The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life, Bind 4Cochrane and M'Crone, 1834 - 394 sider |
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... Poet , and that to his industry we owe many of the truly original airs with which the publi- cation abounds . Of the one hundred and sixty lyrics which this volume contains , not more than seventy will be found in Currie's octavos ; and ...
... Poet , and that to his industry we owe many of the truly original airs with which the publi- cation abounds . Of the one hundred and sixty lyrics which this volume contains , not more than seventy will be found in Currie's octavos ; and ...
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... Poet to lavish on her all the choicest things of prose and verse , and then quietly said she was sorry her charms had made such havoc in his heart , for she was the lawful property of another , and had not the power of rewarding his ...
... Poet to lavish on her all the choicest things of prose and verse , and then quietly said she was sorry her charms had made such havoc in his heart , for she was the lawful property of another , and had not the power of rewarding his ...
Side 5
... Poet , " pretty early in life , and sent it to a young girl , a very particular acquaintance of mine , who was at that time under a cloud . " Our old songs abound in allusions to the " creepie chair " and penitence in sackcloth . Burns ...
... Poet , " pretty early in life , and sent it to a young girl , a very particular acquaintance of mine , who was at that time under a cloud . " Our old songs abound in allusions to the " creepie chair " and penitence in sackcloth . Burns ...
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... servant in Calcothill , near Lochlea , was the heroine of this fine song . She died unmarried and well advanced in life , and when questioned about the Poet's attachment said , " Aye , atweel he 10 THE POEMS OF ROBERT Burns .
... servant in Calcothill , near Lochlea , was the heroine of this fine song . She died unmarried and well advanced in life , and when questioned about the Poet's attachment said , " Aye , atweel he 10 THE POEMS OF ROBERT Burns .
Side 11
With His Life Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham. the Poet's attachment said , " Aye , atweel he made a great wark about me . " - " Like most of the favourites of Burns , " says an observing friend , " she was more remarkable for the ...
With His Life Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham. the Poet's attachment said , " Aye , atweel he made a great wark about me . " - " Like most of the favourites of Burns , " says an observing friend , " she was more remarkable for the ...
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amang auld Ballochmyle banks Bard beauty birks of Aberfeldy blaw Blithe body kiss bonnie Doon Bonnie lassie bonnie Mary bosom braes braw Burns Charlie Charlie Stewart charms CHORUS Collier Laddie composed daunton dear dearie Deil e'en Ecclefechan Eppie M'Nab fair Farewell favourite flower frae glen green grows bonnie wi gude hame heart heroine Highland laddie ilka Inverness jacobite Jamie John Anderson Kenmure's kiss lady lass lawin lo'e luve lyric mair Mauchline maun merry miller morning muse Musical Museum naebody Nannie ne'er night Nith o'er old song owre parcel of rogues Poet Poet's rue grows bonnie says Scotland Scottish sing sparklin strain sweet sweetly thee There's thou thro thyme Tune verses weary weaver weel Whigs wife Willie win my love wind wither'd wrote ye go ye'll Ye're yon town young
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Side 284 - As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I, And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a" the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi
Side 246 - YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair; How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary, fu' o
Side 131 - Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, An fill it in a silver tassie ; That I may drink, before I go, A service to my bonnie lassie : The boat rocks at the pier o...
Side 137 - Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair: I hear her in the tunefu...
Side 159 - Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear. My Mary, dear departed shade ! Where is thy place of blissful rest ? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid ? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast ?" Harris's " Tarn o' Shanter" has been considered one of his best compositions.
Side 282 - A waefu' day it was to me ; For there I lost my father dear, My father dear and brethren three. Their winding-sheet the bluidy clay, Their graves are growing green to see ; And by them lies the dearest lad That ever blest a woman's e'e ! Now wae to thee thou cruel lord, A bluidy man I trow thou be ; For mony a heart thou hast made sair, That ne'er did wrang to thine or thee ! A RED, RED ROSE TUNE—
Side 15 - Green grow the rashes, O ; Green grow the rashes, O ; The sweetest hours that e'er I spend, Are spent am'ang the lasses, O ! THERE'S nought but care on ev'ry han', In ev'ry hour that passes, O ; What signifies the life o' man, An
Side 158 - Thou ling'ring star, with less'ning ray, That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again thou usher'st in the day My Mary from my soul was torn. O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
Side 145 - My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here : My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer; Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
Side 15 - But gie me a canny hour at e'en, My arms about my dearie, O; An' warly cares, an' warly men, May a