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Page 133
... present your smoutie phiz , cast ' Mang better folk , An ' sklented on the man of Uzz Your spitefu ' joke ? The lack ... presents them as very human lovers with no theological aura around them : long ago ; garden Lang syne in Eden's ...
... present your smoutie phiz , cast ' Mang better folk , An ' sklented on the man of Uzz Your spitefu ' joke ? The lack ... presents them as very human lovers with no theological aura around them : long ago ; garden Lang syne in Eden's ...
Page 357
... present the theme of " ricordarsi del tempo felice " through a context of remembered friendship . The song very cun- ningly combines a note of present conviviality with a poignant sense of the loss of earlier companionship brought by ...
... present the theme of " ricordarsi del tempo felice " through a context of remembered friendship . The song very cun- ningly combines a note of present conviviality with a poignant sense of the loss of earlier companionship brought by ...
Page 363
... present good fellowship brings the poem to a close ( whichever version we take ) with a formal social gesture , in the light of which everything falls into shape ; past and present are held together for one tenuous moment by ritual ...
... present good fellowship brings the poem to a close ( whichever version we take ) with a formal social gesture , in the light of which everything falls into shape ; past and present are held together for one tenuous moment by ritual ...
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Copyright | |
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