Poems: Chiefly in the Scottish DialectB. Fowler, 1786 - 240 páginas |
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... an ' hillocks wi ' him . The tither was a ploughman's collie , A rhyming , ranting , raving billie , Wha for his friend an ' comrade had him , And in his freaks had Luath ca'd him , After fome dog in * Highland fang , Was made ( 10 )
... an ' hillocks wi ' him . The tither was a ploughman's collie , A rhyming , ranting , raving billie , Wha for his friend an ' comrade had him , And in his freaks had Luath ca'd him , After fome dog in * Highland fang , Was made ( 10 )
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Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect Robert Burns. After fome dog in * Highland fang , Was made lang fyne , lord knows how lang . He was a gash , an ' faithfu ' tyke , As ever lap a fheugh or dyke . His honeft , fonfie , bawf'nt face , Ay gat ...
Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect Robert Burns. After fome dog in * Highland fang , Was made lang fyne , lord knows how lang . He was a gash , an ' faithfu ' tyke , As ever lap a fheugh or dyke . His honeft , fonfie , bawf'nt face , Ay gat ...
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... fang . This while fhe's been in crankous mood , Her loft Militia fir'd her bluid ; ( Deil na they never mair do guid , Play'd her that pliskie ! ) An ' now fhe's like to rin red - wud About her Whisky . An ' L - d ! if ance they pit her ...
... fang . This while fhe's been in crankous mood , Her loft Militia fir'd her bluid ; ( Deil na they never mair do guid , Play'd her that pliskie ! ) An ' now fhe's like to rin red - wud About her Whisky . An ' L - d ! if ance they pit her ...
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... fang . I'll wander on with tentless heed , How never - halting moments speed , Till fate shall snap the brittle thread ; Then , all unknown , I'll lay me with th ' inglorious dead , Forgot and gone ! But why , o ' Death , begin a tale ...
... fang . I'll wander on with tentless heed , How never - halting moments speed , Till fate shall snap the brittle thread ; Then , all unknown , I'll lay me with th ' inglorious dead , Forgot and gone ! But why , o ' Death , begin a tale ...
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... but I fhall haud me there- Wi ' you I'll fcarce gang ony where- Then Jamie , I fhall fay nae mair , But quat my fang , Content with YOU to mak a pair , Whare'er I gang . Ree A DREAM . Thoughts , words and deeds , ( 78 )
... but I fhall haud me there- Wi ' you I'll fcarce gang ony where- Then Jamie , I fhall fay nae mair , But quat my fang , Content with YOU to mak a pair , Whare'er I gang . Ree A DREAM . Thoughts , words and deeds , ( 78 )
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Página 135 - ... how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's...
Página 176 - LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon.
Página 136 - 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 ? A cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind! Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! O Scotia, my dear, my native soil!
Página 136 - And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide; But, chiefly, in their hearts with Grace Divine preside.
Página 162 - Mis-spending all thy precious hours Thy glorious, youthful prime! Alternate Follies take the sway; Licentious Passions burn; Which tenfold force gives Nature's law, That Man was made to mourn.
Página 126 - Belyve,* the elder bairns come drapping in, At service out, amang the farmers roun
Página 127 - 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 49 - Now, butt an' ben, the Change-house fills, Wi' yill-caup Commentators : Here's crying out for bakes an' gills, An' there the pint-stowp clatters ; While thick an' thrang, an' loud an' lang, Wi' logic, an' wi' Scripture, They raise a din, that in the end, Is like to breed a rupture O' wrath that day. 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 179 - The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip, To haud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honor grip, Let that aye be your border; Its slightest touches, instant pause — Debar a' side pretences; And resolutely keep its laws, Uncaring consequences.
Página 130 - I've paced much this weary mortal round, And sage experience bids me this declare 'If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair, In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.