 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1859 - 284 sider
...hour. I had usually half a dozen or more pieces in hand ; I took up one or the other, as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work...the eldest of my printed pieces ; The Death of Poor Mailie, John Barleycorn, and songs, first, second, and third. Song second was the ebullition of that... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1859 - 736 sider
...hour. I had usually half-a-dozen or more pieces on hand ; I took up one or other, as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work...fatigue. My passions, when once lighted up, raged like 8O many devils, till they got vont in rhyme ; and then the conning over my verses, like a spell, soothed... | |
 | Burns Club of the City of New York - 1860 - 164 sider
...life. He says— " My passions once lighted raged up like so many devils until they got vent in rhyme. Then the conning over my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet." With all that flow of soul in him; with his rebounding from the highest conviviality to the lowest... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1863 - 696 sider
...poussant sa charrue, sur les vieux airs écossais, qu'il aimait passionnément, et qui, dit-il, 1. My passions, when once lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they got vent iu rhyme. sitôt qu'on les chante , apportent aux lèvres les idées et les rimes. Voilà bien la poésie... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1866 - 356 sider
...usually half a dozen or more pieces on hand; I took up one or other, as it suited the momentary turn of the mind, and dismissed the work as it bordered on fatigue. My passions, once lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they found vent in rhyme ; and then the conning over... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1868 - 688 sider
...hour. I had usually half a dozen or more pieces on hand ; I took up one or other, as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work...the eldest of my printed pieces; "The Death of poor Maillie," "John Barleycorn," and Songs first, second, and third. Song second was the ebullition of... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1868 - 312 sider
...as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work as , bordered on fatigue. My , when once . , lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they got vent in rhyme: and thfii tho conning ovvr my verses, like a »pell, soothed all into ijniet. None of the rhymes of thaee... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1869 - 624 sider
...hour. I had usually half a dozen or more pieces in hand ; I took up one or the other, as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work...rhyme ; and then the conning over my verses, like » spell, soothed all into quiet 1 None of the rhymes of those days are in print, except Winter, a... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1870 - 652 sider
...the hour. I had usually half a dozen or more pieces on hand ; I took up one or other as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work...eldest of my printed pieces ; ' The Death of Poor Maillie,' ' John Barleycorn,' and Songs first, second, and third. Song second was the ebullition of... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1870 - 642 sider
...momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work ns it bordered on fatigne. My passions, when onee lighted up, raged like so many devils till they got...rhyme ; and then the conning over my verses, like » spell, soothed all into quiet ! None of the rhymes of those dayi nrc in print, except Winter, a... | |
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Shandy and the Man of Feeling were my bosom favourites. Poesy was still a darling walk for my mind, but it was only indulged in according to the humour of the hour. I had usually half a dozen or more pieces on hand; I took up one or other, as it suited... 
