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Poet , nor young Soldier's heart ever beat more fondly for fame than mine- We see here the mixture of patriotism , ambition , and interest in the earlier Scottish poets which was to prove so powerful a spur to his poetic activity .
Poet , nor young Soldier's heart ever beat more fondly for fame than mine- We see here the mixture of patriotism , ambition , and interest in the earlier Scottish poets which was to prove so powerful a spur to his poetic activity .
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So Burns explained the origin of the Kilmarnock volume ; it was to be his legacy to his native country before he left it for Jamaica , something by which Scotland might remember her lost poet . That the volume would be remembered ...
So Burns explained the origin of the Kilmarnock volume ; it was to be his legacy to his native country before he left it for Jamaica , something by which Scotland might remember her lost poet . That the volume would be remembered ...
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Burns published , in short , in order to gain as poet a wider recognition than his status as local bard could grant him . ' We , Robert Burns , by virtue of a Warrant from Nature ... Poet - Laureat , and Bard in Chief , in and over the ...
Burns published , in short , in order to gain as poet a wider recognition than his status as local bard could grant him . ' We , Robert Burns , by virtue of a Warrant from Nature ... Poet - Laureat , and Bard in Chief , in and over the ...
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