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Page 177
... poetic traditions of his own people and whose work was sometimes enriched and more often corrupted by an intermittent effort to absorb the English poetic tradition of his age and to appeal to the genteel taste of his time . If to the ...
... poetic traditions of his own people and whose work was sometimes enriched and more often corrupted by an intermittent effort to absorb the English poetic tradition of his age and to appeal to the genteel taste of his time . If to the ...
Page 241
... poetic ambitions . The patriotic ambition is as strong as the poetic : E'en then , a wish ( I mind its pow'r BETWEEN TWO WORLDS 241.
... poetic ambitions . The patriotic ambition is as strong as the poetic : E'en then , a wish ( I mind its pow'r BETWEEN TWO WORLDS 241.
Page 303
... poetic oratory to the fine folk spirit of such a song as ' Merry Hae I Been Teethin a Heckle ' ( flax comb ) , a refurbished folk song which appeared in the third volume of the Museum set to a spirited pipe tune , ' Lord Breadalbine's ...
... poetic oratory to the fine folk spirit of such a song as ' Merry Hae I Been Teethin a Heckle ' ( flax comb ) , a refurbished folk song which appeared in the third volume of the Museum set to a spirited pipe tune , ' Lord Breadalbine's ...
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