Poems: Poems-v. 2. Poems as they appeared inthe early Edinburgh editions.-v. 3. Posthmuous [!] poems.-v. 4. SongsJ. M'Kie, 1786 |
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... gies them little fright . Then chance and fortune are fae guided , They're ay in less or mair provided ; An ' tho ' fatigu'd wi ' clofe employment , A blink o ' rest's a sweet enjoyment . The deareft comfort o ' their lives , Their ...
... gies them little fright . Then chance and fortune are fae guided , They're ay in less or mair provided ; An ' tho ' fatigu'd wi ' clofe employment , A blink o ' rest's a sweet enjoyment . The deareft comfort o ' their lives , Their ...
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... gies his bellys breath , An ' Ploughmen gather wi ' their graith , O rare ! to see thee fizz an ' freath I ' the lugget caup ! Then Burnewin comes on like Death At ev'ry chap . Nae mercy , then , for airn or fteel ; The brawnie , banie ...
... gies his bellys breath , An ' Ploughmen gather wi ' their graith , O rare ! to see thee fizz an ' freath I ' the lugget caup ! Then Burnewin comes on like Death At ev'ry chap . Nae mercy , then , for airn or fteel ; The brawnie , banie ...
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... Gies famous fport . When neebors anger at a plea , An ' just as wud as wud can be , How eafy can the barley - brie Cement the quarrel ! It's aye the cheapest Lawyer's fee To taste the barrel . Alake ! that e'er my Mufe has reason , To ...
... Gies famous fport . When neebors anger at a plea , An ' just as wud as wud can be , How eafy can the barley - brie Cement the quarrel ! It's aye the cheapest Lawyer's fee To taste the barrel . Alake ! that e'er my Mufe has reason , To ...
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... gies him ; An ' when he fa's , His latest draught o ' breathin lea'es him In faint huzzas . Sages their folemn een may fteek , An ' raise a philofophic reek , An ' phyfically caufes feek , In clime an ' feafon , But tell me Whisky's ...
... gies him ; An ' when he fa's , His latest draught o ' breathin lea'es him In faint huzzas . Sages their folemn een may fteek , An ' raise a philofophic reek , An ' phyfically caufes feek , In clime an ' feafon , But tell me Whisky's ...
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... gies him ; An ' when he fa's , His latest draught o ' breathin lea'es him In faint huzzas . Sages their folemn een may steek , An ' raise a philosophic reek , An ' physically causes seek , In clime an ' feafon , But tell me Whisky's ...
... gies him ; An ' when he fa's , His latest draught o ' breathin lea'es him In faint huzzas . Sages their folemn een may steek , An ' raise a philosophic reek , An ' physically causes seek , In clime an ' feafon , But tell me Whisky's ...
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Página 103 - ... how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's...
Página 104 - An honest man's the noblest work of God ;" And, certes,* in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind. What is a lordling's pomp ? A cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind! Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! O Scotia, my dear, my native soil!
Página 104 - And decks the lily fair in flow'ry 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.
Página 102 - 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...
Página 141 - I'll no say, men are villains a' ; The real, harden'd wicked, Wha hae nae check but human law, Are to a few restricked : But Och ! mankind are unco weak, An...
Página 95 - Belyve,* the elder bairns come drapping in, At service out, amang the farmers roun
Página 99 - The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi...
Página 98 - Is there, in human form, that bears a heart A wretch! a villain! lost to love and truth! That can, with studied, sly, ensnaring art, Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth?
Página 47 - Now, butt an' ben, the Change-house fills, Wi' yill-caup Commentators : Here's crying out for bakes an' gills, An' there the pint-stowp clatters ; While thick an' thrang, an' loud an' lang, Wi' logic, an' wi' Scripture, They raise a din, that in the end, Is like to breed a rupture O' wrath that day. Leeze me on Drink ! it gi'es us mair Than either School or College : It kindles Wit, it waukens Lair, It pangs us fou o
Página 160 - What's a' your jargon o' your schools, Your Latin names for horns an' stools; If honest Nature made you fools, What sairs your grammars? Ye'd better ta'en up spades and shools, Or knappin'-hammers. A set o' dull conceited hashes Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang in stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth to speak; An...