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Page iv
... instance of the vivid impression which the poetry of his country made on his young mind , we may mention the song of The blaithrie o't , which , he observes , was the earliest song he remem- bers to have got by heart . When a child iv.
... instance of the vivid impression which the poetry of his country made on his young mind , we may mention the song of The blaithrie o't , which , he observes , was the earliest song he remem- bers to have got by heart . When a child iv.
Page vii
... mind , Consider how they ebb and flow , each thing in their own kind ; Yet few of them have such a strain , as God hath given to thee ; Therefore this lesson keep in mind , - remember man to die . Man's course on earth I will report ...
... mind , Consider how they ebb and flow , each thing in their own kind ; Yet few of them have such a strain , as God hath given to thee ; Therefore this lesson keep in mind , - remember man to die . Man's course on earth I will report ...
Page x
... mind ; His children small do on him call , and breed him sturt and strife ; * * * * * * Then August old , both stout and bold , when flow'rs do stoutly stand ; So man appears to forty years , with wisdom and command ; And doth provide ...
... mind ; His children small do on him call , and breed him sturt and strife ; * * * * * * Then August old , both stout and bold , when flow'rs do stoutly stand ; So man appears to forty years , with wisdom and command ; And doth provide ...
Page xi
... mind on me , and learn me for to die ! December fell baith sharp and snell , makes flow'rs creep in the ground ; Then man's threescore , both sick and sore , no soundness in him found . His ears and e'en , and teeth of bane , all these ...
... mind on me , and learn me for to die ! December fell baith sharp and snell , makes flow'rs creep in the ground ; Then man's threescore , both sick and sore , no soundness in him found . His ears and e'en , and teeth of bane , all these ...
Page xiii
... mind of Burns ; accordingly we find that this ballad has not only the same struc- ture of versification with the Ode of Burns , and the repetition of the last line of the stanza ; but it breathes a kindred pensive melancholy from begin ...
... mind of Burns ; accordingly we find that this ballad has not only the same struc- ture of versification with the Ode of Burns , and the repetition of the last line of the stanza ; but it breathes a kindred pensive melancholy from begin ...
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