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Page 152
... Frae the big stack, weel winnow't on the hill, Wi' divets theekit frae the weet and drift, Sods, peats, and heath'ry trufs the chimley fill, And gar their thick'ning smeek salute the lift; The gudeman, new come hame, is blyth to find ...
... Frae the big stack, weel winnow't on the hill, Wi' divets theekit frae the weet and drift, Sods, peats, and heath'ry trufs the chimley fill, And gar their thick'ning smeek salute the lift; The gudeman, new come hame, is blyth to find ...
Page 154
... frae year to year; Lang may his sock and couter turn the gleyb, And bauks o' corn bend down wi' laded ear. May scotia's simmers ay look gay and green, Her yellow har'sts frae scowry blasts decreed; May a' her tenants sit fu' snug and bien, ...
... frae year to year; Lang may his sock and couter turn the gleyb, And bauks o' corn bend down wi' laded ear. May scotia's simmers ay look gay and green, Her yellow har'sts frae scowry blasts decreed; May a' her tenants sit fu' snug and bien, ...
Page 274
... frae nane, I'll gie Cuckold to naebody. I hae a penny to spend, There, thanks to naebody; I hae naething to lend, I'll borrow frae naebody. I am naebody 's lord, I'll be slave to naebody; I hae a gude braid sword, Ic—dc* I'll tak dunts frae ...
... frae nane, I'll gie Cuckold to naebody. I hae a penny to spend, There, thanks to naebody; I hae naething to lend, I'll borrow frae naebody. I am naebody 's lord, I'll be slave to naebody; I hae a gude braid sword, Ic—dc* I'll tak dunts frae ...
Contents
Chapter Two growth of a poet | 34 |
Chapter Three the Kilmarnock volume | 105 |
Chapter Four the omitted poems | 196 |
Copyright | |
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