Poems and Songs of Robert Burns

Good Press, 19 nov 2019 - 442 pagine

There are literally hundreds of poems by the unrivaled nineteenth-century Scottish poet collected in this volume. They are arranged chronologically and there is a glossary at the end to translate the Scottish dialect.

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Pagina 1790
... Heart's In The Highlands The Whistle—A Ballad To Mary In Heaven Epistle To Dr. Blacklock The Five Carlins Election Ballad For Westerha' Prologue Spoken At The Theatre Of Dumfries 1790 Sketch—New Year's Day, 1790 Scots' Prologue For Mr ...

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... Heart Aboon O Steer Her Up An ' Haud Her Gaun The Lass O ' Ecclefechan O Let Me In Thes Ae Night Her Answer I'll Aye Ca ' In By Yon Town O Wat Ye Wha's In Yon Town Ballads on Mr. Heron's Election , 1795 Inscription For An Altar Of ...

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... hearts alarms; But for their sake my heart does ache, With many a bitter throe: And it's O, fickle Fortune, O! I once was by Fortune carest: I once could relieve the distrest: Now life's poor support, hardly earn'd My fate will scarce ...

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... heart melts at human wretchedness ; And with sincere but unavailing sighs I view the helpless children of distress : With tears indignant I behold the oppressor Rejoicing in the honest man's destruction , Whose unsubmitting heart was ...

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... heart's blood, And drank it round and round; And still the more and more they drank, Their joy did more abound. John Barleycorn was a hero bold, Of noble enterprise; For if you do but taste his blood, 'Twill make your courage rise ...

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Sommario

Preface

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Epistle To James Smith

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