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The merry plough - boy cheers his team , Wi ' joy the tentie seedsman stalks , But life to me's a weary dream , A dream of ane that never wauks . The wanton coot the water skims , Amang the reeds the ducklings cry , The stately swan ...
The merry plough - boy cheers his team , Wi ' joy the tentie seedsman stalks , But life to me's a weary dream , A dream of ane that never wauks . The wanton coot the water skims , Amang the reeds the ducklings cry , The stately swan ...
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His good humour was unruffled , and his wit never forsook him . He looked to one of his fellow volunteers with a smile , as he stood by the bedside with his eyes wet , and said , ' John , don't let the awkward squad fire over me .
His good humour was unruffled , and his wit never forsook him . He looked to one of his fellow volunteers with a smile , as he stood by the bedside with his eyes wet , and said , ' John , don't let the awkward squad fire over me .
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His last moments have never been described : he had laid his head quietly on the pillow awaiting dissolution , when his attendant reminded him of his medicine , and held the cup to his lip . He started suddenly up , drained the cup at a ...
His last moments have never been described : he had laid his head quietly on the pillow awaiting dissolution , when his attendant reminded him of his medicine , and held the cup to his lip . He started suddenly up , drained the cup at a ...
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... and it is never left . I know not who watched by the body of Burns - much it was my wish to share in the honour ; but my extreme youth would have made such a request seem foolish , and its rejection would have been sure .
... and it is never left . I know not who watched by the body of Burns - much it was my wish to share in the honour ; but my extreme youth would have made such a request seem foolish , and its rejection would have been sure .
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helpless sons ; they came into the streets in their mournings , and public sympathy was awakened afresh ; I shall never forget the looks of his boys , and the compassion which they excited . The poet's life had not been without errors ...
helpless sons ; they came into the streets in their mournings , and public sympathy was awakened afresh ; I shall never forget the looks of his boys , and the compassion which they excited . The poet's life had not been without errors ...
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| Title | Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 2 Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Nathan Drake |
| Author | Nathan Drake |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2008 |
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