The Beauties of Burns: Consisting of Selections from His Poems and LettersT. Davison, 1826 - 212 páginas |
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... whirlygigums at the head . The Goth was stalking round wi ' anxious search , Spying the time - worn flaws in every arch ; * The two steeples . † The Gos - hawk , or Falcon . It chanced his new - come neebor took his ee 4 BURNS .
... whirlygigums at the head . The Goth was stalking round wi ' anxious search , Spying the time - worn flaws in every arch ; * The two steeples . † The Gos - hawk , or Falcon . It chanced his new - come neebor took his ee 4 BURNS .
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... come neebor took his ee , And e'en a vex'd and angry heart had he ! Wi ' thieveless sneer to see his modish mien , He , down the water , gies him this guid - e'en : - AULD BRIG . I doubtna , frien ' , ye'll think ye're nae sheepshank ...
... come neebor took his ee , And e'en a vex'd and angry heart had he ! Wi ' thieveless sneer to see his modish mien , He , down the water , gies him this guid - e'en : - AULD BRIG . I doubtna , frien ' , ye'll think ye're nae sheepshank ...
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... come drapping in , At service out , amang the farmers roun ' ; Some ca ' the pleugh , some herd , some tentie rin A ... Comes hame , perhaps , to shew a braw new gown , Or deposit her sair - won penny - fee , To help her parents dear ...
... come drapping in , At service out , amang the farmers roun ' ; Some ca ' the pleugh , some herd , some tentie rin A ... Comes hame , perhaps , to shew a braw new gown , Or deposit her sair - won penny - fee , To help her parents dear ...
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... comes gently to the door ; Jenny , wha kens the meaning o ' the same , Tells how a neebor lad cam o'er the moor , To do some errands , and convoy her hame . The wily mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's ee , and flush her ...
... comes gently to the door ; Jenny , wha kens the meaning o ' the same , Tells how a neebor lad cam o'er the moor , To do some errands , and convoy her hame . The wily mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's ee , and flush her ...
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... come , I , here wha sit , hae met wi ' some , An's thankfu ' for them yet . They gie the wit of age to youth ; They let us ken oursel ; They mak us see the naked truth , The real guid and ill . Though losses , and crosses , Be lessons ...
... come , I , here wha sit , hae met wi ' some , An's thankfu ' for them yet . They gie the wit of age to youth ; They let us ken oursel ; They mak us see the naked truth , The real guid and ill . Though losses , and crosses , Be lessons ...
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The Beauties of Burns: Consisting of Selections from His Poems and Letters Alfred Howard Sin vista previa disponible - 2014 |
The Beauties of Burns: Consisting of Selections from His Poems and Letters Alfred Howard Sin vista previa disponible - 2014 |
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Página 132 - Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a
Página 13 - And sage experience bids me this declare — ' If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair, In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
Página 74 - But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an
Página 142 - As fair art thou, my bonie lass, So deep in luve am I : And I will luve thee still, my Dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a' the seas gang dry, my Dear, And the rocks melt wi' the sun : And I will luve thee still, my Dear, While the sands o
Página 137 - Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair? How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fu' o
Página 139 - My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
Página 130 - Of a' the airts the wind can blaw I dearly like the West, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best : 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...
Página 12 - But hark! a rap comes gently to the door; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neibor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek; Wi...
Página 131 - John Anderson, my jo. John Anderson, my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither; And monie a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither: Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson, my jo.
Página 15 - 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...