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... upon the uplands of Dunsyre , and to bear its dying testimony in the Grassmarket of Edinburgh . ' Or , standing on the heathy banks of Holmes ' THE DEPARTURE OF WINTER . 19 The departure of Winter and return of Spring.
... upon the uplands of Dunsyre , and to bear its dying testimony in the Grassmarket of Edinburgh . ' Or , standing on the heathy banks of Holmes ' THE DEPARTURE OF WINTER . 19 The departure of Winter and return of Spring.
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... died in May 1880 , aged 25. During the same period Mary also took ill , viz . , in 1882 , and died in September , 1883 , at the age of 17. It will thus be seen that for many years there were seldom less than two cases of severe illness ...
... died in May 1880 , aged 25. During the same period Mary also took ill , viz . , in 1882 , and died in September , 1883 , at the age of 17. It will thus be seen that for many years there were seldom less than two cases of severe illness ...
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... dying flowers Have lessons all to heart may lay . Soon will it fall upon the ear The dirge that dull October sings , Soon will November's blast make bare All that in field or forest springs ; Farewell , then , pensive wanderings , When ...
... dying flowers Have lessons all to heart may lay . Soon will it fall upon the ear The dirge that dull October sings , Soon will November's blast make bare All that in field or forest springs ; Farewell , then , pensive wanderings , When ...
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... Died , November , 188- ; aged 84 . " FOUR score and four ; " such was the tale that coffin lid did tell Of one whom all the villagers had known so long and well : 66 It came , the end of that long life THE END OF A LONELY LIFE . 65 The ...
... Died , November , 188- ; aged 84 . " FOUR score and four ; " such was the tale that coffin lid did tell Of one whom all the villagers had known so long and well : 66 It came , the end of that long life THE END OF A LONELY LIFE . 65 The ...
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... dying bed ; few loving friends were there To wipe away the cold death sweat and bless the poor man's bier ; And as we sadly pondered o'er life's solemn mysteries , Back came the faces and the forms of those that once were his ; And oft ...
... dying bed ; few loving friends were there To wipe away the cold death sweat and bless the poor man's bier ; And as we sadly pondered o'er life's solemn mysteries , Back came the faces and the forms of those that once were his ; And oft ...
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ain gean tree amang Auld Lint Mill Auld Mill Barn Auld Scotland's Autumn bairn bard beautiful Biggar bonnie bosom bright brow Carlops church churchyard cottage dark dear death Doctor Dolphinton Donald Cargill doon Dunsyre e'er fair flowers frae glen grave hame hath hearts hills humble inscription interesting Jephtha's daughter Kilbucho Laird land langsyne life's Linton lonely Lyne Water lyre mair manse maun memory minister mong mony moorland mountain Muirkirk ne'er neath Newhall o'er oor ain gean owre parish peaceful Peeblesshire Prince Charlie quaint Ravendean Burn replied respect unto richt Robbie Burns Robert Burns round sang scenes Scotland Scottish seek sere song spot stone Strathspeys stream sweet Tammas terrible loon thee thou thro Verses Wake the pibroch wandered weel ween West Linton Willie young
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Page 20 - Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. For, behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity [The Day of the Lord] : the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.
Page 151 - His is that language of the heart, In which the answering heart would speak, Thought, word, that bids the warm tear start, Or the smile light the cheek ; And his that music, to whose tone The common pulse of man keeps time, In cot or castle's mirth or moan, In cold or sunny clime.
Page 122 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? . . . When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 130 - O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Page 20 - Come, my people, Enter thou into thy chambers, And shut thy doors about thee : Hide thyself as it were for a little moment, 15 Until the indignation be overpast.
Page 165 - Such graves as his are pilgrim-shrines, Shrines to no code or creed confined— The Delphian ' vales, the Palestines, The Meccas of the mind. Sages, with wisdom's garland wreathed, Crowned kings, and mitred priests of power, And warriors with their bright swords sheathed, The mightiest of the hour...
Page 132 - October 24, 1684; for their adherence to the word of God, and Scotland's covenanted work of reformation.
Page 165 - All ask the cottage of his birth, Gaze on the scenes he loved and sung, And gather feelings not of earth His fields and streams among.
Page 165 - And lowlier names, whose humble home Is lit by Fortune's dimmer star, Are there; o'er wave and mountain come, From countries near and far, Pilgrims whose wandering feet have pressed The Switzer's snow, the Arab's sand, Or trod the piled leaves of the West — My own green forest-land...
Page 137 - This lovely bud, so young and fair, Called hence by early doom, Just came to show how sweet a flower In Paradise would bloom.