The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: Including Several Pieces Not Inserted in Dr. Currie's Edition; Exhibited Under a New Plan of Arrangement, and Preceded by a Life of the Author, and a Complete Glossary ...W. Borradaile, 1826 - Scotland |
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... wish and prayer to have it in his power to keep his children under his own eye till they could discern between good and evil : so , with the assistance of his generous master , my father ventured on a small farm on his estate . At those ...
... wish and prayer to have it in his power to keep his children under his own eye till they could discern between good and evil : so , with the assistance of his generous master , my father ventured on a small farm on his estate . At those ...
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... wish my- self tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins , which will boil along there till the flood - gates of life shut in eternal rest . " Polemical divinity about this time ...
... wish my- self tall enough to be a soldier ; while the story of Wallace poured a Scottish prejudice into my veins , which will boil along there till the flood - gates of life shut in eternal rest . " Polemical divinity about this time ...
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... wishes . My father , as I said before , was subject to strong passions ; from that instance of disobedience in me he took a sort of dislike to me , which I believe was one cause of the dissipation which marked my succeeding years . I ...
... wishes . My father , as I said before , was subject to strong passions ; from that instance of disobedience in me he took a sort of dislike to me , which I believe was one cause of the dissipation which marked my succeeding years . I ...
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... wish that the agreement between them should be cancelled . This was communicated to Burns . He felt the deepest anguish of mind . He offered to stay at home , and provide for his wife and family by every exertion in his power . Even ...
... wish that the agreement between them should be cancelled . This was communicated to Burns . He felt the deepest anguish of mind . He offered to stay at home , and provide for his wife and family by every exertion in his power . Even ...
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... wishes , beyond , perhaps , any one at the ta- ble ; yet how will it mortify him to see a fellow , whose abilities would scarcely have made an eight- penny tailor , and whose heart is not worth three farthings , meet with attention and ...
... wishes , beyond , perhaps , any one at the ta- ble ; yet how will it mortify him to see a fellow , whose abilities would scarcely have made an eight- penny tailor , and whose heart is not worth three farthings , meet with attention and ...
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Page 153 - 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 ! Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this earthly hole, In low pursuit ;...
Page 105 - He who stills the raven's clam'rous nest, And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way his wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly in their hearts with grace divine preside.
Page 162 - Low i' the dust. Such is the fate of simple bard, On life's rough ocean luckless starr'd ! Unskillful 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 given, Who long with wants and woes has striven, By human pride or cunning driven To misery's brink.
Page 105 - O ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd Isle. XXI. O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide, That stream'd thro...
Page 101 - But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor 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...
Page 103 - 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!
Page 4 - I owed much to an old woman who resided in the family, remarkable for her ignorance, credulity, and superstition. She had, I suppose, the largest collection in the country of tales and songs concerning devils, ghosts, fairies, brownies, -witches, warlocks, spunkies, kelpies, elf-candles, dead-lights, wraiths, apparitions, cantraips, giants, enchanted towers, dragons and other trumpery.
Page 7 - In short, she, altogether unwittingly to herself, initiated me in that delicious passion, which, in spite of acid disappointment, gin-horse prudence, and book-worm philosophy, I hold to be the first of human joys, our dearest blessing here below...
Page 161 - Thou's met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem: To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas ! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie Lark, companion meet! Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet! Wi' spreckl'd breast, When upward-springing, blythe, to greet The purpling east.
Page 119 - Why was an independent wish E'er planted in my mind ? If not, why am I subject to His cruelty or scorn ? Or why has man the will and pow'r To make his fellow mourn...