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... death there was born in Edinburgh the poet who was to continue the tradition of Scottish popular poetry which Ramsay revived and who produced in his brief career a small but impressive collection of Scots verse which directly inspired ...
... death there was born in Edinburgh the poet who was to continue the tradition of Scottish popular poetry which Ramsay revived and who produced in his brief career a small but impressive collection of Scots verse which directly inspired ...
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... Death and Dying Words of Poor Mailie ' was written long before he had decided to present himself to the world as a printed poet , that it was an early poem thrown off under the inspiration of a real incident in order to amuse himself ...
... Death and Dying Words of Poor Mailie ' was written long before he had decided to present himself to the world as a printed poet , that it was an early poem thrown off under the inspiration of a real incident in order to amuse himself ...
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... Death strikes this note at once : mowing sowing ' Guid - een ' , quo ' I ; ' Friend ! hae ye been mawin , When ither folk are busy sawin ? ' When he learns that the stranger is Death , heed ; fellow advise ; harm large knife .. Quoth I ...
... Death strikes this note at once : mowing sowing ' Guid - een ' , quo ' I ; ' Friend ! hae ye been mawin , When ither folk are busy sawin ? ' When he learns that the stranger is Death , heed ; fellow advise ; harm large knife .. Quoth I ...
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