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Page 138
... earlier poems , we see at once the tradition in which Burns was working : salt copestone Lament in rhyme , lament in prose , Wi ' saut tears trickling down your nose ; Our Bardie's fate is at a close , Past a ' remead ; The last , sad ...
... earlier poems , we see at once the tradition in which Burns was working : salt copestone Lament in rhyme , lament in prose , Wi ' saut tears trickling down your nose ; Our Bardie's fate is at a close , Past a ' remead ; The last , sad ...
Page 199
... earlier minister of the Laigh Kirk ; Oliphant and Russell were successively “ auld licht " ministers at another Kilmarnock church . But one hardly needs to know these details in order to appreciate the essential point being made- that ...
... earlier minister of the Laigh Kirk ; Oliphant and Russell were successively “ auld licht " ministers at another Kilmarnock church . But one hardly needs to know these details in order to appreciate the essential point being made- that ...
Page 357
... earlier companionship brought by time and distance ; such a note is just right for New Year's Eve , when the mind ... earlier version . We have only to set it beside the earlier extant poems of the same title to see the vast difference ...
... earlier companionship brought by time and distance ; such a note is just right for New Year's Eve , when the mind ... earlier version . We have only to set it beside the earlier extant poems of the same title to see the vast difference ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Copyright | |
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