The Poetical and Prose Works of Robert Burns: With Life, Notes and CorrespondenceW. J. Hamersley, 1855 - 559 páginas |
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... Lord Daer 159 Epistle to Major Logan Lament on Leaving Scotland . On a Scotch Bard 160 Written on a Blank Leaf of a Copy of Poems 161 The Farewell To a Haggis To Miss Logan , with Beattie's Poems Extempore in the Court of Session The ...
... Lord Daer 159 Epistle to Major Logan Lament on Leaving Scotland . On a Scotch Bard 160 Written on a Blank Leaf of a Copy of Poems 161 The Farewell To a Haggis To Miss Logan , with Beattie's Poems Extempore in the Court of Session The ...
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... Lord Gregory 209 210 My Bonnie Mary Ane Fond Kiss 211 Mary Morison 211 Wandering Willie John Anderson The Smiling Spring The Lazy Mist Of a ' the Airts the Wind can Blaw Oh , were I on Parnassus ' Hill The Chevallier's Lament My Heart's ...
... Lord Gregory 209 210 My Bonnie Mary Ane Fond Kiss 211 Mary Morison 211 Wandering Willie John Anderson The Smiling Spring The Lazy Mist Of a ' the Airts the Wind can Blaw Oh , were I on Parnassus ' Hill The Chevallier's Lament My Heart's ...
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... Lord Verulam , been denominated power ; by others it has , with less propriety , been denominated virtue or happiness : we may with confidence consider it as motion . A human being , in proportion as he is informed , has his wishes ...
... Lord Verulam , been denominated power ; by others it has , with less propriety , been denominated virtue or happiness : we may with confidence consider it as motion . A human being , in proportion as he is informed , has his wishes ...
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... Lord ! " I particularly remember one half - stanza , which was music to my boyish ear : - of For though on dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave . ' I met with these pieces in Mason's English Collection , one of my school ...
... Lord ! " I particularly remember one half - stanza , which was music to my boyish ear : - of For though on dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave . ' I met with these pieces in Mason's English Collection , one of my school ...
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... Lord Daer , happened to arrive at Catrine the same day , and by the kindness and frankness of his manners , left an impression on the mind of the poet which was never effaced . ( 56 ) The verses I allude to are among the most imperfect ...
... Lord Daer , happened to arrive at Catrine the same day , and by the kindness and frankness of his manners , left an impression on the mind of the poet which was never effaced . ( 56 ) The verses I allude to are among the most imperfect ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 135 - Thy snawie bosom sunward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies...
Página 227 - O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow and lock'd embrace Our parting was f u...
Página 225 - Wi" thee to reign, wi' thee to reign, The brightest jewel in my crown Wad be my queen, wad be my queen.
Página 148 - 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 239 - Their tinsel show, and a' that ; The honest man, though e'er sae poor, Is king o' men, for a' that. Ye see yon birkie, ca'da lord, Wha struts, and stares, and a' that ; Tho' hundreds worship at his word. He's but a coof. for a' that. For a' that, and a' that, His riband, star, and a' that, The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at a
Página 133 - The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ha'bible, ance his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin and bare; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care; And "Let us worship God!
Página 213 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Página 147 - The night drave on wi' sangs and clatter; And ay the ale was growing better: The landlady and Tam grew gracious, Wi' favours, secret, sweet, and precious: The souter tauld his queerest stories; The landlord's laugh was ready chorus: The storm without might rair and rustle, Tam did na mind the storm a whistle. Care, mad to see a man sae happy, E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy: As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure; Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious,...
Página 134 - 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 134 - The priest-like father reads the sacred page; How Abram was the friend of God on high; Or Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny; Or how the royal bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire; Or Job's pathetic plaint and wailing cry; Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre.