Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, Volume 1William Magee, 1800 |
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Page 7
... Still it's owre true that ye hae faid , Sic game now owre aften play'd ; There's monie a creditable ftock . O ' decent , honeft , fawfont folk Are riven out baith root an ' branch , Some rafcal's pridefu ' greed to quench , Wha thinks ...
... Still it's owre true that ye hae faid , Sic game now owre aften play'd ; There's monie a creditable ftock . O ' decent , honeft , fawfont folk Are riven out baith root an ' branch , Some rafcal's pridefu ' greed to quench , Wha thinks ...
Page 45
... Still if fome Patron's gen'rous care he trace , Skill'd in the fecret , to bestow with grace ; When B ******** befriends his humble name , And hands the ruftic Stranger up to fame ; With heart felt throws his grateful bofom fwells , The ...
... Still if fome Patron's gen'rous care he trace , Skill'd in the fecret , to bestow with grace ; When B ******** befriends his humble name , And hands the ruftic Stranger up to fame ; With heart felt throws his grateful bofom fwells , The ...
Page 67
... , fare ye weel , auld Nickie - ben ! O wad ye tak a thought an ' men ' ! Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken- At Still hae a fake- I'm wae to think upo ' yon den , Ev'n for your fake ? THE DEATH AND DYING WORDS OF POOR MAILIE , THE [ 67 ]
... , fare ye weel , auld Nickie - ben ! O wad ye tak a thought an ' men ' ! Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken- At Still hae a fake- I'm wae to think upo ' yon den , Ev'n for your fake ? THE DEATH AND DYING WORDS OF POOR MAILIE , THE [ 67 ]
Page 84
... Still higher may they heeze ' Ye In blifs , till Fate fome day is fent Forever to release Ye Frae care that day .. X , For you , young Potentate o ' W-- , I tell your Highness fairly , Down Pleasure's ftream , wi ' fwelling fails ...
... Still higher may they heeze ' Ye In blifs , till Fate fome day is fent Forever to release Ye Frae care that day .. X , For you , young Potentate o ' W-- , I tell your Highness fairly , Down Pleasure's ftream , wi ' fwelling fails ...
Page 90
... Still as in Scottish story read , She boafts a race , To every nobler virtue bred , And polifh'd grace . By flately tow'r , or palace fair , Or ruins pendent in the air , Bold ftems of Heroes , here and there , I [ 90 ]
... Still as in Scottish story read , She boafts a race , To every nobler virtue bred , And polifh'd grace . By flately tow'r , or palace fair , Or ruins pendent in the air , Bold ftems of Heroes , here and there , I [ 90 ]
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aerial band aith Amang baith Bard Beneath blate bleft bonie bowload braw breaſt Brig BURNS charms dear Deil e'er Ev'n ev'ry faft fair fame fatire fcarce feem feen fenfe fhall fhould fide filly fimple fing firft fkies focial fome foon foul frae ftill ftrains ftrong fuch fure fweet gien gies guid guife Halloween hame hanfu heart Heaven himſelf honeft honour humble ither juft laffes laft lefs maun moft monie mourn muckle Mufe muft nae mair ne'er never night o'er owre paffions pleaſure plough poems poet poor pow'r pride profe reft rhyme rife ROBERT BURNS ruftic Samfon's dead Scotia's Scotland Scottish ſhe ta'en thee thefe thofe thou thro toil unco verfe weary weel Weft whofe Whyles wrax wretches Ye'll ye're