The Beauties of Burns: Consisting of Selections from His Poems and LettersT. Davison, 1826 - 212 sider |
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... the batts , Or some curmurring in his guts , His only son for Hornbook sets , An ' pays him weel . The lad , for twa guid gimmer pets , Was laird himsel . * The grave - digger . A bonnie lass , ye kend her name , Some 26 BURNS .
... the batts , Or some curmurring in his guts , His only son for Hornbook sets , An ' pays him weel . The lad , for twa guid gimmer pets , Was laird himsel . * The grave - digger . A bonnie lass , ye kend her name , Some 26 BURNS .
Side 27
... lass , ye kend her name , Some ill - brewn drink had hoved her wame : She trusts hersel , to hide the shame , In Hornbook's care ; Horn sent her aff to her lang hame , To hide it there . That's just a swatch o ' Hornbook's way ; Thus ...
... lass , ye kend her name , Some ill - brewn drink had hoved her wame : She trusts hersel , to hide the shame , In Hornbook's care ; Horn sent her aff to her lang hame , To hide it there . That's just a swatch o ' Hornbook's way ; Thus ...
Side 40
... lasses feat , an ' cleanly neat , Mair braw than when they're fine ; Their faces blythe , fu ' sweetly kythe , Hearts leal , an ' warm , an ' kin ' : The lads sae trig , wi ' wooer - babs , Weel knotted on their garten , Some unco blate ...
... lasses feat , an ' cleanly neat , Mair braw than when they're fine ; Their faces blythe , fu ' sweetly kythe , Hearts leal , an ' warm , an ' kin ' : The lads sae trig , wi ' wooer - babs , Weel knotted on their garten , Some unco blate ...
Side 41
... lasses staw frae ' mang them a ' To pou their stalks o ' corn * ; hand , with eyes shut , and pull the first they meet with its being big or little , straight or crooked , is prophetic of the size and shape of the grand object of all ...
... lasses staw frae ' mang them a ' To pou their stalks o ' corn * ; hand , with eyes shut , and pull the first they meet with its being big or little , straight or crooked , is prophetic of the size and shape of the grand object of all ...
Side 42
... lasses ' fates Are there that night decided : Some kindle , couthie , side by side , An ' burn thegither trimly ... lass to each particular nut , as they lay them in the fire , and accordingly as they burn quietly together , or start ...
... lasses ' fates Are there that night decided : Some kindle , couthie , side by side , An ' burn thegither trimly ... lass to each particular nut , as they lay them in the fire , and accordingly as they burn quietly together , or start ...
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The Beauties of Burns: Consisting of Selections from His Poems and Letters Alfred Howard Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2014 |
The Beauties of Burns: Consisting of Selections from His Poems and Letters Alfred Howard Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2014 |
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Side 132 - Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a
Side 13 - And sage experience bids me this declare — ' If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair, In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
Side 74 - But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain: The best laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft agley, An' lea'e us nought but grief an
Side 142 - As fair art thou, my bonie 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' the sun : And I will luve thee still, my Dear, While the sands o
Side 137 - 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 139 - My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
Side 130 - 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...
Side 12 - But hark! a rap comes gently to the door; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neibor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek; Wi...
Side 131 - 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.
Side 15 - Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method, and of art, When men display to congregations wide, Devotion's...