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SOME OME books are lies frae end to end , And some great lies were never
penn'd ; Evin Ministers they hae been kenn's , In holy rapture , Great lies and
nonsense baith to vend , And nail't wi ' Scripture . But this that I am gaun to tell ,
Which ...
SOME OME books are lies frae end to end , And some great lies were never
penn'd ; Evin Ministers they hae been kenn's , In holy rapture , Great lies and
nonsense baith to vend , And nail't wi ' Scripture . But this that I am gaun to tell ,
Which ...
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It's hardly in a body's pow'r To keep , at times , frae being four , To see how things
are shar'd ; · How belt o'chiels are whyles in want , While Coofs on countless
thousands rant And ken na how to wair't : But ravie , lad , ne'er fash your head ...
It's hardly in a body's pow'r To keep , at times , frae being four , To see how things
are shar'd ; · How belt o'chiels are whyles in want , While Coofs on countless
thousands rant And ken na how to wair't : But ravie , lad , ne'er fash your head ...
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He's gane ! he's gane ! he's frae us torn , The ae best fellow e'er was born ! Thee ,
Matthew , Nature's fel shall mourn By wood and wild , Where , haply , Pity strays
forlorn , Frae man exil'd , Ye hills , near neebors o ' the starns , That proudly ...
He's gane ! he's gane ! he's frae us torn , The ae best fellow e'er was born ! Thee ,
Matthew , Nature's fel shall mourn By wood and wild , Where , haply , Pity strays
forlorn , Frae man exil'd , Ye hills , near neebors o ' the starns , That proudly ...
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Robert Burns. MI Ye houlets , frae your ivy bower , In some auld tree , or eldritch
tower , What time the moon , wi ' filent glowr , Sets up her horn , Wail thro ' the
dreary midnight hour Till waukrife morn . FC O , rivers , forests , hills , and plains !
Robert Burns. MI Ye houlets , frae your ivy bower , In some auld tree , or eldritch
tower , What time the moon , wi ' filent glowr , Sets up her horn , Wail thro ' the
dreary midnight hour Till waukrife morn . FC O , rivers , forests , hills , and plains !
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Haff - felld wi ' fear , and drooked weel , He frae the mire dught hardly speel ; But ,
frae that time , the filly chiel ' Did never grien To cast his cantrips wi ' the De'il , At
Hallow - e'en . O Scotland ! fam'd for scenes like this , That thy fous wauk ...
Haff - felld wi ' fear , and drooked weel , He frae the mire dught hardly speel ; But ,
frae that time , the filly chiel ' Did never grien To cast his cantrips wi ' the De'il , At
Hallow - e'en . O Scotland ! fam'd for scenes like this , That thy fous wauk ...
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Amang auld Bard Beneath better blow bonie corn dead dear Death e'en e'er ev'ry face fair faith fame fate fear fight fing fire firſt fome frae grace green guid hand head hear heart hills honeſt hope hour humble juſt kind laſt light look mair mark maun meet mind mony morn mourn Nature ne'er never night noble o'er owre play pleaſure poor pow'r pride race roar round ſae ſay Scotch Scotland ſee ſhall ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome ſtill ſweet tear tell thee There's thoſe thou thought thro Till true tune turn unco weary weel whoſe Whyles wild wind worth ye're young
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Página 206 - They filled up a darksome pit With water to the brim, They heaved in John Barleycorn, There let him sink or swim. They laid him out upon the floor, To work him farther woe, And still, as signs of life appear'd, They toss'd him to and fro.
Página 114 - Is there, in human form, that bears a heart A wretch! a villain! lost to love and truth! That can, with studied, sly, ensnaring art, Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth?
Página 128 - It's no in making muckle, mair : It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang ; The heart ay's the part ay, That makes us right or wrang. Think ye, that sic as you and I, Wha drudge and drive thro...
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Página 113 - 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
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Información bibliográfica
| Título | Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect: By Robert Burns. In Two Volumes. ... Tema 495 de Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect: By Robert Burns. In Two Volumes, Robert Burns |
| Autor | Robert Burns |
| Editor | William Magee, 1793 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 9 Ago. 2006 |
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