The cabinet of the Scottish muses, selected from the works of the most esteemed bards of CaledoniaOliver & Boyd, 1808 - 213 páginas |
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... crack'd , the mair ilk youthy Pray'd for drink to wash news down . FORTUNE , wha but seldom listens To poor Merit's modest pray'r , And on fools heaps needless blessins , Hearken'd to our drowthy pair . In a howm , wha's bonny burnie ...
... crack'd , the mair ilk youthy Pray'd for drink to wash news down . FORTUNE , wha but seldom listens To poor Merit's modest pray'r , And on fools heaps needless blessins , Hearken'd to our drowthy pair . In a howm , wha's bonny burnie ...
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... , And gave him thanks in terms well bred , Quoth Hab , I canna leave my mill As yet ; - —but step ye west the kill A bowshot , and ye'll find my hame : Gae warm ye , and crack wi ' our dame " Till I set aff the mill , syne we 52.
... , And gave him thanks in terms well bred , Quoth Hab , I canna leave my mill As yet ; - —but step ye west the kill A bowshot , and ye'll find my hame : Gae warm ye , and crack wi ' our dame " Till I set aff the mill , syne we 52.
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... crack and wait on Master James , " Whilk I shou'd do , tho ' ne'er sae bissy : " I sent him here , gudewife , where is he ? " " Ye sent him here ! ( quo ' Bessy , grumbling ) " Kend I this James ? A chiel came rumbling ; " But how was I ...
... crack and wait on Master James , " Whilk I shou'd do , tho ' ne'er sae bissy : " I sent him here , gudewife , where is he ? " " Ye sent him here ! ( quo ' Bessy , grumbling ) " Kend I this James ? A chiel came rumbling ; " But how was I ...
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Scottish uses. The women cry , he's ill to please , And crack their jokes . But he's a slee and cunning town , And taunts again ilk jeering clown ; For tho ' nae bred in burrows town , He's wondrous gabby , And fouth o ' wit comes frae ...
Scottish uses. The women cry , he's ill to please , And crack their jokes . But he's a slee and cunning town , And taunts again ilk jeering clown ; For tho ' nae bred in burrows town , He's wondrous gabby , And fouth o ' wit comes frae ...
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... crack and flaw , The proverb says , And patterns rare ; ' Fowls far awa ' ' Hae feathers fair . ' He tells them he's weel sorted now O ' a ' thing gude and cheap , and new ; His sleekit speeches pass for true Wi ane and a ' ; The ...
... crack and flaw , The proverb says , And patterns rare ; ' Fowls far awa ' ' Hae feathers fair . ' He tells them he's weel sorted now O ' a ' thing gude and cheap , and new ; His sleekit speeches pass for true Wi ane and a ' ; The ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Amang ance anither auld bairns baith bonny bonny lass braw John Highlandman busk CALEDONIA canna canty cauld cheek chiel claise cou'd cries Cutty-sark de'il deil door drink e'en e'er fast fear fouk frae gang gudeman gudewife Halloween hame haud heart himsel ilka ither Jean Jeanie Jock joys kend kirk lasses Maggy maist maun merry Mess John miller mony nae mair naething nane ne'er neist night o'er out-owre owre play'd poison'd poor quoth RECITATIVO ROBERT BURNS ROBERT FERGUSSON round sang sark saul SHANTER skelpin sweet Syne ta'en taks tale tell thee There's thrang thro trow unco vex'd vext wadna wame ware wark Watty weans weary weel whan Whare Whase Whilk wife Willie ye'll ye're young
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Página 142 - And wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass, Still shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an haivers, Wearing the day awa : Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Página 124 - I am a son of Mars who have been in many wars, And show my cuts and scars wherever I come; This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench, When welcoming the French at the sound of the drum. Lai de daudle, etc.
Página 46 - And hotch'd and blew wi' might and main, Till first ae caper, syne anither, Tam tint his reason a' thegither And roars out 'Weel done, Cutty-sark!' And in an instant all was dark; And scarcely had he Maggie rallied, When out the hellish legion sallied. As bees bizz out wi' angry fyke, When plundering herds assail their byke; As open pussie's mortal foes, When, pop!
Página 44 - Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks, wi' blude red-rusted; Five scymitars, wi' murder crusted ; A garter, which a babe had strangled, A knife, a father's throat had mangled, Whom his ain son o...
Página 147 - Yes, let the rich deride, the proud disdain. These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm than all the gloss of art.
Página 41 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approaches Tam maun ride; That hour, o...
Página 40 - Tam, had'st thou but been sae wise, As taen thy ain wife Kate's advice! She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum That frae November till October, Ae market-day thou was nae sober; That ilka melder wi...
Página 126 - I once was a maid, tho' I cannot tell when, And still my delight is in proper young men; Some one of a troop of dragoons was my daddie, No wonder I'm fond of a sodger laddie. Sing, Lai de lal, etc.
Página 125 - And there I left for witness an arm and a limb; Yet let my Country need me, with Elliot to head me, I'd clatter on my stumps at the sound of a drum. And now tho...
Página 150 - An' monie lads' an' lasses' fates Are there that night decided : Some kindle, couthie, side by side, An' burn thegither trimly; Some start awa, wi' saucy pride, An' jump out-owre the chimlie Fu' high that night. Jean slips in twa, wi...