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Page 104
... Kilmarnock poems . Let us therefore inquire rather care- fully into the nature of the book which turned " Rab Mossgiel " into " Caledonia's bard . " CHAPTER THREE THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME " BEFORE leaving my native 104 ROBERT BURNS.
... Kilmarnock poems . Let us therefore inquire rather care- fully into the nature of the book which turned " Rab Mossgiel " into " Caledonia's bard . " CHAPTER THREE THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME " BEFORE leaving my native 104 ROBERT BURNS.
Page 105
... 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 , he seems never to have doubted . “ I can ...
... 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 , he seems never to have doubted . “ I can ...
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... Kilmarnock edition , and almost a hundred more pages of poetry than the earlier volume . It was substantially the Kilmarnock volume with new poems added , and some minor changes in the spelling of Scots forms in the old poems . These ...
... Kilmarnock edition , and almost a hundred more pages of poetry than the earlier volume . It was substantially the Kilmarnock volume with new poems added , and some minor changes in the spelling of Scots forms in the old poems . These ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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