An Essay on the Life and Genius of Robert BurnsJ. M'kie, 1887 - 64 стор. |
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addressed Airts appear auld Ayrshire baith became blaw bonnie lassies brother Gilbert Burns's Carlyle cauld chiel Christ's Clarinda club Cotter's Saturday Night Creech de'il dear death Doonholm drink drunk Dugald Stewart Dumfries Dunlop Earl of Glencairn Edinburgh edition Epistle Ettrick Shepherd exciseman fair farewell father favoured feel fell folly Gavin Hamilton genius gi'e Glencairn Gordon Castle hame heart honest human HUTCHINSON January 25th Jean Jean's Johnson's Kilmarnock Kincardineshire Kirkoswald lass letter Lockhart Lord Mary Mauchline maun mind months Mossgiel Mount Oliphant Murdoch muse natural ne'er never passion pleasure poems poet poet's poetical poor returned rhyme ROBERT BURNS sang says Scotia's Scots wha hae Scottish Shairp Sir Walter Scott song soon soul sympathy Tarbolton tells thee THOMAS HUTCHINSON Thomson thou thought tour verse weel wha hae wife writing wrote young
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Сторінка 49 - Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, an' a' that» The coward slave we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, an' a that, Our toils obscure, an' a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a
Сторінка 10 - runs, himself, Life's mad career, Wild as the wave ? Here pause—and, through 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 stained his name. In
Сторінка 47 - By oppression's woes and pains ! By your sons in servile chains ! We will drain our dearest veins But they shall be free ! Lay the proud usurpers low ! Tyrants fall in every foe ! Liberty's in every blow !— Let us do, or die
Сторінка 40 - Scotch school—the douce gudeman who held his own plough. There was a strong expression of sense and shrewdness in all his lineaments; the eye alone, I think, indicated the poetical character and temperament. It was large, and of a dark cast, which glowed (I say literally glowed) when he spoke with feeling or interest.
Сторінка 26 - 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' birds, I hear her charm the air: There's not a bonnie flower that springs, By fountain, shaw. or green
Сторінка 23 - E'en then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast; That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least." Amang the bearded bear, I turn'd the
Сторінка 13 - I've noticed, on our Laird's court-day, An' mony a time my heart's been wae, Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, How they maun thole a factor's snash ; He'll stamp and threaten, curse and swear, He'll apprehend them, poind their gear, While they maun stan", wi' aspect humble, And hear it a', an' fear an
Сторінка 12 - rev'rence and attend ! Here lie the loving husband's dear remains, The tender father, and the gen'rous friend. The pitying heart that felt for human woe ; The dauntless heart that feared no human pride ; The friend of man, to vice alone a foe ; "For ev'n his failings leaned to virtue's side.
Сторінка 12 - twad blawn its last; The rattlin' showers rose on the blast ; The speedy gleams the darkness swallowed, / Loud, deep and lang the thunder bellow'd: That night a child might understand, The de'il had business on his hand.
Сторінка 40 - His person was strong and robust; his manners rustic, not clownish ; a sort of dignified plainness and simplicity. His countenance was more massive than it looks in any of the portraits. I would have taken the poet, had I not known who he was, for a very sagacious country farmer of the