Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, Volume 2William Magee, 1800 |
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... . Mourn little harebells o'er the lee ; Ye ftately fox - gloves fair to fee ; Ye woodbines hanging bonnilie , In fcented bowers ; Ye rofés on your thorny tree , The firft o ' flowers . At dawn , when every graffy blade Droops with a [ 12 ]
... . Mourn little harebells o'er the lee ; Ye ftately fox - gloves fair to fee ; Ye woodbines hanging bonnilie , In fcented bowers ; Ye rofés on your thorny tree , The firft o ' flowers . At dawn , when every graffy blade Droops with a [ 12 ]
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... fair Scotland May rove their sweets amang ; But I , the Queen of a ' Scotland , Maun lie in prifon ftrang .. I was the Queen o ' bonie France , Where happy I hae been ; Fu ' lightly rafe I on the morn , As blythe lay down at e'en : And ...
... fair Scotland May rove their sweets amang ; But I , the Queen of a ' Scotland , Maun lie in prifon ftrang .. I was the Queen o ' bonie France , Where happy I hae been ; Fu ' lightly rafe I on the morn , As blythe lay down at e'en : And ...
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... Fair fa ' them , honeft cadgie carles , Lang may they lieve , ay free o ' quarrels , And tipple aye frae gude tight barrels , For , be my certie , They were as braw as ony earls , And e'en right hearty . Nae feck o ' fowk could boaft ...
... Fair fa ' them , honeft cadgie carles , Lang may they lieve , ay free o ' quarrels , And tipple aye frae gude tight barrels , For , be my certie , They were as braw as ony earls , And e'en right hearty . Nae feck o ' fowk could boaft ...
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... Fair , And feen the pleys that happen there , Or , aiblins , read its frolics rare , In RABBIE's lay , Can only now , wi ' it , compare The fports that day .. Like ony camp , around a hill Were boorick made wi ' meikle skill , Pang'd to ...
... Fair , And feen the pleys that happen there , Or , aiblins , read its frolics rare , In RABBIE's lay , Can only now , wi ' it , compare The fports that day .. Like ony camp , around a hill Were boorick made wi ' meikle skill , Pang'd to ...
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... fair : She , filly , fimple , hame - bred - hizzy , Had never feen a rakish phizzy , Sae took , frae chields wha were right bizzy , O ' ufquabae , Till , laik - a - nie ! baith fick and dizzy Was fhe , that day . At times like this ...
... fair : She , filly , fimple , hame - bred - hizzy , Had never feen a rakish phizzy , Sae took , frae chields wha were right bizzy , O ' ufquabae , Till , laik - a - nie ! baith fick and dizzy Was fhe , that day . At times like this ...
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