The Beauties of Burns: Consisting of Selections from His Poems and LettersT. Davison, 1826 - 212 strán (strany) |
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Strana 10
... scene ; The native feelings strong , the guileless ways ; What A **** in a cottage would have been ; Ah ! though his worth unknown , far happier there , I ween . November chill blaws loud wi ' angry sugh ; The shortening winter - day is ...
... scene ; The native feelings strong , the guileless ways ; What A **** in a cottage would have been ; Ah ! though his worth unknown , far happier there , I ween . November chill blaws loud wi ' angry sugh ; The shortening winter - day is ...
Strana 15
... scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs , That makes her loved at home , revered abroad : Princes and lords are but the breath of kings , " An honest man's the noblest work of God : " And certes , in fair virtue's heavenly road ...
... scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs , That makes her loved at home , revered abroad : Princes and lords are but the breath of kings , " An honest man's the noblest work of God : " And certes , in fair virtue's heavenly road ...
Strana 20
... , it brightens The tenebrific scene , To meet with , and greet with My Davie or my Jean . O , how that name inspires my style ! The words come skelpin rank and file , Amaist before I ken ! The ready measure rins as 20 20 BURNS .
... , it brightens The tenebrific scene , To meet with , and greet with My Davie or my Jean . O , how that name inspires my style ! The words come skelpin rank and file , Amaist before I ken ! The ready measure rins as 20 20 BURNS .
Strana 32
... scenes appear ! What sorrows yet may pierce me through , Too justly I may fear ! Still caring , despairing , Must be my bitter doom ; My woes here shall close ne'er , But with the closing tomb ! Happy , ye sons of busy life , Who ...
... scenes appear ! What sorrows yet may pierce me through , Too justly I may fear ! Still caring , despairing , Must be my bitter doom ; My woes here shall close ne'er , But with the closing tomb ! Happy , ye sons of busy life , Who ...
Strana 39
... scene is cast , notes are added , to give some account of the principal charms and spells of that night , so big with prophecy to the peasantry in the west of Scotland . The passion of prying into futurity makes a striking part of the ...
... scene is cast , notes are added , to give some account of the principal charms and spells of that night , so big with prophecy to the peasantry in the west of Scotland . The passion of prying into futurity makes a striking part of the ...
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ain dear amang ance auld bard Beneath Birks of Aberfeldy blate blaw blest bonnie Doon bosom braes braw breast BRIG brunstane canna cauld charms Cutty-sark dearest deil e'en e'er fair fate flowers fortune's frae glen green guid Halloween hame heart Heaven honest honour horse-leech hour humble ilka ither John Anderson John Barleycorn Laird lasses life's lo'es Lord Gregory luve Mailie maun mind mony morning mourn muse nae mair Nancy Nature's ne'er neebor never night o'er Out-owre owre pleasure poor posie pride rhyme roar round sang Scotland sing smile song soul stream sugh swearin sweet Syne tear tell tender thee thegither There's thou unco wander warlock weary weel Whare Whyles wild winds winter wretch Ye'll younkers
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Strana 132 - Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a
Strana 13 - 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.
Strana 74 - But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an
Strana 142 - As fair art thou, my bonie lass, So deep in luve am I : And I will luve thee still, my Dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a' the seas gang dry, my Dear, And the rocks melt wi' the sun : And I will luve thee still, my Dear, While the sands o
Strana 137 - Ye banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair? How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fu' o
Strana 139 - My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
Strana 130 - Of a' the airts the wind can blaw I dearly like the West, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best : There wild woods grow, and rivers row, And mony a hill between ; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tunefu...
Strana 12 - But hark! a rap comes gently to the door; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neibor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek; Wi...
Strana 131 - John Anderson, my jo. John Anderson, my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither; And monie 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.
Strana 15 - Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method, and of art, When men display to congregations wide, Devotion's...