The Poetical WorksKing, 1865 - 500 pages |
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... arms unite , Alike to screen the birdie's nest , And little fishes ' caller rest : The sun blinks kindly in the biel ' , Where blythe I turn my spinning - wheel . On lofty aiks the cushats wail , And echo cons the doolfu ' tale ; The ...
... arms unite , Alike to screen the birdie's nest , And little fishes ' caller rest : The sun blinks kindly in the biel ' , Where blythe I turn my spinning - wheel . On lofty aiks the cushats wail , And echo cons the doolfu ' tale ; The ...
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... arms , They wait on bonnie Ann . The captive bands may chain the hands , But love enslaves the man ; Ye gallants braw , I red you a ' , Beware o ' bonnie Ann ! BONNIE CASTLE - GORDON . TUNE - Morag . STREAMS that glide in orient plains ...
... arms , They wait on bonnie Ann . The captive bands may chain the hands , But love enslaves the man ; Ye gallants braw , I red you a ' , Beware o ' bonnie Ann ! BONNIE CASTLE - GORDON . TUNE - Morag . STREAMS that glide in orient plains ...
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... ! Ilk care and fear , when thou art near , I ever mair defy them , O ; Young kings upon their hansel throne Are no sae blest as I am , O ! 1 When in my arms , wi ' a ' thy c 2 ROBERT BURNS . 19 Thou art a queen, fair Lesley, ...
... ! Ilk care and fear , when thou art near , I ever mair defy them , O ; Young kings upon their hansel throne Are no sae blest as I am , O ! 1 When in my arms , wi ' a ' thy c 2 ROBERT BURNS . 19 Thou art a queen, fair Lesley, ...
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Robert Burns. When in my arms , wi ' a ' thy charms , I clasp my countless treasure , O , I seek nae mair o ' Heaven to share , Than sic a moment's pleasure , O ! And by thy een , sae bonnie blue , I swear I'm thine for ever , O ! — And ...
Robert Burns. When in my arms , wi ' a ' thy charms , I clasp my countless treasure , O , I seek nae mair o ' Heaven to share , Than sic a moment's pleasure , O ! And by thy een , sae bonnie blue , I swear I'm thine for ever , O ! — And ...
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... [ repel ; No arts could appease them , no arms could But brave Caledonia in vain they assailed , As Largs well can witness , and Loncartie tell . The Cameleon - savage disturb'd her repose , With tumult 24 THE SONGS OF.
... [ repel ; No arts could appease them , no arms could But brave Caledonia in vain they assailed , As Largs well can witness , and Loncartie tell . The Cameleon - savage disturb'd her repose , With tumult 24 THE SONGS OF.
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AE FOND KISS ain dear Amang auld auld lang syne awa wi banks birks of Aberfeldy blaw blest blink blooming blythe bonnie blue bonnie lad bonnie lass bosom braes braw breast charms CHORUS claut Collier Laddie danc'd awa dearest dearie deil's awa dewy e'en e'er fair Farewell Fête Champêtre flowers frae Gala Water glen green grows bonnie wi hame heart Here's a health Highland lassie ilka John Barleycorn Kenmure's kiss loes love thee lover luve maun mony morning nae mair Nancy ne'er never night o'er Och-on parcel of rogues Peggy's Phillis pleasure rove rue grows bonnie siller simmer sing smile snaw sparklin sweet sweetly syne tear thine thou hast thro thyme TUNE-The twa glancin wander weary wee thing weel Whigs wife wild Willie wind wither'd ye'll yon town young young Jessie
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Page 104 - Of a' the airts the wind can blaw I dearly like the West, For there the bonnie lassie lives, The lassie I lo'e best : There wild woods grow, and rivers row, And mony a hill between ; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tunefu...
Page 21 - See the front o' battle lour: See approach proud Edward's power, — Chains and slaverie! 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?
Page 193 - Mary ! dear departed shade ! Where is thy place of blissful rest-? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid ? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast ? That sacred hour can I forget, Can I forget the hallowed grove, Where by the winding Ayr we met, To live one day of parting love...
Page 40 - THAT AND A' THAT" Is there, for honest Poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a
Page 93 - MY HEART'S IN THE HIGHLANDS. MY heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here ; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.
Page 7 - For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne, We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, For auld lang syne.
Page 34 - DUNCAN GRAY cam here to woo, Ha, ha, the wooing o't, On blythe Yule night when we were fou, Ha, ha, the wooing o't. Maggie coost her head fu' high, Look'd asklent and unco skeigh, Gart poor Duncan stand abeigh; Ha, ha, the wooing o't. Duncan fleech'd, and Duncan pray'd; Ha, ha, the wooing o't; Meg was deaf as Ailsa Craig, Ha, ha, the wooing o't; Duncan sigh'd baith out and in, Grat his een baith bleer't and blin', Spak o' lowpin' o'er a linn ; Ha, ha, the wooing o't.
Page 94 - My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer; A-chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go...
Page 41 - He looks and laughs at a' that. A prince can mak' a belted knight, A marquis, duke, and a' that ; But an honest man's aboon his might, Guid faith he mauna fa' that. For a
Page 119 - I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee. Or did misfortune's bitter storms Around thee blaw, around thee blaw. Thy bield l should be my bosom, To share it a', to share it a'.