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Page 77
For if thou be what I would hae thee , And tak the counsel I shall gie thee , I'll never rue my trouble wi ' thee- The cost nor shame o't , But be a loving father to thee , And brag the name o't . Burns handed his daughter over to his ...
For if thou be what I would hae thee , And tak the counsel I shall gie thee , I'll never rue my trouble wi ' thee- The cost nor shame o't , But be a loving father to thee , And brag the name o't . Burns handed his daughter over to his ...
Page 138
The opening is direct and realistic : handful of corn ; belly hollow backed ; bony gone ; colt lea A Guid New - year I wish thee , Maggie ! Hae , there's a ripp to thy auld baggie : Tho ' thou's howe - backit , now , an ...
The opening is direct and realistic : handful of corn ; belly hollow backed ; bony gone ; colt lea A Guid New - year I wish thee , Maggie ! Hae , there's a ripp to thy auld baggie : Tho ' thou's howe - backit , now , an ...
Page 312
As fair art thou , my bonie lass , So deep in luve am I ; And I will love thee still , my Dear , Till a ' the seas gang dry . The note of protective male tenderness is often sounded in Burns's love poetry , though it is by no means the ...
As fair art thou , my bonie lass , So deep in luve am I ; And I will love thee still , my Dear , Till a ' the seas gang dry . The note of protective male tenderness is often sounded in Burns's love poetry , though it is by no means the ...
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