Highland Mary: Interesting Papers on an Interesting SubjectJohn Dawson Ross A. Gardner, 1894 - 147 strán (strany) |
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Strana 23
... remained till the beginning of October , when she returned to Greenock accompanied by her father . The correspondence that passed between her and her betrothed between August and October must have been of the most interesting character ...
... remained till the beginning of October , when she returned to Greenock accompanied by her father . The correspondence that passed between her and her betrothed between August and October must have been of the most interesting character ...
Strana 46
... remained unwritten ? Should we ever have read that perhaps most beautiful of odes addressed to " Highland Mary ? " - have ever been moved to tears by those nobly passionate lines “ To Mary in Heaven ? " which fall upon you like the ...
... remained unwritten ? Should we ever have read that perhaps most beautiful of odes addressed to " Highland Mary ? " - have ever been moved to tears by those nobly passionate lines “ To Mary in Heaven ? " which fall upon you like the ...
Strana 52
... remained with him to the last . His poems addressed to her , ending with the one so inexpressibly sad in its retrospect and prayer , and entitled " To Mary in Heaven , " breathe a spirit of pure devotion , and whatever the lights and ...
... remained with him to the last . His poems addressed to her , ending with the one so inexpressibly sad in its retrospect and prayer , and entitled " To Mary in Heaven , " breathe a spirit of pure devotion , and whatever the lights and ...
Strana 62
... remained in his soul forever . He has pictured it in the exquisite lines of " Highland Mary ” and “ To Mary in Heaven . ' In the monument at Alloway - between the " auld haunted kirk " and the bridge where Maggie lost her tail — we are ...
... remained in his soul forever . He has pictured it in the exquisite lines of " Highland Mary ” and “ To Mary in Heaven . ' In the monument at Alloway - between the " auld haunted kirk " and the bridge where Maggie lost her tail — we are ...
Strana 65
... remained at Campbeltown during the summer of 1786. Coming to Greenock in the autumn , she found her brother sick of a malignant fever at the house of her aunt ; bravely disregarding danger of contagion , she devoted her- self to nursing ...
... remained at Campbeltown during the summer of 1786. Coming to Greenock in the autumn , she found her brother sick of a malignant fever at the house of her aunt ; bravely disregarding danger of contagion , she devoted her- self to nursing ...
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ALLAN CUNNINGHAM Annie Ardrossan Ayrshire bard beautiful Bible blissful rest brother Burns and Mary Burns's Highland Mary Campbeltown Castle celebrated Coilsfield daughter dear departed shade DUNCAN MACGREGOR Dunoon faith farewell father Firth of Clyde flowers forswear thyself friends Gavin Hamilton genius girl Glasgow golden hair Grand GRAVE OF HIGHLAND hand heart Highland lassie Highland Mary HIGHLAND MARY'S GRAVE honour immortal Jean Armour John kirk letters lived Lord thine oaths lovers Macpherson Mary Campbell Mary in Heaven Mary's death Masonic Mauchline memory Montgomery Montgomery Castle monument Mossgiel mother never o'er passion Peter M'Pherson place of blissful plighted poems poet poet's possession relic Robert Burns Robert Weir Robertson romantic sang says Scotia's Scotland shalt not forswear shalt perform unto sister song stone stream sweet Tarbolton tender true songs Turnbull unto the Lord verse volume vows West Highlands West Indies wrote ye go
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Strana 96 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.
Strana 42 - Again ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not, forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths...
Strana 82 - 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 fu' tender; And pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder; But, Oh!
Strana 107 - I forget the hallowed grove, Where by the winding Ayr we met, To live one day of parting love ! Eternity will not efface Those records dear of transports past ; Thy image at our last embrace ; Ah ! little thought we 'twas our last ! Ayr gurgling kissed his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thickening, green ; The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar, Twined amorous round the raptured scene.
Strana 85 - Autumn following, she crossed the sea to meet me at Greenock : where she had scarce landed when she was seized with a malignant fever, which hurried my dear girl to the grave in a few days ! before I could even hear of her illness.
Strana 86 - ... promised compliance ; but still remained where he was, striding up and down slowly, and contemplating the sky, which was singularly clear and starry. At last Mrs. Burns found him stretched on a mass of straw, with his eyes fixed on a beautiful planet ' that shone like another moon,' and prevailed on him to come in.
Strana 9 - 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.