Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect: By Robert Burns. In Two Volumes. ...William Magee, 1793 |
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... arm - in - arm in clusters , As great an ' gracious a ' as fifters ; But hear their abfent thoughts o ' ither , They're a ' run deils an ' jads thegither . Whyles , owre the wi bit cup an ' platie , They fip the fcandal potion pretty ...
... arm - in - arm in clusters , As great an ' gracious a ' as fifters ; But hear their abfent thoughts o ' ither , They're a ' run deils an ' jads thegither . Whyles , owre the wi bit cup an ' platie , They fip the fcandal potion pretty ...
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... an ' fidge your back , An hum an ' haw , But raise your arm , an ' tell your crack Eefore them a ' . Paint Scotland greetin owre her thrifsle Her mutchkin - ftoup as toom's a whifsle ; 1 An ' d - mn d Excifenen in a bufsle [ 19 ]
... an ' fidge your back , An hum an ' haw , But raise your arm , an ' tell your crack Eefore them a ' . Paint Scotland greetin owre her thrifsle Her mutchkin - ftoup as toom's a whifsle ; 1 An ' d - mn d Excifenen in a bufsle [ 19 ]
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... , difhonor arms In hungry droves . Their gun's a burthen on their fhouder ! They downa bide the ftink o ' powther ; Their bauldeft thought's a hank'ring fwither To flan ' or rin , Till fkelp - a fhot - they're aff , a [ 24 ]
... , difhonor arms In hungry droves . Their gun's a burthen on their fhouder ! They downa bide the ftink o ' powther ; Their bauldeft thought's a hank'ring fwither To flan ' or rin , Till fkelp - a fhot - they're aff , a [ 24 ]
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... arm repos'd on the chair - back , He fweetly does compofe him ; Which , by degrees , flips round her neck An's loof upon her bosom Unkend that day . XII . Now a ' the congregation o'er Is filent expectation ; For ****** speels the holy ...
... arm repos'd on the chair - back , He fweetly does compofe him ; Which , by degrees , flips round her neck An's loof upon her bosom Unkend that day . XII . Now a ' the congregation o'er Is filent expectation ; For ****** speels the holy ...
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... arms in ftern Misfortune's field , Shall he be guilty of their hireling crimes , The fervile , mercenary Swiss of rhymes ? Or labour hard the panegyric close , With all the venal foul of dedicating Profe ? No ! though his artlefs ...
... arms in ftern Misfortune's field , Shall he be guilty of their hireling crimes , The fervile , mercenary Swiss of rhymes ? Or labour hard the panegyric close , With all the venal foul of dedicating Profe ? No ! though his artlefs ...
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