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... Holy Willie's Prayer ' , ' The Ordination ' , " The Twa Herds ' , ' The Holy Fair ' , and other satirical poems in which he worked with assurance , technical brilliance and orginality in a Scottish literary tradition that goes back to ...
... Holy Willie's Prayer ' , ' The Ordination ' , " The Twa Herds ' , ' The Holy Fair ' , and other satirical poems in which he worked with assurance , technical brilliance and orginality in a Scottish literary tradition that goes back to ...
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... Holy Willie's Prayer ' or the more abandoned of the songs . What is surprising is that a ploughman poet from Ayrshire should have had the inde- pendence of mind and the confidence in his own judgement to reject in large measure the ...
... Holy Willie's Prayer ' or the more abandoned of the songs . What is surprising is that a ploughman poet from Ayrshire should have had the inde- pendence of mind and the confidence in his own judgement to reject in large measure the ...
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... . It included a handful of first - rate Scots poems- " The Twa Dogs ' , ' Scotch Drink ' , " The Holy Fair ' , ' Address to the Deil ' , ' The Death and Dying Words of Poor Maillie ' , ' To a Mouse ' , ' To a Louse ' , BURNS 17.
... . It included a handful of first - rate Scots poems- " The Twa Dogs ' , ' Scotch Drink ' , " The Holy Fair ' , ' Address to the Deil ' , ' The Death and Dying Words of Poor Maillie ' , ' To a Mouse ' , ' To a Louse ' , BURNS 17.
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