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Page 124
Cloven- foot splashes ; brimstone bowl scald O thou ! whatever title suit thee , Auld Hornie , Satan , Nick , or Clootie , Wha in yon cavern grim an ' sootie , Clos'd under hatches , Spairges about the brunstane cootie , To scaud poor ...
Cloven- foot splashes ; brimstone bowl scald O thou ! whatever title suit thee , Auld Hornie , Satan , Nick , or Clootie , Wha in yon cavern grim an ' sootie , Clos'd under hatches , Spairges about the brunstane cootie , To scaud poor ...
Page 317
But what we know of the history from this broadside to the version printed by Ramsay and Herd hardly prepare us for the ' Auld Lang Syne ' Burns suddenly communicated to Mrs. Dunlop in a letter dated Decem- ber 7 , 1788.
But what we know of the history from this broadside to the version printed by Ramsay and Herd hardly prepare us for the ' Auld Lang Syne ' Burns suddenly communicated to Mrs. Dunlop in a letter dated Decem- ber 7 , 1788.
Page 318
And we'll tak a right gudewilly waught For auld lang syne ! He added : ' Light be the turf on the breast of the heaven - inspired Poet who composed this glorious Fragment ! There is more of the fire of native genius in it , than in half ...
And we'll tak a right gudewilly waught For auld lang syne ! He added : ' Light be the turf on the breast of the heaven - inspired Poet who composed this glorious Fragment ! There is more of the fire of native genius in it , than in half ...
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