Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, Volume 2William Magee, 1800 |
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... ; Fu ' lightly rafe I on the morn , As blythe lay down at e'en : And I'm the fovereign of Scotland , And mony a traitor there ; Yet here I lie in foreign bands , And never ending care . But as for thee , thou falfe woman , My [ 19 ]
... ; Fu ' lightly rafe I on the morn , As blythe lay down at e'en : And I'm the fovereign of Scotland , And mony a traitor there ; Yet here I lie in foreign bands , And never ending care . But as for thee , thou falfe woman , My [ 19 ]
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... E'en , ( both much in the ftyle of Burns ) are the Production of a Scottish Bard of the name of JoHN MAIN , + The Silver Gun was prefented by one of our Scots mo- narchs to the incorporated trades of Dumfries , the practice of fhooting ...
... E'en , ( both much in the ftyle of Burns ) are the Production of a Scottish Bard of the name of JoHN MAIN , + The Silver Gun was prefented by one of our Scots mo- narchs to the incorporated trades of Dumfries , the practice of fhooting ...
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... e'en right hearty . Nae feck o ' fowk could boaft mae dainties ; A'beit our lairds now rack their renties , Whilk gars our canty cock - a - benties Wear hodden grey , Yet ilka journeyman and ' prentice Was fnod that day . For , as they ...
... e'en right hearty . Nae feck o ' fowk could boaft mae dainties ; A'beit our lairds now rack their renties , Whilk gars our canty cock - a - benties Wear hodden grey , Yet ilka journeyman and ' prentice Was fnod that day . For , as they ...
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... E'en blithe to fee them trigly dreft , Auld EPPS was there amang the reft , And while , wi ' joy , her fides fhe preft , Like mony mae , Her approbation was exprefl , In words like thae : " Wow ! but it gar's anes heart loup light To ...
... E'en blithe to fee them trigly dreft , Auld EPPS was there amang the reft , And while , wi ' joy , her fides fhe preft , Like mony mae , Her approbation was exprefl , In words like thae : " Wow ! but it gar's anes heart loup light To ...
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... e'en as blithe as blithe cou'd be , Wi ' cap and flowp . Pleas'd , they'd recount , wi ' meikle joy , How aft they'd been at fic a ploy , An annual Fair of that name , held at Edinburgh , and hu mourously defcribed by the ingenious ...
... e'en as blithe as blithe cou'd be , Wi ' cap and flowp . Pleas'd , they'd recount , wi ' meikle joy , How aft they'd been at fic a ploy , An annual Fair of that name , held at Edinburgh , and hu mourously defcribed by the ingenious ...
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