Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, Volume 1William Magee, 1800 |
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... ftrings the nerves o ' Labor fair , At's weary toil ;; Thou ev'n brightens dark Defpair , Wi ' gloomy fmile .. Aft clad in maffy filler weed , Wi ' Gentles thou erects thy heed ; . Yet humbly kind in time o ? need , The [ 13 ]
... ftrings the nerves o ' Labor fair , At's weary toil ;; Thou ev'n brightens dark Defpair , Wi ' gloomy fmile .. Aft clad in maffy filler weed , Wi ' Gentles thou erects thy heed ; . Yet humbly kind in time o ? need , The [ 13 ]
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Robert Burns. Yet humbly kind in time o ? need , The poor man's wine ; His wee drap parritch , or his bread , Thou kitchens fine . Thou art the life o ' public haunts ; - But thee , what were our fairs and rants ? Evn godly meetings o ...
Robert Burns. Yet humbly kind in time o ? need , The poor man's wine ; His wee drap parritch , or his bread , Thou kitchens fine . Thou art the life o ' public haunts ; - But thee , what were our fairs and rants ? Evn godly meetings o ...
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... kind coin . Is there , that bears the name of Scot , But feels his heart's bluid rifing hot , To fee his poor auld mither's pot , Thus dung in ftaves , An ' plunder'do ' her hindmoft groat By gallows knaves ? Alas ! I'm but a nameless ...
... kind coin . Is there , that bears the name of Scot , But feels his heart's bluid rifing hot , To fee his poor auld mither's pot , Thus dung in ftaves , An ' plunder'do ' her hindmoft groat By gallows knaves ? Alas ! I'm but a nameless ...
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... kind that day . IV . Wi ' Bonnet aff , quoth I , fweet lafs , • I think feem to ken me ; ye I'm fure I've feen that bonic face , But yet I canna name ye . Quo ' fhe , and laughin as the fpak , An ' taks me by the hauns , Ye , for my ...
... kind that day . IV . Wi ' Bonnet aff , quoth I , fweet lafs , • I think feem to ken me ; ye I'm fure I've feen that bonic face , But yet I canna name ye . Quo ' fhe , and laughin as the fpak , An ' taks me by the hauns , Ye , for my ...
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... as fharp an ' fma ” , As cheeks o ' branks . • Guid - een , quo ' I ; Friend ! hae ye been mawin , • When ither folk are bufy fawin * ?? * This rencounter happened in feed time , 1785 It seem'd to mak a kind o ' ftan ' [ 37 ]
... as fharp an ' fma ” , As cheeks o ' branks . • Guid - een , quo ' I ; Friend ! hae ye been mawin , • When ither folk are bufy fawin * ?? * This rencounter happened in feed time , 1785 It seem'd to mak a kind o ' ftan ' [ 37 ]
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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