Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, Volume 2T. Cadell, London, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1794 |
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... Willie ; Wi ' gratefu ' heart I thank you brawlie ; Tho ' I maun fay't , I wad be filly , An ' unco vain , Should I believe , my coaxin billie , Your flatterin ftrain . E 2 But But I'fe believe ye kindly meant it , I fud ( 99 )
... Willie ; Wi ' gratefu ' heart I thank you brawlie ; Tho ' I maun fay't , I wad be filly , An ' unco vain , Should I believe , my coaxin billie , Your flatterin ftrain . E 2 But But I'fe believe ye kindly meant it , I fud ( 99 )
Page 138
... maun guide it cannie , O ; But warl's gear ne'er troubles me , My thoughts are a ' , my Nanie , O. VII . Our auld Guidman delights to view His fheep an ' kye thrive bonie , O ; But I'm as blythe that hauds his pleugh , An ' has nae care ...
... maun guide it cannie , O ; But warl's gear ne'er troubles me , My thoughts are a ' , my Nanie , O. VII . Our auld Guidman delights to view His fheep an ' kye thrive bonie , O ; But I'm as blythe that hauds his pleugh , An ' has nae care ...
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... Jockey's Grey Breeks . I. AGAIN rejoicing Nature fees Her robe affume its vernal hues , Her leafy locks wave in the breeze All freshly steep'd in morning dews . CHORUS . CHORUS * . And maun I still on Menie † ( 143 ) )
... Jockey's Grey Breeks . I. AGAIN rejoicing Nature fees Her robe affume its vernal hues , Her leafy locks wave in the breeze All freshly steep'd in morning dews . CHORUS . CHORUS * . And maun I still on Menie † ( 143 ) )
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... maun I ftill , & c . 1II . * This Chorus is part of a fong composed by a gentle man in Edinburgh , a particular friend of the Author's . † Menic is the common abbreviation of Mariamne . III . The merry Ploughboy cheers his team , Wi ( 144 )
... maun I ftill , & c . 1II . * This Chorus is part of a fong composed by a gentle man in Edinburgh , a particular friend of the Author's . † Menic is the common abbreviation of Mariamne . III . The merry Ploughboy cheers his team , Wi ( 144 )
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... maun Iftill , & c . IV . The wanton coot the water fkims , Amang the reeds the ducklings cry , The stately swan majestic swims , And every thing is bleft but I. And maun Iftill , & c . VOL . II Ꮐ V. V. The fheep - herd fteeks his ...
... maun Iftill , & c . IV . The wanton coot the water fkims , Amang the reeds the ducklings cry , The stately swan majestic swims , And every thing is bleft but I. And maun Iftill , & c . VOL . II Ꮐ V. V. The fheep - herd fteeks his ...
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Page 53 - LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon.
Page 16 - There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear ; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere. Compared with this, how poor Religion's pride, In all the pomp of method, and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace, except the heart...
Page 197 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approaches Tam maun ride; That hour, o...
Page 18 - An honest man's the noblest work of God ; " And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ? — a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined...
Page 197 - That night, a child might understand, The Deil had business on his hand. Weel mounted on his gray mare Meg, A better never lifted leg, Tam skelpit on thro' dub and mire, Despising wind, and rain, and fire ; Whiles holding fast his guid blue bonnet, Whiles crooning o'er some auld Scots sonnet; Whiles glow'ring round wi' prudent cares, Lest bogles catch him unawares : Kirk-Alloway was drawing nigh, Whare ghaists and houlets nightly cry.
Page 17 - And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide; But, chiefly, in their hearts with Grace Divine preside.
Page 15 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays; Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing,' That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear, While circling Time moves round...
Page 200 - Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape; Five tomahawks, wi' bluid red-rusted; Five scimitars, wi' murder crusted; A garter, which a babe had strangled; A knife, a father's throat had mangled, Whom his ain son o...
Page 217 - Groat's ; If there's a hole in a* your coats, I rede you tent it : A chield's amang you, taking notes, And, faith, he'll prent it.
Page 10 - Is there, in human form, that bears a heart A wretch! a villain! lost to love and truth! That can, with studied, sly, ensnaring art, Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth?