Reliques of Robert Burns: Consisting Chiefly of Original Letters, Poems, and Critical Observations on Scottish SongsBradford and Inskeep, 1809 - 294 páginas |
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... composed for the anniver- sary of his wedding - day , which happens on the seventh of November . Take it as follows : The day returns - my bosom burns , The blissful day we twa did meet , & c . Dr , Currie's Ed . Vol . 3 , p . 289 . I ...
... composed for the anniver- sary of his wedding - day , which happens on the seventh of November . Take it as follows : The day returns - my bosom burns , The blissful day we twa did meet , & c . Dr , Currie's Ed . Vol . 3 , p . 289 . I ...
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... composed and corrected his work , has quite poured away all his powers of critical discrimination . I can easily guess from my own heart , what you have felt on a late most melancholy event . God knows what I have suffered , at the loss ...
... composed and corrected his work , has quite poured away all his powers of critical discrimination . I can easily guess from my own heart , what you have felt on a late most melancholy event . God knows what I have suffered , at the loss ...
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... composed ; and meant to have sent them my first leisure hour , and acquainted you with my late change of life . I mentioned to my lord , my fears concerning my farm . Those fears were indeed too true ; it is a bargain would have ruined ...
... composed ; and meant to have sent them my first leisure hour , and acquainted you with my late change of life . I mentioned to my lord , my fears concerning my farm . Those fears were indeed too true ; it is a bargain would have ruined ...
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... composed on one of the Kenmure family , in the Cavalier times ; and alluded to an amour he had , while under hiding , in the disguise of an itinerant tinker . The air is also known by the name of “ The Blacksmith and his Apron , " which ...
... composed on one of the Kenmure family , in the Cavalier times ; and alluded to an amour he had , while under hiding , in the disguise of an itinerant tinker . The air is also known by the name of “ The Blacksmith and his Apron , " which ...
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... composed the rest of the verses to suit that line . This has always a finer effect than composing Eng- lish words , or words with an idea foreign to the spi- rit of the old title . Where old titles of songs convey any idea at all , it ...
... composed the rest of the verses to suit that line . This has always a finer effect than composing Eng- lish words , or words with an idea foreign to the spi- rit of the old title . Where old titles of songs convey any idea at all , it ...
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acquaintance Allan Water amang Auld Ayrshire ballad banks beautiful Blacklock bonie lass bosom brother Burns Burns's called charms compliments composed copy Currie's Dalswinton DEAR FRIEND DEAR SIR Dumfries e'en Edinburgh Ellisland excise farewel feelings frae Gavin Hamilton give gude Gypsie Laddie hand happy heart Highland Highland Laddie honest honor idea kind Laddie lady lassie letter Lord Madam Mauchline maun mind misfortune Miss mony morning muse ne'er never night noble O'er the moor old song pleasure poem poet poetic poor present river Doon ROBERT BURNS Roslin Castle Scotland Scots Scots Musical Museum Scottish sentiments sing soul sparklin stanza sweet tell thee thing thou thought tion tune verses weel wife WILLIAM BURNS Willie wish words write young
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Página 13 - That sings upon the bough ; Thou minds me o' the happy days When my fause Luve was true. Thou'll break my heart, thou bonnie bird That sings beside thy mate ; For sae I sat, and sae I sang, And wist na o' my fate. Aft hae I roved by bonnie Doon To see the woodbine twine, And ilka bird sang o' its love ; And sae did I o' mine. Wi' lightsome heart I pu'da rose, Frae aff its thorny tree ; And my fause luver staw the rose, But left the thorn wi
Página 278 - I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy; Naething could resist my Nancy; But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love for ever.
Página 173 - MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. MY heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here ; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.
Página 171 - Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie; That I may drink before I go A service to my bonnie lassie The boat rocks at the pier o...
Página 12 - Doon, How can ye blume sae fair ! How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae fu' o
Página 225 - Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride. Thou source of all my bliss, and all my woe, That found'st me poor at first, and keep'st me so; Thou guide, by which the nobler arts excel, Thou nurse of every virtue, fare thee well!
Página 213 - mid renewing storms: Is it departing pangs my soul alarms ? Or death's unlovely, dreary, dark abode ? For guilt, for guilt, my terrors are in arms; I tremble to approach an angry GOD, And justly smart beneath his sin-avenging rod. Fain would I say,
Página 211 - An' riches still may fly them, O ; An' tho' at last they catch them fast, Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O. Green grow, &c. But gie me a canny hour at e'en, My arms about my dearie, O ; An
Página 185 - But pluck'd and strain'd through ruder hands, Her sweets no longer with her dwells: But scent and beauty both are gone, And leaves fall from her, one by one. Such fate ere long will thee betide When thou hast handled been awhile, With sere flowers to be thrown aside; And I shall sigh, while some will smile, To see thy love to every one Hath brought thee to be loved by none.
Página 119 - How are you, my dear friend, and how comes on your fifth volume ? You may probably think that for some time past I have neglected you and your work ; but, alas! the hand of pain, sorrow, and care, has these many months lain heavy on me.