The poetical works of Robert Fergusson, with biogr intr., notes and glossary by R. Ford1773 |
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... fouk To birl our bodles , And get wherewi ' to crack our joke , And clear our noddles . " One who almost nightly enjoyed his company has given particulars respecting the extent and nature of these convivialities . The entertainment , he ...
... fouk To birl our bodles , And get wherewi ' to crack our joke , And clear our noddles . " One who almost nightly enjoyed his company has given particulars respecting the extent and nature of these convivialities . The entertainment , he ...
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... fouk o ' ilka age and name , Baith blind and cripple , Forgather aft , O fy for shame ! To drink and tipple . O Muse ! be kind , and dinna fash us To flee awa beyont Parnassus , Nor seek for Helicon to wash us , That heath'nish spring ...
... fouk o ' ilka age and name , Baith blind and cripple , Forgather aft , O fy for shame ! To drink and tipple . O Muse ! be kind , and dinna fash us To flee awa beyont Parnassus , Nor seek for Helicon to wash us , That heath'nish spring ...
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... merchant louns their shopies lock , * A famous oyster - tavern of Fergusson's time , situated in the Cow- gate , where it is now crossed by the South Bridge . There we adjourn wi ' hearty fouk To birle our 12 FERGUSSON'S POEMS .
... merchant louns their shopies lock , * A famous oyster - tavern of Fergusson's time , situated in the Cow- gate , where it is now crossed by the South Bridge . There we adjourn wi ' hearty fouk To birle our 12 FERGUSSON'S POEMS .
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Robert Fergusson Robert Ford. There we adjourn wi ' hearty fouk To birle our bodles , And get wharewi ' to crack our joke , And clear our noddles . When Phoebus did his winnocks steek , How aften at that ingle cheek Did I my frosty ...
Robert Fergusson Robert Ford. There we adjourn wi ' hearty fouk To birle our bodles , And get wharewi ' to crack our joke , And clear our noddles . When Phoebus did his winnocks steek , How aften at that ingle cheek Did I my frosty ...
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... him baith : Wooers should aye their travels spare , Withoot braid claith . * A promenade to the south of Edinburgh . + The King's Park - another promenade . Braid claith lends fouk an unco heeze ; Maks mony BRAID CLAITH . 15.
... him baith : Wooers should aye their travels spare , Withoot braid claith . * A promenade to the south of Edinburgh . + The King's Park - another promenade . Braid claith lends fouk an unco heeze ; Maks mony BRAID CLAITH . 15.
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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