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Page 123
... drinking song , a glorified toast to Scotland and the ordinary working Scotsman : eyes ; shut smoke sometimes Sages their solemn een may steek , An ' raise a philosophic reek , An ' physically causes seek , In clime an ' season , But ...
... drinking song , a glorified toast to Scotland and the ordinary working Scotsman : eyes ; shut smoke sometimes Sages their solemn een may steek , An ' raise a philosophic reek , An ' physically causes seek , In clime an ' season , But ...
Page 127
... drinking , and love- making which are to be found there . The attack on the ministers he disliked is conducted with happy nonchalance : -foot prim In guid time comes an antidote Against sic poison'd nostrum ; For Peebles , 2 frae the ...
... drinking , and love- making which are to be found there . The attack on the ministers he disliked is conducted with happy nonchalance : -foot prim In guid time comes an antidote Against sic poison'd nostrum ; For Peebles , 2 frae the ...
Page 248
... drinking o't , We're a ' dry drinking o't ; The parson kist the fidler's wife , And he cou'd na preach for thinking o't Green grows , & c . The down - bed , the feather - bed , The bed among the rashes - 0 ; Yet a ' the beds is na sae ...
... drinking o't , We're a ' dry drinking o't ; The parson kist the fidler's wife , And he cou'd na preach for thinking o't Green grows , & c . The down - bed , the feather - bed , The bed among the rashes - 0 ; Yet a ' the beds is na sae ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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