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Page 148
... follows a somewhat intrusive stanza , also in standard English , in which Burns contrasts the simple ' language of the soul ' with ' Re- ligion's pride , / In all the pomp of method and of art ' , to the dis- advantage of the latter ...
... follows a somewhat intrusive stanza , also in standard English , in which Burns contrasts the simple ' language of the soul ' with ' Re- ligion's pride , / In all the pomp of method and of art ' , to the dis- advantage of the latter ...
Page 156
... follows ' To a Mountain Daisy ' - or his expressions of sentimental morality , but to such a poem as the ' Epistle to a Young Friend ' , one of the most engaging and spontaneous of his poems , in which he jots down in a fine , flowing ...
... follows ' To a Mountain Daisy ' - or his expressions of sentimental morality , but to such a poem as the ' Epistle to a Young Friend ' , one of the most engaging and spontaneous of his poems , in which he jots down in a fine , flowing ...
Page 272
... follow - ' On Seeing a Wounded Hare ' and ' Ad- dress to the Shade of Thomson ' - and the next new poem is that fine ... follows , is an interesting ' occasional ' piece , the result of his stay with the Duke on his northern tour . ' On ...
... follow - ' On Seeing a Wounded Hare ' and ' Ad- dress to the Shade of Thomson ' - and the next new poem is that fine ... follows , is an interesting ' occasional ' piece , the result of his stay with the Duke on his northern tour . ' On ...
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