Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, Volume 2William Magee, 1800 |
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... fire , And ne'er gude wine did fear , man This was thy billie , dam , and fire , For Matthew was a queer man . If ony whiggish whingin fot , To blame poor Matthew [ 16 ]
... fire , And ne'er gude wine did fear , man This was thy billie , dam , and fire , For Matthew was a queer man . If ony whiggish whingin fot , To blame poor Matthew [ 16 ]
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... - and - haff He was , they fay , And , panting , cry'd , " Sirs ! is fhe aff ? " Wi ' fear that day . Anither chield , wae worth the loon , Rampag'd and curs'd like a dragoon ; But leaning on his bunkers down , To fire away B.4 . [ 33 ]
... - and - haff He was , they fay , And , panting , cry'd , " Sirs ! is fhe aff ? " Wi ' fear that day . Anither chield , wae worth the loon , Rampag'd and curs'd like a dragoon ; But leaning on his bunkers down , To fire away B.4 . [ 33 ]
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Robert Burns. But leaning on his bunkers down , To fire away , He mifbehav'd , which did confound A ' fowk that day ! Puir gowk ! ne'er us'd wi ' wars alarms , Or taught to handle fire - arms , His fears forefaw a thousand harms ...
Robert Burns. But leaning on his bunkers down , To fire away , He mifbehav'd , which did confound A ' fowk that day ! Puir gowk ! ne'er us'd wi ' wars alarms , Or taught to handle fire - arms , His fears forefaw a thousand harms ...
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... fire ; Whiles holding faft his gude blue bonnet ; Whiles crooning o'er fome auld Scots fonnet ; Whiles glowring round wi ' prudent cares , Left bogles catch him unawares : Kirk - Alowa was drawing nigh , Where ghaifts and houlets ...
... fire ; Whiles holding faft his gude blue bonnet ; Whiles crooning o'er fome auld Scots fonnet ; Whiles glowring round wi ' prudent cares , Left bogles catch him unawares : Kirk - Alowa was drawing nigh , Where ghaifts and houlets ...
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... A towmont gude ; And parritch - pate , and auld faut - backets , Before the Flood , * Vide his Antiquities of Scotland . Vide his treatife on the ancient armour and weapons . Of Eve's first fire he has a cinder ; Auld.
... A towmont gude ; And parritch - pate , and auld faut - backets , Before the Flood , * Vide his Antiquities of Scotland . Vide his treatife on the ancient armour and weapons . Of Eve's first fire he has a cinder ; Auld.
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