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... appear for the first time in these volumes * , if they do not add to the reputation of Burns , will not at least derogate from it ; and they bear additional tes- timony to the goodness of the heart of the poet , who , in the height of ...
... appear for the first time in these volumes * , if they do not add to the reputation of Burns , will not at least derogate from it ; and they bear additional tes- timony to the goodness of the heart of the poet , who , in the height of ...
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... recreations of his mind , rendered him- self , in the humblest station , more the object of thought and of enquiry , than numbers whom Fortune had placed in the most exalted . To some it may appear that the subject of the xiv.
... recreations of his mind , rendered him- self , in the humblest station , more the object of thought and of enquiry , than numbers whom Fortune had placed in the most exalted . To some it may appear that the subject of the xiv.
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Robert Burns. To some it may appear that the subject of the following sketch has been exhausted by the mas- terly narrative of Dr Currie ; and on this account the author is anxious to state that he was directed to it by accident more ...
Robert Burns. To some it may appear that the subject of the following sketch has been exhausted by the mas- terly narrative of Dr Currie ; and on this account the author is anxious to state that he was directed to it by accident more ...
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... appears to have been far above the ordinary level . William Burnes ( for so he spelt his name ) was born in Kincardine- shire , where he had received the ordinary edu- cation of a Scottish peasant . This being gene- rally confined to ...
... appears to have been far above the ordinary level . William Burnes ( for so he spelt his name ) was born in Kincardine- shire , where he had received the ordinary edu- cation of a Scottish peasant . This being gene- rally confined to ...
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Robert Burns. thers were under the tuition of this intelligent teacher , it may appear extravagant to attach so much importance to it . But genius , in all pro- bability , takes its bent at a very early period ; and no one can be sure ...
Robert Burns. thers were under the tuition of this intelligent teacher , it may appear extravagant to attach so much importance to it . But genius , in all pro- bability , takes its bent at a very early period ; and no one can be sure ...
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Página 187 - 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 189 - 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 in an eternal sphere.
Página 6 - I've notic'd, on our Laird's court-day, An' mony a time my heart's been wae, Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, How they maun thole a factor's snash : He'll stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear, He'll apprehend them, poind their gear; While they maun stan', wi' aspect humble, An' hear it a', an' fear and tremble ! I see how folk live that hae riches: But surely poor folk maun be wretches.
Página 190 - Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace...
Página 188 - With Amalek's ungracious progeny; Or how the royal bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire; Or Job's pathetic plaint and wailing cry; Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre.
Página 78 - When Masons' mystic word an' grip, In storms an' tempests raise you up, Some cock or cat your rage maun stop, Or, strange to tell! The youngest Brother ye wad whip Aff straught to hell. Lang syne, in Eden's bonie yard, When youthfu' lovers first were pair'd, An...
Página 272 - And they hae sworn a solemn oath John Barleycorn was dead. But the cheerful spring came kindly on, And showers began to fall : John Barleycorn got up again.
Página 123 - tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Página 186 - Blythe Jenny sees the visit's no ill ta'en ; The father cracks of horses, pleughs, and kye. The youngster's artless heart o'erflows wi...
Página 196 - So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn.