Selections from the Poems of Robert BurnsAmerican book Company, 1898 - 96 من الصفحات |
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... poet , was an honest , hard- working farmer , of an intelligence superior to the average of his class . He was a man of ... poet's first volume in 1786 . inexhaustible store of tales of the marvelous and supernatural , 7 INTRODUCTION •
... poet , was an honest , hard- working farmer , of an intelligence superior to the average of his class . He was a man of ... poet's first volume in 1786 . inexhaustible store of tales of the marvelous and supernatural , 7 INTRODUCTION •
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... poet , however , shone with most brilliant luster during this period of the man's debasement . The years 1784-1786 were ... poet's attitude toward the world : " By night in his cold little room , by day while whistling at the plow , he ...
... poet , however , shone with most brilliant luster during this period of the man's debasement . The years 1784-1786 were ... poet's attitude toward the world : " By night in his cold little room , by day while whistling at the plow , he ...
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... poet is certainly a great glory to Scotch- men , " says Rossetti . " And any one who is bent upon remem- bering to their ... poet's funeral , thus describes it : It " The multitude who accompanied Burns to the grave INTRODUCTION . I I.
... poet is certainly a great glory to Scotch- men , " says Rossetti . " And any one who is bent upon remem- bering to their ... poet's funeral , thus describes it : It " The multitude who accompanied Burns to the grave INTRODUCTION . I I.
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... poet's mode of composition is interesting . He thought his poems out as he worked , or as he walked in the woods or by the streams . He usually had on hand five or six poems , which he perfected as the mood was with him , setting them ...
... poet's mode of composition is interesting . He thought his poems out as he worked , or as he walked in the woods or by the streams . He usually had on hand five or six poems , which he perfected as the mood was with him , setting them ...
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Robert Burns William Henry Venable. because it is very characteristic of the poet's style , showing his love and ... poet in it and a poet of it . " This is , indeed , one of his greatest gifts to literature : he gave permanent form to ...
Robert Burns William Henry Venable. because it is very characteristic of the poet's style , showing his love and ... poet in it and a poet of it . " This is , indeed , one of his greatest gifts to literature : he gave permanent form to ...
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الصفحة 59 - 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
الصفحة 53 - Far mark'd with the courses of clear, winding rills ; There daily I wander as noon rises high, My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye. How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below, Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow ; There oft as mild ev'ning weeps over the lea, The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me.
الصفحة 25 - Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme: How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed; How He Who bore in Heaven the second name Had not on earth whereon to lay His head...
الصفحة 25 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing' That thus they all shall meet in future days: There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear; While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.
الصفحة 82 - Guid faith he mauna fa' that. For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that ; The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher rank than a that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that ; That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a
الصفحة 63 - 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.
الصفحة 62 - JOHN ANDERSON MY JO John Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your bonie brow was brent; But now your brow is beld, John, Your locks are like the snaw; But blessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither, And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi...
الصفحة 46 - Wha will be a traitor knave ? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave ? Let him turn and flee ! Wha for Scotland's King and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand, or freeman fa' ? Let him follow me ! By oppression's woes and pains!
الصفحة 23 - Is there, in human form, that bears a heart — A wretch ! a villain ! lost to love and truth ! That can, with studied, sly, ensnaring art, Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth...
الصفحة 52 - Eternity will not efface Those records dear of transports past; Thy image at our last embrace, Ah ! little thought we 'twas our last ! Ayr, gurgling...