Poems, Songs, and Letters: Being the Complete Works of Robert BurnsMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1896 - 636 pagine |
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Pagina xvi
... Lord Glencairn was his friend , so also was Henry Erskine . He was frequently at Lord Monboddo's , where he admired the daugh- ter's beauty more than the father's philosophy ; he breakfasted with Dr. Blair ; he walked in the mornings to ...
... Lord Glencairn was his friend , so also was Henry Erskine . He was frequently at Lord Monboddo's , where he admired the daugh- ter's beauty more than the father's philosophy ; he breakfasted with Dr. Blair ; he walked in the mornings to ...
Pagina xviii
... Lord Monboddo will be remembered mainly by the circumstance that the one invited Burns to his evening entertainments , and the other to his breakfasts . Burns has kept that whole literary generation from oblivion , and from oblivion he ...
... Lord Monboddo will be remembered mainly by the circumstance that the one invited Burns to his evening entertainments , and the other to his breakfasts . Burns has kept that whole literary generation from oblivion , and from oblivion he ...
Pagina xlii
... Lord ! I particularly remember one half - stanza , which was music to my boyish ear- ' For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave ! ' " He had found these in Mason's Collection . The latent seeds of poetry were ...
... Lord ! I particularly remember one half - stanza , which was music to my boyish ear- ' For though in dreadful whirls we hung High on the broken wave ! ' " He had found these in Mason's Collection . The latent seeds of poetry were ...
Pagina xlvii
... Lord Glencairn , Lord Eglinton , Patrick Miller ( the ingenious laird of Dalswinton ) , the fascinating Jane , Duchess of Gordon , Miss Burnet , & c . Henry Mackenzie , the " Man of Feeling , " writes a critique on the Poems in the ...
... Lord Glencairn , Lord Eglinton , Patrick Miller ( the ingenious laird of Dalswinton ) , the fascinating Jane , Duchess of Gordon , Miss Burnet , & c . Henry Mackenzie , the " Man of Feeling , " writes a critique on the Poems in the ...
Pagina lv
... Lord Daer The Rights of Woman . Prologue spoken by Miss Fontenelle Address , spoken by Miss Fontenelle Verses to a young Lady Poem on Pastoral Poetry 113 114 Verses to Chloris , with a copy of the last Edition of his Poems ib . ΠΙΟ III ...
... Lord Daer The Rights of Woman . Prologue spoken by Miss Fontenelle Address , spoken by Miss Fontenelle Verses to a young Lady Poem on Pastoral Poetry 113 114 Verses to Chloris , with a copy of the last Edition of his Poems ib . ΠΙΟ III ...
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Pagina 172 - 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, thro' 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!
Pagina 212 - I'll pledge thee, Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee. Who shall say that fortune grieves him, While the star of hope she leaves him ? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me : Dark despair around benights me.
Pagina 52 - I'm truly sorry man's dominion, Has broken nature's social union, An' justifies that ill opinion, Which makes thee startle At me, thy poor, earth-born companion, An
Pagina 67 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er! Such fate to suffering worth is...
Pagina 61 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha-Bible, ance his father's pride; His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care; And "Let us worship God!
Pagina 208 - WERT thou in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, on yonder lea, My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee. Or did misfortune's bitter storms Around thee blaw, around thee blaw, Thy bield should be my bosom, To share it a', to share it a'.
Pagina 226 - Guid faith he mauna fa' that. For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that ; The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher rank than a that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that ; That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
Pagina 89 - Whare sits our sulky, sullen dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. This truth fand honest Tam o...
Pagina 199 - 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.
Pagina 385 - tis nought to me; Since God is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full ; And where He vital breathes, there must be joy.