The Works of Robert Burns: Correspondence with Mr. George Thomson, including poetry hitherto unpublishedT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 |
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... Wishes that the na- tional music may preserve its native fea- tures , · XXIII . Mr. T. to Mr. B. Thanks and observations , XXIV . Mr. B. to Mr. T. with " Blythe hae I been on yon hill , " • · XXV . Mr. B. to Mr. T. with " O Logan ...
... Wishes that the na- tional music may preserve its native fea- tures , · XXIII . Mr. T. to Mr. B. Thanks and observations , XXIV . Mr. B. to Mr. T. with " Blythe hae I been on yon hill , " • · XXV . Mr. B. to Mr. T. with " O Logan ...
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... Wishes he knew the inspir- ing Fair One - Ritson's historical essay not interesting - Allan - Maggie Lawder , 185 LXII . Mr. B. to Mr. T. Has begun his Anecdotes , & c . " My Chloris mark how green the groves ” —Love— “ It was the ...
... Wishes he knew the inspir- ing Fair One - Ritson's historical essay not interesting - Allan - Maggie Lawder , 185 LXII . Mr. B. to Mr. T. Has begun his Anecdotes , & c . " My Chloris mark how green the groves ” —Love— “ It was the ...
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... wish for correct me- lodies , delicate accompaniments , or characteristic verses . We will esteem your poetical assistance a particular favour , besides paying any reason- able price you shall please to demand for it . Pro- fit is quite ...
... wish for correct me- lodies , delicate accompaniments , or characteristic verses . We will esteem your poetical assistance a particular favour , besides paying any reason- able price you shall please to demand for it . Pro- fit is quite ...
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... wish to confine you to English verses : you shall freely be allowed a sprinkling of your native tongue , as you elegant- ly express it ; and moreover , we will patiently wait your own time . One thing only I beg , which is , that ...
... wish to confine you to English verses : you shall freely be allowed a sprinkling of your native tongue , as you elegant- ly express it ; and moreover , we will patiently wait your own time . One thing only I beg , which is , that ...
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... wish to substitute others of your writing . I shall soon transmit the rest , and , at the same time , a pro- spectus of the whole collection : and you may lieve we will receive any hints that you are so kind as to give for improving the ...
... wish to substitute others of your writing . I shall soon transmit the rest , and , at the same time , a pro- spectus of the whole collection : and you may lieve we will receive any hints that you are so kind as to give for improving the ...
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ae night ain dear Allan Allan Ramsay alter anither auld lang syne ballad bard beautiful blythe bonnie Bonnie Dundee bosom braw BURNS Caledonia Cauld Kail charming Chloris CHORUS Coila Craigieburn Dainty Davie dear Sir dearie Duncan Gray Edinburgh English song English verses fair fancy fine air flowers frae Galla Water give glen hame heart Highland Mary Jeanie John Anderson lass lassie lea-rig Leiger lo'es Logan braes Lord Gregory lover mair maun melodies mend merit mony morning muse Museum Nancy Nanie ne'er never o'er Phillis Pindar pleased pleasure Pleyel poet poetry Rob Morris Robin Adair Saw ye Scots Scottish simmer singing stanza suit sung sweet taste thee thine THOMSON thro tune wander wee thing wild Willie young JESSIE
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Seite 126 - Let him follow me! 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!
Seite 331 - My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
Seite 17 - YE banks and braes and streams around The castle o' Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers. Your waters never drumlie! There simmer first unfauld her robes, And there the langest tarry; For there I took the last fareweel O
Seite 293 - 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' birds, I hear her charm the air : There's not a bonnie flower that springs By fountain, shaw, or green, There's not a bonnie bird that sings But minds me o
Seite 217 - He looks and laughs at a' that. A prince can mak a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he mauna fa' that ! For a
Seite 122 - CHORUS. For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne. We twa hae run about the braes, And pu'd the gowans fine ; But we've wander'd mony a weary foot Sin auld lang syne.
Seite 216 - Is there, for honest Poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a
Seite 343 - That's sweetly play'd in tune. As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I : And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a...
Seite 42 - Yestreen, when to the trembling string The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', To thee my fancy took its wing, I sat, but neither heard nor saw ; Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, And yon the toast of a' the town, I sigh'd, and said amang them a', "Ye are na Mary Morison.
Seite 302 - JOHN ANDERSON MY JO. JOHN Anderson my jo, John, When we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your bonnie 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...