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Page xix
... true religion . by means of lasciviousness and profaneness . This is not the only time that song has been made of great service in reformations and revolutions . Alexander Montgomery flourished in the end of the sixteenth century , and ...
... true religion . by means of lasciviousness and profaneness . This is not the only time that song has been made of great service in reformations and revolutions . Alexander Montgomery flourished in the end of the sixteenth century , and ...
Page xxx
... true pastoral what shepherds thought on the braes of Yarrow , and among the broom of Cowdenknowes - then it is a silly , frivolous per- formance . Look at in the same light as Gay's Pastoral Week - it is witty and clever , smart and ...
... true pastoral what shepherds thought on the braes of Yarrow , and among the broom of Cowdenknowes - then it is a silly , frivolous per- formance . Look at in the same light as Gay's Pastoral Week - it is witty and clever , smart and ...
Page xxxi
... true pathos and sublime of sorrow Mrs. Stewart threw into that " song of genius , " - as Burns calls it- The tears I shed must ever fall . 6 Tenderness and beauty were happily mingled by Lady Lindsay in Auld Robin Gray , ' by Miss ...
... true pathos and sublime of sorrow Mrs. Stewart threw into that " song of genius , " - as Burns calls it- The tears I shed must ever fall . 6 Tenderness and beauty were happily mingled by Lady Lindsay in Auld Robin Gray , ' by Miss ...
Page xxxviii
... true humour , the tender and the beautiful , music and song , ( for there is as much melody in true poetry , as there is in the strings of a harp or lute ) , all who love the tuneful harmony of verse with the complaints and adorations ...
... true humour , the tender and the beautiful , music and song , ( for there is as much melody in true poetry , as there is in the strings of a harp or lute ) , all who love the tuneful harmony of verse with the complaints and adorations ...
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... true- And what wad ye do wi ' them My hinny and my dow ? They'll rive a ' my meal - powks , And do me mickle wrang.- O dool for the doing o't , Are ye the puir man ? Then she took up the meal - powks , And flang them o'er the wa ' , The ...
... true- And what wad ye do wi ' them My hinny and my dow ? They'll rive a ' my meal - powks , And do me mickle wrang.- O dool for the doing o't , Are ye the puir man ? Then she took up the meal - powks , And flang them o'er the wa ' , The ...
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ALLAN CUNNINGHAM ALLAN RAMSAY amang auld auld lang syne baith ballad beauty Bessy Bell birks birks of Aberfeldy blaw bloom boatie rows bonnie lassie bosom bower braes braw breast canna cauld charms coming dear dearie e'en e'er fair flowers frae gane gang glen green gude gudeman hame heart hill ilka JAMES HOGG JAMES THOMSON Jamie Jean Johnie kiss lady Lady Ann Lindsay lass lo'e love thee lover maid Mary maun merry mither mony nae mair naething nane Nanie-o ne'er never night o'er poet Preston Mill printed ROBERT BURNS ROBERT TANNAHILL rose sang says Scotland Scottish Songs shepherd sigh siller sing smile snaw sweet syne Tea Table Miscellany tears There's thou thro verses weel wife Willie Ye're young