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... happy acceptance of easygoing poverty . To seek for profundity of ethical thought here would be to miss the point of the poem , which seeks to capture a transitory state of mind rather than to state general principles . The " Epistle ...
... happy acceptance of easygoing poverty . To seek for profundity of ethical thought here would be to miss the point of the poem , which seeks to capture a transitory state of mind rather than to state general principles . The " Epistle ...
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... happy sympathy , into a celebration of Tam's mood . The double rhymes ( " happy " and " nappy ” ; “ treasure " and " pleasure " ) help to give the impression of a grand , carefree , snap of the fingers , while the final rhyming of ...
... happy sympathy , into a celebration of Tam's mood . The double rhymes ( " happy " and " nappy ” ; “ treasure " and " pleasure " ) help to give the impression of a grand , carefree , snap of the fingers , while the final rhyming of ...
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... happy thinking : But a ' the pleasures e'er I saw , Tho ' three times doubl'd fairly , That happy night was worth them a ' , Amang the rigs o ' barley . A modern critic has remarked of this verse that it " is a mere effusion of ...
... happy thinking : But a ' the pleasures e'er I saw , Tho ' three times doubl'd fairly , That happy night was worth them a ' , Amang the rigs o ' barley . A modern critic has remarked of this verse that it " is a mere effusion of ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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