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... Poems 1787 He made a tour of the south of Scotland and the Highlands He returned to Edinburgh 1787 1787 He obtained an appointment in the Excise He left Edinburgh - married Jean Armour He took the farm of Ellisland , Dumfriesshire He ...
... Poems 1787 He made a tour of the south of Scotland and the Highlands He returned to Edinburgh 1787 1787 He obtained an appointment in the Excise He left Edinburgh - married Jean Armour He took the farm of Ellisland , Dumfriesshire He ...
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... poems are found lying in almost every cottage in the country , on the " window - sole " of the kitchen , spence , or parlour ; and in the town - dwellings of the industrious poor , if books belong to the family at all , you are pretty ...
... poems are found lying in almost every cottage in the country , on the " window - sole " of the kitchen , spence , or parlour ; and in the town - dwellings of the industrious poor , if books belong to the family at all , you are pretty ...
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... poem The Excursion . " But eagerly he read and read again , Whate'er the minister's old shelf supplied ; The life and death of martyrs , who sustained , With will inflexible , those fearful pangs Triumphantly displayed in records left ...
... poem The Excursion . " But eagerly he read and read again , Whate'er the minister's old shelf supplied ; The life and death of martyrs , who sustained , With will inflexible , those fearful pangs Triumphantly displayed in records left ...
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... poem which used to drive their grandfathers and grand- mothers half - mad with merriment when boys and girls , gathered in a circle round some choice reciter , who , though perhaps endowed with no great memory for grammar , had half of ...
... poem which used to drive their grandfathers and grand- mothers half - mad with merriment when boys and girls , gathered in a circle round some choice reciter , who , though perhaps endowed with no great memory for grammar , had half of ...
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... poem , were taken from Fer- gusson's ' Farmer's Ingle . ' When Robert had not some pleasure in view in which I was not thought fit to participate , we used frequently to walk together , when the weather was favourable , on the Sunday ...
... poem , were taken from Fer- gusson's ' Farmer's Ingle . ' When Robert had not some pleasure in view in which I was not thought fit to participate , we used frequently to walk together , when the weather was favourable , on the Sunday ...
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Page 322 - The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon — ' The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast.
Page 321 - The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin; The guests are met, the feast is set: May'st hear the merry din.
Page 109 - 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
Page 127 - 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!
Page 323 - And now the Storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong: He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. "'With sloping masts and dipping prow As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled.
Page 326 - The very deep did rot : O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs 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.
Page 322 - The wedding-guest he beat his breast, Yet he cannot choose but hear ! And thus spake on that ancient man, The bright-eyed Mariner.
Page 327 - The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie: And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on ; and so did I.
Page 328 - 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.
Page 326 - With throats unslaked, with black lips baked, We could nor laugh nor wail; Through utter drought all dumb we stood! I bit my arm, I sucked the blood, And cried, A sail ! a sail...