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Page 138
... owre the lay . As he feeds the animal , the poet remembers what she once was : drooping glossy alert ; dared ; anger stalwart , firm , and supple earth ditch Tho ' now thou's dowie , stiff , an ' crazy , An ' thy auld hide as white's a ...
... owre the lay . As he feeds the animal , the poet remembers what she once was : drooping glossy alert ; dared ; anger stalwart , firm , and supple earth ditch Tho ' now thou's dowie , stiff , an ' crazy , An ' thy auld hide as white's a ...
Page 173
... owre the sea . To tremble under Fortune's cummock , On scarce a bellyfu ' o ' drummock , Wi ' his proud , independent stomach , Could ill agree ; So , row't his hurdies in a hammock An ' owre the sea . Standing twenty - fifth among the ...
... owre the sea . To tremble under Fortune's cummock , On scarce a bellyfu ' o ' drummock , Wi ' his proud , independent stomach , Could ill agree ; So , row't his hurdies in a hammock An ' owre the sea . Standing twenty - fifth among the ...
Page 202
... Owre the Lave O't . Burns wrote more than one set of verses to this tune , in every instance taking the last line of ... Owre the Lave O't . Sae merrily the banes we'll pyke , An ' sun oursels about the dyke ; An ' at our leisure , when ...
... Owre the Lave O't . Burns wrote more than one set of verses to this tune , in every instance taking the last line of ... Owre the Lave O't . Sae merrily the banes we'll pyke , An ' sun oursels about the dyke ; An ' at our leisure , when ...
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