Robert BurnsPresents a definitive and complete appraisal of Robert Burns and his poetry. |
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Page 51
... thoughts to tragedy , and “ the bursting cloud of family misfortunes " led him to write a " tragic fragment , " or , as he describes it in the Commonplace Book , " a penitential thought , in the hour of Remorse , Intended for a tragedy ...
... thoughts to tragedy , and “ the bursting cloud of family misfortunes " led him to write a " tragic fragment , " or , as he describes it in the Commonplace Book , " a penitential thought , in the hour of Remorse , Intended for a tragedy ...
Page 170
... thought , my youthfu ' friend , A something to have sent you , Tho ' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento : But how the subject - theme may gang , Let time and chance determine : Perhaps it may turn out a sang ...
... thought , my youthfu ' friend , A something to have sent you , Tho ' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento : But how the subject - theme may gang , Let time and chance determine : Perhaps it may turn out a sang ...
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... thought of the poem to such a structure requires considerable skill , and Burns achieves this end successfully in ... thought ungentle canna be The thought o ' Mary Morison . In such a song as " Mary Morison " Burns 339 THE SONGS.
... thought of the poem to such a structure requires considerable skill , and Burns achieves this end successfully in ... thought ungentle canna be The thought o ' Mary Morison . In such a song as " Mary Morison " Burns 339 THE SONGS.
Contents
Preface | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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