Abbotsford Series of the Scottish Poets,George Eyre-Todd W. Hodge & Company, 1896 |
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... seen The brothers marching o'er the green With dog and gun , while yet the night Was blended with the dawning light , When first the sheep begin to bleat , And th ' early kine rise from their dewy seat . " Thus as he spoke , each ...
... seen The brothers marching o'er the green With dog and gun , while yet the night Was blended with the dawning light , When first the sheep begin to bleat , And th ' early kine rise from their dewy seat . " Thus as he spoke , each ...
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... seen there ; But a dish o ' gude brose was the favourite fare . Oh , the kail brose , & c . There was hotch - potch and haggis , a feast for a lord , And sheep's heads , the fattest our hills could afford ; But a dish o ' gude brose was ...
... seen there ; But a dish o ' gude brose was the favourite fare . Oh , the kail brose , & c . There was hotch - potch and haggis , a feast for a lord , And sheep's heads , the fattest our hills could afford ; But a dish o ' gude brose was ...
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... seen the ode in her kinsman's handwriting before it was printed ; and Dr. Robertson , Logan's literary executor , in the Life prefixed to Logan's " Sermons , ” averred that Logan had acknowledged to him his own authorship of the ...
... seen the ode in her kinsman's handwriting before it was printed ; and Dr. Robertson , Logan's literary executor , in the Life prefixed to Logan's " Sermons , ” averred that Logan had acknowledged to him his own authorship of the ...
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... seen Alexander Bruce take up the little volume of 1770 , and , reading the " Ode to the Cuckoo , " the " Elegy , " and " Lochleven , " weep as he recalled the circum- stances under which these pieces were composed by his son . Still ...
... seen Alexander Bruce take up the little volume of 1770 , and , reading the " Ode to the Cuckoo , " the " Elegy , " and " Lochleven , " weep as he recalled the circum- stances under which these pieces were composed by his son . Still ...
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... seen . Behold , the trees new deck their withered boughs ; Their ample leaves the hospitable plane , The taper elm , and lofty ash , disclose ; The blooming hawthorn variegates the scene . The lily of the vale , of flowers the queen 70 ...
... seen . Behold , the trees new deck their withered boughs ; Their ample leaves the hospitable plane , The taper elm , and lofty ash , disclose ; The blooming hawthorn variegates the scene . The lily of the vale , of flowers the queen 70 ...
Términos y frases comunes
Aberdeen ain fireside Allan Ramsay amang auld bairns baith ballad baloo blaw blithe blooming boatie rows bonnie braes braw Burns Carolina Oliphant cauld cheerful Cockpen Cuckoo dance dear doun e'en e'er Edinburgh fair Fergusson flowers frae gang gi'e green gude ha'e Hallowe'en hame heart Heaven Highland Highland laddie hills ilka Jamie John kail brose Kinnesswood laddie Lady Lady Anne Lindsay laird langsyne lass lassie lo'e Logan Lord maun meikle Michael Bruce mony morn nae mair naething ne'er never night o'er ower owre plaid poems poet Pretty Robert Fergusson Roslin Castle sang Scotland Scottish Paraphrases Scottish Poetry siller simmer sing snaw song SUSANNA BLAMIRE sweet Syne tell thee There's thou unco verse volume wee thing weel Whan Whare wife Yarrow youth
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Página 231 - Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a" that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A Man's a Man for a
Página 173 - Whare sits our sulky sullen dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. This truth fand honest Tam o...
Página 230 - It is the wish'd, the trysted hour! Those smiles and glances let me see, That make the miser's treasure poor: How...
Página 3 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war...
Página 185 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care, And " Let us worship God !
Página 185 - 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...
Página 216 - Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides, And winds by the cot where my Mary resides; How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave, As gathering sweet flow'rets she stems thy clear wave.
Página 224 - There wild woods grow, and rivers row, And mony a hill between ; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tunefu' birds, I hear her charm the air : There's not a bonnie flower that springs By fountain, shaw, or green, There's not a bonnie bird that sings But minds me o
Página 231 - That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! 44S For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a
Página 179 - And hotch'd and blew wi' might and main; Till first ae caper, syne anither, Tam tint his reason a' thegither, And roars out: "Weel done, Cutty-sark!" And in an instant all was dark; And scarcely had he Maggie rallied, When out the hellish legion sallied. As bees bizz out wi' angry fyke, When plundering herds assail their byke: As open pussie's mortal foes, When, pop!