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... sentimental , but sometimes they were in a rather self - conscious Scots dialect . Antiquarians such as David Herd collected every fragment of older Scottish song- poetry that he could lay hands on . The combination of interest in ...
... sentimental , but sometimes they were in a rather self - conscious Scots dialect . Antiquarians such as David Herd collected every fragment of older Scottish song- poetry that he could lay hands on . The combination of interest in ...
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... sentimental and medi- tative poetry were strangely mingled . Early in 1783 he began to keep a Commonplace Book , which began grandiosely : ' Observations , Hints , Songs , Scraps of Poetry , & c . , by Robert Burness [ the old spelling ...
... sentimental and medi- tative poetry were strangely mingled . Early in 1783 he began to keep a Commonplace Book , which began grandiosely : ' Observations , Hints , Songs , Scraps of Poetry , & c . , by Robert Burness [ the old spelling ...
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... sentimental poem in which he laments the fate of the crushed flower ( also turned down with the plough ) and compares it to that of a betrayed maiden . Burns was here posturing as a man of feeling . It is significant that he wrote to a ...
... sentimental poem in which he laments the fate of the crushed flower ( also turned down with the plough ) and compares it to that of a betrayed maiden . Burns was here posturing as a man of feeling . It is significant that he wrote to a ...
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