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Page 156
... follows " To a Mountain Daisy ' - or his expressions of sentimental morality , but to such a poem as the ' Epistle to a Young Friend ' , one of the most engaging and spontaneous of his poems , in which he jots down in a fine , flowing ...
... follows " To a Mountain Daisy ' - or his expressions of sentimental morality , but to such a poem as the ' Epistle to a Young Friend ' , one of the most engaging and spontaneous of his poems , in which he jots down in a fine , flowing ...
Page 272
... follow - ' On Seeing a Wounded Hare ' and ' Ad- dress to the Shade of Thomson ' - and the next new poem is that fine ... follows , is an interesting ' occasional ' piece , the result of his stay with the Duke on his northern tour . ' On ...
... follow - ' On Seeing a Wounded Hare ' and ' Ad- dress to the Shade of Thomson ' - and the next new poem is that fine ... follows , is an interesting ' occasional ' piece , the result of his stay with the Duke on his northern tour . ' On ...
Page 277
... follows . – N.B. The chorus is auld - and here Burns gives another bawdy song , which concludes the letter . The ingenuity of imagery which characterizes the song quoted here is characteristic both of Burns's own bawdy poetry and of ...
... follows . – N.B. The chorus is auld - and here Burns gives another bawdy song , which concludes the letter . The ingenuity of imagery which characterizes the song quoted here is characteristic both of Burns's own bawdy poetry and of ...
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