The poetical works of Robert Fergusson, with biogr intr., notes and glossary by R. Ford1773 |
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... Till death slip sleely on and gie the hindmost wound , " " The mind's aye cradled when the grave is near . ' Or , by finding such luminous pictures in a few words as- and- or- " Upon the tap o ' ilka lum The sun began to keek , " " Now ...
... Till death slip sleely on and gie the hindmost wound , " " The mind's aye cradled when the grave is near . ' Or , by finding such luminous pictures in a few words as- and- or- " Upon the tap o ' ilka lum The sun began to keek , " " Now ...
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... till the year 1817 , when it was dissolved . It was composed of somewhat more than a hundred men , in three companies , the officers being generally decayed tradesmen , and the privates invalid members of Highland regiments . Upon the ...
... till the year 1817 , when it was dissolved . It was composed of somewhat more than a hundred men , in three companies , the officers being generally decayed tradesmen , and the privates invalid members of Highland regiments . Upon the ...
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... Till death slip sleely on , and gie the hindmost wound . On sicken food has mony a doughty deed By Caledonia's ancestors been done ; By this did mony a wight fu ' weirlike bleed In brulzies frae the dawn to set o ' sun . ' Twas this ...
... Till death slip sleely on , and gie the hindmost wound . On sicken food has mony a doughty deed By Caledonia's ancestors been done ; By this did mony a wight fu ' weirlike bleed In brulzies frae the dawn to set o ' sun . ' Twas this ...
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... till ; How big a birn maun lie on Bassie's back , For meal and mu'ter to the thirlin ' mill . Neist , the gudewife her hirelin ' damsels bids Glow'r through the byre , and see the hawkies bound ; Tak tent , case Crummy tak her wonted ...
... till ; How big a birn maun lie on Bassie's back , For meal and mu'ter to the thirlin ' mill . Neist , the gudewife her hirelin ' damsels bids Glow'r through the byre , and see the hawkies bound ; Tak tent , case Crummy tak her wonted ...
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... Till waken'd by the dawnin's ruddy glow . Peace to the husbandman , and a ' his tribe , Whase care fells a ' our wants frae year to year ; Lang may his sock and cou'ter turn the glebe , And banks o ' corn bend down wi ' laded ear . May ...
... Till waken'd by the dawnin's ruddy glow . Peace to the husbandman , and a ' his tribe , Whase care fells a ' our wants frae year to year ; Lang may his sock and cou'ter turn the glebe , And banks o ' corn bend down wi ' laded ear . May ...
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Página 151 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Página 213 - Where be your gibes now ? your gambols ? your songs ? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar ? Not one now, to mock your own grinning?
Página 14 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Página 12 - Gude faith, he mauna fa' that! For a' that, an' a' that, Their dignities an' a' that, The pith o' sense, an' 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. Shall bear the gree, an' a' that. For a
Página xi - CURSE on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd, And yet can starve the author of the pleasure ! O thou, my elder brother in misfortune, By far my elder brother in the Muses...
Página 191 - When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest the courtiers offended, should be ; If you mention vice or bribe, 'Tis so pat to all the tribe, Each cries — That was levelld at me.
Página 9 - HAPPY the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling.
Página 13 - While he draws breath, Till his four quarters are bedeckit Wi' gude Braid Claith. On Sabbath-days the barber spark, Whan he has done wi...
Página xlix - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.
Página 59 - Had met wi' sic respect frae me. Mind ye what Sam,' the lying loun ! Has in his Dictionar laid down ? That aits in England are a feast To cow an' horse, an' sican beast, While in Scots ground this growth was common To gust the gab o