Poems, Songs, and Letters: Being the Complete Works of Robert BurnsMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1896 - 636 pagine |
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Pagina vi
... turns , and paying him a small sum of money quarterly . Mr. Murdoch entered upon his duties , and had Robert and ... turn verse into prose , to substitute synonymous ex- pressions for poetical words , and to supply ellipses . He also ...
... turns , and paying him a small sum of money quarterly . Mr. Murdoch entered upon his duties , and had Robert and ... turn verse into prose , to substitute synonymous ex- pressions for poetical words , and to supply ellipses . He also ...
Pagina vii
... turn , lent by Mr. Murdoch , the second , purely traditionary , the property of a neighbouring blacksmith , constituting probably his entire secular library ; and in a letter to Mrs. Dunlop , he describes how the perusal of the latter ...
... turn , lent by Mr. Murdoch , the second , purely traditionary , the property of a neighbouring blacksmith , constituting probably his entire secular library ; and in a letter to Mrs. Dunlop , he describes how the perusal of the latter ...
Pagina ix
... turn a sentence with greater skill and neatness than any one of them . For some time it had been Burns's habit to take a small portion of land from his father for the purpose of raising flax ; and , as he had now some idea of settling ...
... turn a sentence with greater skill and neatness than any one of them . For some time it had been Burns's habit to take a small portion of land from his father for the purpose of raising flax ; and , as he had now some idea of settling ...
Pagina x
... turn fortune's slipperiness into parables . And all the while the dark philosophy and the rolling periods flowed from the pen of a country lad , whose lodgings are understood to have cost a shilling per week , and “ whose meal was ...
... turn fortune's slipperiness into parables . And all the while the dark philosophy and the rolling periods flowed from the pen of a country lad , whose lodgings are understood to have cost a shilling per week , and “ whose meal was ...
Pagina xii
... turning out badly ; the soil was sour and wet , and , from mistakes in the matter of seed , the crops were failures . His prospects were made still darker by his relation with Jean Armour . He had made the acquaintance of this young ...
... turning out badly ; the soil was sour and wet , and , from mistakes in the matter of seed , the crops were failures . His prospects were made still darker by his relation with Jean Armour . He had made the acquaintance of this young ...
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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.