand; I took up one or other, as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work as it bordered, on fatigue. My passions, when once lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they got vent in rhyme; and then the conning over my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet!
Page 92 - These things to hear Would Desdemona seriously incline : But still the house affairs would draw her thence ; Which ever as she could with haste despatch, She'd come again, and with a greedy ear Devour up my discourse : which, I observing, Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart, That I would all my pilgrimage dilate, Whereof by parcels she had something heard, But not...
Page 307 - And wear thou this' — she solemn said, And bound the Holly round my head : The polish'd leaves, and berries red, Did rustling play; And, like a passing thought, she fled In light away.
Page 262 - When youthful Love, warm-blu.shing strong, Keen-shivering shot thy nerves along, Those accents, grateful to thy tongue, Th' adored Name, I taught thee how to pour in song, To soothe thy flame "I saw thy pulse's maddening play, Wild send thee Pleasure's devious way. Misled by Fancy's meteor ray, By Passion driven; But yet the light that led astray, Was light from Heaven.
Page 101 - As for this world, I despair of ever making a figure in it. I am not formed for the bustle of the busy, nor the flutter of the gay. I shall never again be capable of entering into such scenes.
Page 83 - 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...