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... tunes to be properly appreciated ; but it does illustrate a strain in Burns that accounts for his special kind of appeal . In this respect Burns is the opposite of such a poet as Shelley . He does not try to find in his individual ...
... tunes to be properly appreciated ; but it does illustrate a strain in Burns that accounts for his special kind of appeal . In this respect Burns is the opposite of such a poet as Shelley . He does not try to find in his individual ...
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... tune of ' Corn rigs are bonie ' ) ; two insipid love songs in English , to Scottish tunes ; and a farewell to his fellow - Freemasons of Tarbolton , Ayrshire , to the tune of ' Goodnight and joy be wi ' you a " ( the traditional ...
... tune of ' Corn rigs are bonie ' ) ; two insipid love songs in English , to Scottish tunes ; and a farewell to his fellow - Freemasons of Tarbolton , Ayrshire , to the tune of ' Goodnight and joy be wi ' you a " ( the traditional ...
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... tunes , he was of course going much beyond the editorial and improving tasks he undertook for Johnson and Thomson ... tunes and dance tunes and saw to it that they each had words properly fitted , if necessary alter- ing the pace and ...
... tunes , he was of course going much beyond the editorial and improving tasks he undertook for Johnson and Thomson ... tunes and dance tunes and saw to it that they each had words properly fitted , if necessary alter- ing the pace and ...
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