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... song , - " Up with the Souters , o ' Selkirk , An ' down with the Earl of Home ! " Another was precentor at the kirk , and , beside leading the psalmody on Sunday , taught the lads and lasses of the neighbourhood dancing on week days ...
... song , - " Up with the Souters , o ' Selkirk , An ' down with the Earl of Home ! " Another was precentor at the kirk , and , beside leading the psalmody on Sunday , taught the lads and lasses of the neighbourhood dancing on week days ...
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... song , and rendered classic by the pastoral Muse long before Scott had thrown the rich mantle of his poetry over them . What a thrill of pleasure did I feel when I first saw the broom - covered tops of the 26 ABBOTSFORD .
... song , and rendered classic by the pastoral Muse long before Scott had thrown the rich mantle of his poetry over them . What a thrill of pleasure did I feel when I first saw the broom - covered tops of the 26 ABBOTSFORD .
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... songs in general have some- thing intrinsically melancholy in them , owing , in all probability , to the pastoral and lonely life of those who composed them , who were often mere shepherds , tending their flocks in the solitary glens ...
... songs in general have some- thing intrinsically melancholy in them , owing , in all probability , to the pastoral and lonely life of those who composed them , who were often mere shepherds , tending their flocks in the solitary glens ...
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... - rate of the country folk ; " and it seemed to him as if the country had grown more beau- tiful since Burns had written his bonnie little songs about it . " I found Scott was quite an enthusiast on the subject 28 ABBOTSFORD .
... - rate of the country folk ; " and it seemed to him as if the country had grown more beau- tiful since Burns had written his bonnie little songs about it . " I found Scott was quite an enthusiast on the subject 28 ABBOTSFORD .
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... songs of his country ; and he seemed gratified to find me so alive to them . Their effect in calling up in my mind the recollections of early times and seasons in which I had first heard them , reminded him , he said , of the lines of ...
... songs of his country ; and he seemed gratified to find me so alive to them . Their effect in calling up in my mind the recollections of early times and seasons in which I had first heard them , reminded him , he said , of the lines of ...
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Page 180 - That in the antique Oratory shook His bosom in its solitude ; and then — As in that hour— a moment o'er his face The tablet of unutterable thoughts Was traced...
Page 77 - It was a barren scene and wild, Where naked cliffs were rudely piled, But ever and anon between Lay velvet tufts of loveliest green; And well the lonely infant knew Recesses where the wall-flower grew, And honeysuckle loved to crawl Up the low crag and ruined wall. I deemed such nooks the sweetest shade The sun in all its round surveyed...
Page 191 - Had wander'd from its dwelling, and her eyes They had not their own lustre, but the look Which is not of the earth; she was become The queen of a fantastic realm; her thoughts Were combinations of disjointed things; And forms impalpable and unperceived Of others
Page 78 - Of witches' spells, of warriors' arms; Of patriot battles, won of old By Wallace wight and Bruce the bold ; Of later fields of feud and fight, When, pouring from their Highland height, The Scottish clans, in headlong sway, Had swept the scarlet ranks away. While...
Page 171 - Had far outgrown his years, and to his eye There was but one beloved face on earth, And that was shining on him...
Page 136 - I did remind thee of our own dear Lake, By the old Hall which may be mine no more. Leman's is fair; but think not I forsake The sweet remembrance of a dearer shore; Sad havoc Time must with my memory make, Ere that or thou can fade these eyes before; Though, like all things which I have loved, they are Resign'd for ever, or divided far.
Page 192 - I saw him stand Before an Altar — with a gentle bride ; Her face was fair, but was not that which made The Starlight of his Boyhood...
Page 19 - If thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ; For the gay beams of lightsome day Gild, but to flout, the ruins gray.
Page 177 - To live within himself; she was his life, — The ocean to the river of his thoughts, Which terminated all ! upon a tone, Byron.
Page 183 - But when the unconscious infant smiled, I kiss'd it for its mother's sake. I kiss'd it, and repress'd my sighs Its father in its face to see But then it had its mother's eyes, And they were all to love and me. Mary, adieu! I must away: While thou art blest I'll not repine; But near thee I can never stay; My heart would soon again be thine. I deem'd that time, I deem'd that pride Had quench'd at length my boyish flame; Nor knew, till seated by thy side, My heart in all, save hope, the same.