The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: Including Several Pieces Not Inserted in Dr. Currie's Edition: Exhibited Under a New Plan of Arrangement, and Preceded by a Life of the Author: with Notes, and a Complete GlossaryPhillips, Sampson, 1859 - 524 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 62
Page 17
... nature , as it were , to endure the buffettings of the surge . Yet his rude splendor remained uninjured . Amidst the bitter waters of indigence and sorrow , of drudgery and neglect , he produced those beau- tiful idylliums which will ...
... nature , as it were , to endure the buffettings of the surge . Yet his rude splendor remained uninjured . Amidst the bitter waters of indigence and sorrow , of drudgery and neglect , he produced those beau- tiful idylliums which will ...
Page 23
... nature of the bargain he made was such as to throw a little ready money into his hands at the commencement of his lease , otherwise the affair would have been imprac ticable . For four years we lived comfortably here ; but a difference ...
... nature of the bargain he made was such as to throw a little ready money into his hands at the commencement of his lease , otherwise the affair would have been imprac ticable . For four years we lived comfortably here ; but a difference ...
Page 25
... nature ; to them , the ardent hope , the stolen interview , the tender farewell , are the greatest and most delicious parts of their enjoyments . " Another circumstance in my life , which made some alteration in my mind and manners ...
... nature ; to them , the ardent hope , the stolen interview , the tender farewell , are the greatest and most delicious parts of their enjoyments . " Another circumstance in my life , which made some alteration in my mind and manners ...
Page 26
... nature in a new phasis ; and I engaged several of my school - fellows to keep up a literary correspondence with me . This improved me in composition . I had met with a collection of letters by the wits of Queen Anne's reign , and I ...
... nature in a new phasis ; and I engaged several of my school - fellows to keep up a literary correspondence with me . This improved me in composition . I had met with a collection of letters by the wits of Queen Anne's reign , and I ...
Page 30
... nature's design in my formation where the lights and shades in my character were intended . I was pretty confident my poems would meet with some ap- plause ; but , at the worst , the roar of the Atlantic would- deafen the voice of ...
... nature's design in my formation where the lights and shades in my character were intended . I was pretty confident my poems would meet with some ap- plause ; but , at the worst , the roar of the Atlantic would- deafen the voice of ...
Contents
101 | |
108 | |
115 | |
121 | |
127 | |
133 | |
135 | |
141 | |
148 | |
153 | |
162 | |
168 | |
174 | |
185 | |
192 | |
198 | |
204 | |
210 | |
212 | |
219 | |
232 | |
243 | |
257 | |
264 | |
274 | |
281 | |
343 | |
350 | |
356 | |
364 | |
371 | |
373 | |
382 | |
389 | |
395 | |
401 | |
404 | |
410 | |
416 | |
422 | |
428 | |
434 | |
438 | |
444 | |
451 | |
457 | |
463 | |
470 | |
477 | |
479 | |
485 | |
491 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
amang auld auld lang syne baith bard birks of Aberfeldy blast blaw blest blithe bonie bosom braes braw breast brunstane Burns canna cauld charms CHORUS claut dear dearie death Deil dimin Dumfries e'en e'er Ev'n ev'ry fair fate fear flower frae gien glen guid hame haud heart Heav'n Highland honest honor humble ilka ither John Barleycorn lass lassie Lord Mauchline maun monie morn mourn Muse nae mair Nature's ne'er never night o'er onie owre pleasure plough poet poor pow'r pride rhyme roar ROBERT BURNS round sang Scotland sing skelpin song soul sugh sweet syne taen tear tell thee thegither There's thou thro TUNE unco weary weel Whare whistle Whyles wild wind winna wretch ye'll ye're
Popular passages
Page 229 - Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev"n to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The piper loud and louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit, Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark, And linket at it in her sark ! Now Tam, O Tam ! had thae been queans, A' plump and strapping in their teens ; Their sarks, instead o...
Page 226 - That hour, o' night's black arch the key-stane, That dreary hour he mounts his beast in; And sic a night he taks the road in As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last; The rattling...
Page 316 - tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Page 81 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha-Bible, ance his father's pride; His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care; And "Let us worship God!
Page 82 - With Amalek's ungracious progeny; Or how the royal bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire; Or Job's pathetic plaint and wailing cry; Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre.
Page 189 - But to conclude my silly rhyme, (I'm scant o' verse, and scant o' time,) To make a happy fire-side clime To weans and wife, That's the true pathos and sublime Of human life.
Page 80 - O, happy love ! where love like this is found ; O, heart-felt raptures ! bliss beyond compare ! I've paced much this weary, mortal round, And sage experience bids me this declare — If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair, In other's arms breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.
Page 452 - Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O : Her 'prentice han' she try'd on man, An
Page 224 - Whare sits our sulky, sullen dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. This truth fand honest Tarn o...
Page 231 - Tam wi' furious ettle ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain gray tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o...