Views in North Britain: Illustrative of the Works of Robert BurnsVernor and Hood, 1805 - 61 pages |
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ancient Ayrshire Ballochmyle banks bard beautiful birks of Aberfeldie bonnie BRIGS OF AYR Bruce built burgh Carrick Carse Castle celebrated Chapel Street CLAUDE ALEXANDER descended Doon Drawn & Engraved Duke Duke of Athol DUMFRIESSHIRE Earl Edinburgh elegant erected farm father foaming Friars FYERS Glenriddel gloomy height hermitage hundred intituled JAMES STORER Jeanie JOHN GREIG KENMORE KIRK ALLOWAY LINCLUDEN COLLEGE Loch Ness lofty LOWER FALL majestic hill MAUCHLINE Maxwelton miles from Dumfries muse Nithsdale NORTH BRITAIN occasioned old bridge owre parish Perthshire plantations poems poet poet's possession provost Pub Mar residence richly-wooded hill presents Riddel rise river Ayr river Nith roar ROBERT BURNS Robert Ferguson rocks ruins scene scenery Scotia's Scotland Scots seat seen side Sir Robert Laurie situation stone stream Tam o'Shanter thy soul town Vernor & Hood VILLAGE OF KENMORE wake her heav'n-taught Wallace Tower Whistle wild William Burness winding
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Page 10 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride. His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !
Page 33 - Tarn wi' furious ettle; But little wist she Maggie's mettle! Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail: The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o...
Page 30 - Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge : He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a
Page 30 - 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' life bereft, The grey hairs yet stack to the heft ; Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'.
Page 15 - 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 21 - Is there a whim-inspired fool, Owre fast for thought, owre hot for rule, Owre blate to seek, owre proud to snool ? Let him draw near ; And owre this grassy heap sing dool, And drap a tear. Is there a Bard of rustic song, Who, noteless, steals the crowds among, . That weekly this area throng?
Page 15 - A man's a man for a' that. For a' that, and a' that, Their tinsel show, and a' that ; The honest man, though e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that. Ye see yon birkie ca'da lord, Wha struts, and stares, and a' that — Though hundreds worship at his word, He's but a coof for a' that ; For a' that, and a' that, His riband, star, and a' that ; The man of independent mind, He looks and laughs at a
Page 21 - Is there a man whose judgment clear, Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs, himself, life's mad career, Wild as the wave ; Here pause — and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave.
Page 17 - 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...
Page 49 - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.