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... thoughts which appear in him with such lustre were derived from others ; and even that some of his most sublime and pathetic poems owe their origin to models of a similar description , however inferior . To the Farmer's Ingle we owe the ...
... thoughts which appear in him with such lustre were derived from others ; and even that some of his most sublime and pathetic poems owe their origin to models of a similar description , however inferior . To the Farmer's Ingle we owe the ...
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... thoughts as these are far frae me , Or ony that sweet face that see , E'er to think thee a gawkie . But whisht ! -nae mair of this we'll speak , For yonder Jamie does us meet ; Instead of Meg he kiss'd sae sweet , I trow he likes the ...
... thoughts as these are far frae me , Or ony that sweet face that see , E'er to think thee a gawkie . But whisht ! -nae mair of this we'll speak , For yonder Jamie does us meet ; Instead of Meg he kiss'd sae sweet , I trow he likes the ...
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... charms me ; Every look still warms me ; Every thought alarms me , Lest she love nae me . Peggy doth discover Nought but charms all over ; Nature bids me love her , That's a law to me . Who would leave a lover , To become a rover 12.
... charms me ; Every look still warms me ; Every thought alarms me , Lest she love nae me . Peggy doth discover Nought but charms all over ; Nature bids me love her , That's a law to me . Who would leave a lover , To become a rover 12.
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... that which I take to be the old song , is in every shepherd's mouth . Ramsay , I Ramsay , I suppose , had thought the old verses unworthy of a place in his collection . THE FLOWERS OF EDINBURGH . THIS song is one of 14.
... that which I take to be the old song , is in every shepherd's mouth . Ramsay , I Ramsay , I suppose , had thought the old verses unworthy of a place in his collection . THE FLOWERS OF EDINBURGH . THIS song is one of 14.
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... thought no panegyric on the Scots Poets , but I mean it as such . For myself , I would always take it as a compliment to have it said , that my heart ran before my head ; * - and surely the * Poor Burns ! -Thy heart indeed ran always ...
... thought no panegyric on the Scots Poets , but I mean it as such . For myself , I would always take it as a compliment to have it said , that my heart ran before my head ; * - and surely the * Poor Burns ! -Thy heart indeed ran always ...
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