Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect: By Robert Burns. In Two Volumes. ...William Magee, 1793 |
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... true that ye hae faid , Sic game is now owre aften play'd ; There's monie a creditable stock O ' decent , honeft , fawfont folk Are riven out baith root an ' branch , Some rafcals pridefu ' greed to quench , Wha thinks to knit himfel ...
... true that ye hae faid , Sic game is now owre aften play'd ; There's monie a creditable stock O ' decent , honeft , fawfont folk Are riven out baith root an ' branch , Some rafcals pridefu ' greed to quench , Wha thinks to knit himfel ...
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... true , they need na starve or sweat , Thro ' Winter's cauld , or Simmer's heat ; They've nae fair wark to craze their banes , An ' fill auld age wi ' grips an ' graaes ; But human bodies are fic fools For a ' their colleges and fchools ...
... true , they need na starve or sweat , Thro ' Winter's cauld , or Simmer's heat ; They've nae fair wark to craze their banes , An ' fill auld age wi ' grips an ' graaes ; But human bodies are fic fools For a ' their colleges and fchools ...
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... true - blue Scot I'fe warran ; Thee , aith - detefting , chafte Kilkerran ; An ' that glib - gabbit Aighland Baron , The Laird o ' Graham ; An ' ane , a chap that's d - mn'd auldfarran , Dundas his name . Erskine , a fpunkie Norlane ...
... true - blue Scot I'fe warran ; Thee , aith - detefting , chafte Kilkerran ; An ' that glib - gabbit Aighland Baron , The Laird o ' Graham ; An ' ane , a chap that's d - mn'd auldfarran , Dundas his name . Erskine , a fpunkie Norlane ...
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... faft as any fleth is . There's fome are foù o'love divine ; Theres fome are fou ' o ' brandy ; An ' monie jobs that day begin , May end in Houghmagandie Some ither day . DEATH , AND DOCTOR HORN BOOK , SOME A TRUE [ 35 ]
... faft as any fleth is . There's fome are foù o'love divine ; Theres fome are fou ' o ' brandy ; An ' monie jobs that day begin , May end in Houghmagandie Some ither day . DEATH , AND DOCTOR HORN BOOK , SOME A TRUE [ 35 ]
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... TRUE STORY . SOME books are lies frae end to end , And fome great lies were never penn'd ; Ev'n Minifters they hae been kenn'd , In holy rapture , Great lies and nonsense baith to vend , And nail't wi ' Scripture . But this that I am ...
... TRUE STORY . SOME books are lies frae end to end , And fome great lies were never penn'd ; Ev'n Minifters they hae been kenn'd , In holy rapture , Great lies and nonsense baith to vend , And nail't wi ' Scripture . But this that I am ...
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aith Amang auld baith Bard blate bleft bonie braw breaft Brig Clootie corn Crunt dear Deil dimin e'en e'er Ev'n ev'ry faft fair fame fark fcream fear fhall fhould fide fight filly fimple fing fmall focial fome foul fpring frae ftand ftill ftrains fure fweet fwelling grace hame heart Heaven Hellim himfel honeft horfe houſe ilka ither John Barleycorn juft laffes laft Lallan lefs leuk maun mony mourn muckle Mufe Mutchkin nae mair ne'er neebor night o'er owre pleaſe pleaſure poor pow'r pride Profe reft rhyme roar ROBERT BURNS round ruftic Samfon's dead Scotch Scotland ſhe tear tell thae thee thefe thegither thofe thou thro unco weary weel Weft Whare whofe Whyles WILLIAM MAGEE Ye'll ye're
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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...