Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect: By Robert Burns. In Two Volumes. ...William Magee, 1793 |
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... Fate , To witness what I after fhall narrate ; } Or whether wrapt in meditation high , He wander'd out he knew not where nor why ) The drowsy Dungeon - clock ↑ had number'd two , And Wallace - tow'r † had fworn the fact was true : The ...
... Fate , To witness what I after fhall narrate ; } Or whether wrapt in meditation high , He wander'd out he knew not where nor why ) The drowsy Dungeon - clock ↑ had number'd two , And Wallace - tow'r † had fworn the fact was true : The ...
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... fate in guid black prent ; But ftill the mair I'm that way bent , • I red you , 6 Something cries , ' Hoolie ! 6 Ye'll fhaw your folly . honeft man , tak tent ! There's ither Poets , much your betters , Far feen in Greek , deep men o ...
... fate in guid black prent ; But ftill the mair I'm that way bent , • I red you , 6 Something cries , ' Hoolie ! 6 Ye'll fhaw your folly . honeft man , tak tent ! There's ither Poets , much your betters , Far feen in Greek , deep men o ...
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... fate fhall fnap the brittle thread : Then , all unknown , I'll lay me with the inglorious dead , Forgot and gone ! But why , o ' death , begin a tale ? Juft now we're living found an hale ! Then top and maintop croud the fail , Heave ...
... fate fhall fnap the brittle thread : Then , all unknown , I'll lay me with the inglorious dead , Forgot and gone ! But why , o ' death , begin a tale ? Juft now we're living found an hale ! Then top and maintop croud the fail , Heave ...
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... Fate fome day is fent For ever to release Ye Frae care that day . X. For you , young Potentate o ' W- I tell your Highness fairly , Down Pleafure's stream , wi ' fwelling fails , Im tauld ye're driving rarely ! But fome day ye may kna ...
... Fate fome day is fent For ever to release Ye Frae care that day . X. For you , young Potentate o ' W- I tell your Highness fairly , Down Pleafure's stream , wi ' fwelling fails , Im tauld ye're driving rarely ! But fome day ye may kna ...
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... Fates expell In high command ; His native land . The Wallaces , William Wallace . Adam Wallace of Richardton , coufin to the immortal preferver of Scottish Independence . § Wallace Laird of Craigie , who was fecond in command under ...
... Fates expell In high command ; His native land . The Wallaces , William Wallace . Adam Wallace of Richardton , coufin to the immortal preferver of Scottish Independence . § Wallace Laird of Craigie , who was fecond in command under ...
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Página 109 - 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 26 - Leeze me on Drink ! it gi'es us mair Than either School or College : It kindles Wit, it waukens Lair, It pangs us fou o
Página 110 - An honest man's the noblest work of God :* And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the .palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp?
Página 39 - Groat's ; If there's a hole in a* your coats, I rede you tent it : A chield's amang you, taking notes, And, faith, he'll prent it.
Página 200 - They filled up a darksome pit With water to the brim, They heaved in John Barleycorn, There let him sink or swim. They laid him out upon the floor, To work him farther woe, And still, as signs of life appear'd, They toss'd him to and fro.
Página 108 - Is there, in human form, that bears a heart A wretch! a villain! lost to love and truth! That can, with studied, sly, ensnaring art, Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth?
Página 122 - It's no in making muckle, mair : It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang ; The heart ay's the part ay, That makes us right or wrang. Think ye, that sic as you and I, Wha drudge and drive thro...
Página 31 - Whom his ain son o' life bereft, The grey hairs yet stack to the heft ; Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev"n to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The piper loud and louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They...
Página 107 - An' each for other's weelfare kindly spiers : The social hours, swift-wing'd, unnotic'd fleet ; Each tells the uncos that he sees or hears ; The parents, partial, eye their hopeful years ; Anticipation forward points the view. The mother, wi' her needle an' her sheers, Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new; The father mixes a
Página 51 - But, fare you weel, auld Nickie-ben ! O wad ye tak a thought an' men' ! Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken — Still hae a stake : I'm wae to think upo...