The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh: Essays critical and imaginativeW. Blackwood, 1857 |
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... things , animate and inanimate , around him ; and not an occurrence in hamlet , village , or town , affecting in any way the happi- ness of the human heart , but roused as keen an interest in the soul of Burns , and as genial a sympathy ...
... things , animate and inanimate , around him ; and not an occurrence in hamlet , village , or town , affecting in any way the happi- ness of the human heart , but roused as keen an interest in the soul of Burns , and as genial a sympathy ...
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... things , toddlin , stacher through To meet their dad wi ' flichterin noise and glee ; His wee bit ingle , blinkin bonnily ; His clean hearth - stane , his thriftie wifie's smile , The lisping infant prattling on his knee , Does a ' his ...
... things , toddlin , stacher through To meet their dad wi ' flichterin noise and glee ; His wee bit ingle , blinkin bonnily ; His clean hearth - stane , his thriftie wifie's smile , The lisping infant prattling on his knee , Does a ' his ...
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... things , Or flowing from the universal face Of earth and sky . But he had felt the power Of nature , and already was prepared , By his intense conceptions , to receive Deeply the lesson deep of love , which he Whom nature , by whatever ...
... things , Or flowing from the universal face Of earth and sky . But he had felt the power Of nature , and already was prepared , By his intense conceptions , to receive Deeply the lesson deep of love , which he Whom nature , by whatever ...
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... things a hard one , but his blessings had been great , and his end was peace . All his children had been dutiful to their parents , and to their care he confided their mother . If he knew of Robert's transgressions in one year , he ...
... things a hard one , but his blessings had been great , and his end was peace . All his children had been dutiful to their parents , and to their care he confided their mother . If he knew of Robert's transgressions in one year , he ...
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... things besides , was composed within little more than two years , by a man all the while working for wages - seven pounds from May - day to May - day ; and that he never idled at his work , but mowed and ploughed as if working by the ...
... things besides , was composed within little more than two years , by a man all the while working for wages - seven pounds from May - day to May - day ; and that he never idled at his work , but mowed and ploughed as if working by the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Allan Cunningham Ambleside auld ballad bard beautiful believe breast breath Burns's called character charm Christabel clouds Coleridge Colonsay Cottar's Saturday Night dear death delight dream Dumfries earth Ellisland evil eyes face fancy father fear feel felt frae gauger genius George Thomson Grasmere hand happy head hear heard heart heaven Hector Macneil honour hope hour human imagination inspired knew labour lady light living look Mauchline mind moral morning Mossgiel nature never noble o'er once passion perhaps pity poem poet poet's poetical poetry poor pride racter Robert Burns round Scotland Scots wha hae Scottish seems Shanter Shuffler sing smile song soul spirit strong sweet tears tell tender thee things Thomson thou thought tion truth verse virtue voice walk whole wife wild William Burnes wonder words youth
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Página 125 - And all their echoes, mourn. The willows and the hazel copses green Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays. As killing as the canker...
Página 339 - Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
Página 119 - For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that — That sense and worth o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a' that, and a' that, It's coming yet, for a
Página 137 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand or freeman fa', Let him follow me!
Página 339 - A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close, And the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky Lay like a load on my weary eye, And the dead were at my feet.
Página 340 - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Página 308 - Thou too, hoar Mount! with thy sky-pointing peaks, Oft from whose feet the avalanche, unheard, Shoots downward, glittering through the pure serene Into the depth of clouds, that veil thy breast— Thou too again, stupendous Mountain! thou That as I raise my head, awhile bowed low In adoration, upward from thy base Slow...
Página 15 - Ye banks and braes and streams around The castle o' Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, Your waters never drumlie ! There simmer first unfauld her robes, And there the langest tarry ; For there I took the last fareweel O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Was my...
Página 336 - Upon the slimy sea! About, about, in reel and rout, The death-fires danced at night: The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue, and white. And some in dreams assured were Of. the Spirit that plagued us so; Nine fathom deep he had followed us From the land of mist and snow.
Página 32 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise, They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim ; Perhaps ' Dundee's' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive