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Page 100
The reference to some wandering stabs of remorse ' earlier in the letter may be considered too slight an expression of his feelings under such circumstances , but one must remember that neither Aiken nor any other of his friends appears ...
The reference to some wandering stabs of remorse ' earlier in the letter may be considered too slight an expression of his feelings under such circumstances , but one must remember that neither Aiken nor any other of his friends appears ...
Page 134
... which starts off with a warm expression of friendship and links that expression , in the penultimate stanza , with his carefree philosophy of life : Lothian laddie clever fellow mouth I trow , my mettl'd Louden lathie , Auld farran ...
... which starts off with a warm expression of friendship and links that expression , in the penultimate stanza , with his carefree philosophy of life : Lothian laddie clever fellow mouth I trow , my mettl'd Louden lathie , Auld farran ...
Page 298
The total effect , however , is not as incongruous as might be expected ; the poem as a whole emerges as a formal but not unpleasing expression of exuberant love . It is less happily fitted to its tune than are most of Burns's songs .
The total effect , however , is not as incongruous as might be expected ; the poem as a whole emerges as a formal but not unpleasing expression of exuberant love . It is less happily fitted to its tune than are most of Burns's songs .
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| Title | Robert Burns |
| Author | David Daiches |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1967 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 334 pages |
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