The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: With a Sketch of the Author's Life, Volume 2Little, Brown & Company, 1863 |
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... honest heart , For that same generous spirit smart ! May Kennedy's far - honoured name Lang beat his hymeneal flame , Till Hamiltons , at least a dizzen , Are by their canty fireside risen : Five bonny lasses round their table , And ...
... honest heart , For that same generous spirit smart ! May Kennedy's far - honoured name Lang beat his hymeneal flame , Till Hamiltons , at least a dizzen , Are by their canty fireside risen : Five bonny lasses round their table , And ...
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... honest heart enamours , And faith ye'll no be lost a whit , Though waired on Willie Chalmers . panting stupid spent Auld Truth hersel ' might swear ye're fair , And Honour safely back her , And Modesty assume your air , And ne'er a ane ...
... honest heart enamours , And faith ye'll no be lost a whit , Though waired on Willie Chalmers . panting stupid spent Auld Truth hersel ' might swear ye're fair , And Honour safely back her , And Modesty assume your air , And ne'er a ane ...
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... , And fructify your amours , And every year come in mair dear To you and Willie Chalmers . promise prim staring wrestle ear cough fly flatter TAM SAMSON'S ELEGY.1 " An honest man's the noblest work 36 [ 1786 . WILLIE CHALMERS .
... , And fructify your amours , And every year come in mair dear To you and Willie Chalmers . promise prim staring wrestle ear cough fly flatter TAM SAMSON'S ELEGY.1 " An honest man's the noblest work 36 [ 1786 . WILLIE CHALMERS .
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... honest man's the noblest work of God . " - POPE . HAS auld Kilmarnock seen the deil ? Or great M'Kinlay 2 thrawn his heel ? Or Robertson again grown weel 66 3 To preach and read ? Na , waur than a ' ! " cries ilka chiel - Tam Samson's ...
... honest man's the noblest work of God . " - POPE . HAS auld Kilmarnock seen the deil ? Or great M'Kinlay 2 thrawn his heel ? Or Robertson again grown weel 66 3 To preach and read ? Na , waur than a ' ! " cries ilka chiel - Tam Samson's ...
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... honest man want we : Tam Samson's dead ! EPITAPH . Tam Samson's weel - worn clay here lies , Ye canting zealots spare him ; If honest worth in heaven rise , Ye'll mend or ye win near him . help get PER CONTRA . Go , Fame , and canter ...
... honest man want we : Tam Samson's dead ! EPITAPH . Tam Samson's weel - worn clay here lies , Ye canting zealots spare him ; If honest worth in heaven rise , Ye'll mend or ye win near him . help get PER CONTRA . Go , Fame , and canter ...
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AE FOND KISS Allan Cunningham amang Auchtertyre auld lang syne Ayrshire banks bard birks of Aberfeldy blaw blest bonny bosom braes BRIG bright Burns Burns's Captain Riddel Carse charms Clarinda Craigdarroch Cutty-sark dear death deil deil's awa Devil Dumfries e'en e'er Edinburgh Ellisland Exciseman fair Farewell fate Fergusson Fête Champêtre flowers frae Glen Glenriddel grace groan hame heart Heaven Highland hills honest honoured Jamie Kilmarnock lass lassie life's Lord Mauchline maun meikle merry monie morning mourn Muse nae mair naebody ne'er never night Nith o'er owre Peggy's pleasure poem poet poet's poor pride rhyming roar ROBERT BURNS Samson's dead Scotland Scots sing song soul stanza sweet tear thee There's thou TUNE verses wander weel whistle wild William Smellie Willie wind woods worth ye'll
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Page 202 - 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...
Page 16 - Is there a man, whose judgment clear Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs, himself, life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pause— and, through the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn, and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name...
Page 142 - 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...
Page 262 - Kirkton Jean till Monday. She prophesied that late or soon, Thou would be found deep drown'd in Doon; Or catch'd wi' warlocks in the mirk, By Alloway's auld haunted kirk. Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet, To think how mony counsels sweet, How mony lengthen'd sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises! But to our tale: Ae market-night, Tarn had got planted unco right; Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, Wi...
Page 269 - Tam wi' furious ettle ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain gray tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o...
Page 163 - Fu' loud the wind blaws frae the ferry, The ship rides by the Berwick-law, And I maun leave my bonnie Mary. The trumpets sound, the banners fly, The glittering spears are ranked ready; The shouts o...
Page 262 - 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...
Page 16 - Is there a whim-inspired fool, Owre fast for thought, owre hot for rule, Owre blate to seek, owre proud to snool? Let him draw near; And owre this grassy heap sing dool, And drap a tear. Is there a bard of rustic song, Who, noteless, steals the crowds among, That weekly this area throng?
Page 268 - When plundering herds assail their byke; As open pussie's mortal foes, When, pop! she starts before their nose; As eager runs the market-crowd, When 'Catch the thief!' resounds aloud; So Maggie runs, the witches follow, Wi' mony an eldritch skreech and hollow.
Page 235 - John Your locks are like the snaw ; But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi...