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Page 142
Fergusson ends the poem with a superb stanza of simple bene- diction : ploughshare ; soil harvests ; scouring comfortable Peace to the husbandman and a ' his tribe , Whase care fells a ' our wants frae year to year ; Lang may his sock ...
Fergusson ends the poem with a superb stanza of simple bene- diction : ploughshare ; soil harvests ; scouring comfortable Peace to the husbandman and a ' his tribe , Whase care fells a ' our wants frae year to year ; Lang may his sock ...
Page 244
I'll tak Cuckold frae nane , I'll gie Cuckold to naebody . I hae a penny to spend , There , thanks to naebody ; I hae naething to lend , I'll borrow frae naebody . I am naebody's lord , I'll be slave to naebody ; I hae a gude braid ...
I'll tak Cuckold frae nane , I'll gie Cuckold to naebody . I hae a penny to spend , There , thanks to naebody ; I hae naething to lend , I'll borrow frae naebody . I am naebody's lord , I'll be slave to naebody ; I hae a gude braid ...
Page 310
We are held by this romantic figure of the horseman bidding an eternal fare- well to his love , and in the last two verses the poem turns into a personal love elegy : livelong The soger frae the wars returns , The sailor frae the main ...
We are held by this romantic figure of the horseman bidding an eternal fare- well to his love , and in the last two verses the poem turns into a personal love elegy : livelong The soger frae the wars returns , The sailor frae the main ...
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