The Poetical and Prose Works of Robert Burns: With Life, Notes and CorrespondenceW. J. Hamersley, 1855 - 559 páginas |
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... Turn again , thou Fair Eliza Willie Wastle Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation Song of Death Flow Gently , Sweet Afton The Lovely Lass of Inverness A red , red Rose i 217 | She says she Loes me Best of A ' • 217 On the Seas and Far Away ...
... Turn again , thou Fair Eliza Willie Wastle Such a Parcel of Rogues in a Nation Song of Death Flow Gently , Sweet Afton The Lovely Lass of Inverness A red , red Rose i 217 | She says she Loes me Best of A ' • 217 On the Seas and Far Away ...
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... turn , that I used to strut in rap- tures up and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe , and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins , which will boil along ...
... turn , that I used to strut in rap- tures up and down after the recruiting drum and bagpipe , and wish myself tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins , which will boil along ...
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... turn , was a friendship I formed with a young fellow , a very noble character , but a hapless son of misfortune . He was the son of a simple mechanic ; but a great man in the neighbourhood taking him under his patronage , gave him a ...
... turn , was a friendship I formed with a young fellow , a very noble character , but a hapless son of misfortune . He was the son of a simple mechanic ; but a great man in the neighbourhood taking him under his patronage , gave him a ...
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... turning flax - dresser , both as being suitable to his grand view of settling in life , and as subser- vient to the flax raising . He accordingly wrought at the business of a flax - dresser in Irvine for six months , but abandoned it at ...
... turning flax - dresser , both as being suitable to his grand view of settling in life , and as subser- vient to the flax raising . He accordingly wrought at the business of a flax - dresser in Irvine for six months , but abandoned it at ...
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... turn of mind , and , as is usual among the Scottish peasantry , a good deal conversant in speculative theology ... turns o'er , with patriarchal grace , The big hall - Bible , once his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside ...
... turn of mind , and , as is usual among the Scottish peasantry , a good deal conversant in speculative theology ... turns o'er , with patriarchal grace , The big hall - Bible , once his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside ...
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TĂ©rminos y frases comunes
acquaintance amang Auchtertyre auld Ayrshire bard beautiful bonnie bonnie lass bosom braes braw Burns character charms Clarinda dare dear Sir dearest Dumfries e'en e'er Edinburgh Ellisland fair fancy Farewell farm fate favour feelings Fintry frae friendship Gala Water genius give grace happy heart Heaven Highland Highland laddie honest honour hope hour humble Jenny Geddes kind laddie lass lassie letter Lord Madam mair Mauchline maun mind mony morning Mossgiel muse nature ne'er never night o'er owre perhaps pleasure poem poet poetic poetry poor pride rhyme Robert Burns Scotland Scottish sing songs soul sweet SYLVANDER taste tear tell tender thee There's thing thou thought thro tion TUNE-The verses weel Whyles wild William Burnes Willie wish worth write ye'll
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.‎