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Its ancestry becomes apparent if we quote the opening of several earlier Scottish mock elegies . Here is the opening verse of Robert Sempill's ' Life and Death of the Piper of Kilbarchan or , the Epitaph of Habbie Simson ' as printed in ...
Its ancestry becomes apparent if we quote the opening of several earlier Scottish mock elegies . Here is the opening verse of Robert Sempill's ' Life and Death of the Piper of Kilbarchan or , the Epitaph of Habbie Simson ' as printed in ...
Page 143
The opening stanza ( which sounds as though it had been added to the poem as an afterthought ) is full of the posturing which Burns was led into when he wrote with the genteel tradition too much in mind .
The opening stanza ( which sounds as though it had been added to the poem as an afterthought ) is full of the posturing which Burns was led into when he wrote with the genteel tradition too much in mind .
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The opening line , of course , is the opening of Psalm 96 . Burns further displayed his interest in public affairs by drawing up a remarkable plea , addressed to William Pitt , on behalf of the distillers of Scotland , then suffering ...
The opening line , of course , is the opening of Psalm 96 . Burns further displayed his interest in public affairs by drawing up a remarkable plea , addressed to William Pitt , on behalf of the distillers of Scotland , then suffering ...
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