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Page 87
... perhaps , it might be possible for a Scotch Poet , with a nice , judicious ear , to set compositions to many of our most favorite airs , particularly that class of them mentioned above , independent of rhyme altogether.— These are not ...
... perhaps , it might be possible for a Scotch Poet , with a nice , judicious ear , to set compositions to many of our most favorite airs , particularly that class of them mentioned above , independent of rhyme altogether.— These are not ...
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... perhaps woe But fare you weel , auld Nickie - ben ! O wad ye tak a thought an ' men ' ! Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken— Still hae a stake- I'm wae to think upo ' yon den , Ev'n for your sake ! The final suggestion that even the devil ...
... perhaps woe But fare you weel , auld Nickie - ben ! O wad ye tak a thought an ' men ' ! Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken— Still hae a stake- I'm wae to think upo ' yon den , Ev'n for your sake ! The final suggestion that even the devil ...
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... perhaps be displeased with the very feature for which I like them . " Further on in the same letter he asks : " Do you know a fine air , called Jackie Hume's lament ? —I have a Song of considerable merit , to that air , . . I'll inclose ...
... perhaps be displeased with the very feature for which I like them . " Further on in the same letter he asks : " Do you know a fine air , called Jackie Hume's lament ? —I have a Song of considerable merit , to that air , . . I'll inclose ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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