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... human feeling than was usual in the medieval beast fable , and later poets maintained a tradition of comic or mock - heroic treatment of animals which Burns seized on with gusto . The immediate model of the poem was probably Fergusson's ...
... human feeling than was usual in the medieval beast fable , and later poets maintained a tradition of comic or mock - heroic treatment of animals which Burns seized on with gusto . The immediate model of the poem was probably Fergusson's ...
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... human emotions are attributed to animals : ... And now , my bairns , wi ' my last breath , blessin wi ' you baith : I lea'e my An ' when ye think upo ' your Mither , Mind to be kind to ane anither . Whether Burns was thinking of ...
... human emotions are attributed to animals : ... And now , my bairns , wi ' my last breath , blessin wi ' you baith : I lea'e my An ' when ye think upo ' your Mither , Mind to be kind to ane anither . Whether Burns was thinking of ...
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... human hearts ; For ne'er a bosom yet was prief Against your arts . For me , I swear by sun an ' moon , And ev'ry star that blinks aboon , Ye've cost me twenty pair o ' shoon Just gaun to see you ; And ev'ry ither pair that's done , Mair ...
... human hearts ; For ne'er a bosom yet was prief Against your arts . For me , I swear by sun an ' moon , And ev'ry star that blinks aboon , Ye've cost me twenty pair o ' shoon Just gaun to see you ; And ev'ry ither pair that's done , Mair ...
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