The Poets and Poetry of Scotland from the Earliest to the Present Time: Comprising Characteristic Selections from the Work of the More Noteworthy Scottish Poets. From Thomas the Rhymer to Richard Gall, Volume 1Includes poetry, ballads and dramatic works from 41 18th and 19th century Scottish authors. |
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... tell , in short , when they lived , what they wrote , and the estimation in which their writings are held by competent authorities . To quote the words of one whose poems are included in this Collection , " We have undertaken to ...
... tell , in short , when they lived , what they wrote , and the estimation in which their writings are held by competent authorities . To quote the words of one whose poems are included in this Collection , " We have undertaken to ...
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... Tell me , thou Soul , . 161 For ever , Fortune , . 161 Hard is the Fate , 161 83 Rule Britannia , 161 83 Against the Crusades , 162 84 MALLET , DAVID ( 1700-1765 ) , 162 William and Margaret , 164 . 86 The Birks of Invermay , 165 87 A ...
... Tell me , thou Soul , . 161 For ever , Fortune , . 161 Hard is the Fate , 161 83 Rule Britannia , 161 83 Against the Crusades , 162 84 MALLET , DAVID ( 1700-1765 ) , 162 William and Margaret , 164 . 86 The Birks of Invermay , 165 87 A ...
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... tell me where ? 340 Walter's Waddin ' , 382 On a Sprig of Heath , . 341 A Kintra Laird's Courtship , 385 Oh , my Love , leave me not ,. 341 Marriage and the Care o't , 386 Could I find a bonny Glen , 342 The Indian Widow , 342 BAILLIE ...
... tell me where ? 340 Walter's Waddin ' , 382 On a Sprig of Heath , . 341 A Kintra Laird's Courtship , 385 Oh , my Love , leave me not ,. 341 Marriage and the Care o't , 386 Could I find a bonny Glen , 342 The Indian Widow , 342 BAILLIE ...
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... tell what marr'd him , There , At Christ's Kirk on the green , that day . With that a friend of his cried , Fy ! And up an arrow drew ; He forged it so furiously , The bow in flenderis flew ; So was the will of God , trow I ! For , had ...
... tell what marr'd him , There , At Christ's Kirk on the green , that day . With that a friend of his cried , Fy ! And up an arrow drew ; He forged it so furiously , The bow in flenderis flew ; So was the will of God , trow I ! For , had ...
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... tell how afterwart scho fure . But I hard syne she passit to her den , As warm as wow , suppose it was not grit , Full beinly stuffit was baith butt and ben , With peis and nuts , and beins and ry and quheit , When eir scho lykt scho ...
... tell how afterwart scho fure . But I hard syne she passit to her den , As warm as wow , suppose it was not grit , Full beinly stuffit was baith butt and ben , With peis and nuts , and beins and ry and quheit , When eir scho lykt scho ...
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