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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... leave it off - Excellent remark of Bloomfield - Forswears politics - To Patrick Miller , Esq . of Dalswin- ron . April , 1793. With a copy of a new edition of his poems Page . To John Francis Erskine , Esq . of Mar. Dumfries , 13th ...
... leave it off - Excellent remark of Bloomfield - Forswears politics - To Patrick Miller , Esq . of Dalswin- ron . April , 1793. With a copy of a new edition of his poems Page . To John Francis Erskine , Esq . of Mar. Dumfries , 13th ...
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... leaving some- thing undone that I ought to do , it teazes me eternally till I do it . I am still " dark as was Chaos " in respect to futuri- ty . My generous friend , Mr. Patrick Miller , has been talking with me about a lease of some ...
... leaving some- thing undone that I ought to do , it teazes me eternally till I do it . I am still " dark as was Chaos " in respect to futuri- ty . My generous friend , Mr. Patrick Miller , has been talking with me about a lease of some ...
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... leave that to your lovers , if you have or shall have any ; though thank heaven I have found at last two girls who can be luxu- riantly happy in their own minds and with one another , without that commonly necessary appendage to female ...
... leave that to your lovers , if you have or shall have any ; though thank heaven I have found at last two girls who can be luxu- riantly happy in their own minds and with one another , without that commonly necessary appendage to female ...
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... leave Edin- * * I have altered all my plans of future life . A farm that I could live in , I could not find ; and indeed , after the necessary support my brother and the rest of the fa- mily required , I could not venture on farming in ...
... leave Edin- * * I have altered all my plans of future life . A farm that I could live in , I could not find ; and indeed , after the necessary support my brother and the rest of the fa- mily required , I could not venture on farming in ...
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... the twentieth part of the esteem , every one must have for you who knows you . As I leave town in three or four days , 34 To Miss Mn, Saturday noon, St James's Square, Newtown, Edin- burgh Compliments a Greenland pression ·
... the twentieth part of the esteem , every one must have for you who knows you . As I leave town in three or four days , 34 To Miss Mn, Saturday noon, St James's Square, Newtown, Edin- burgh Compliments a Greenland pression ·
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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.