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Page 160
... moves round in an eternal sphere. Burns probably had in mind Addison's hymn : What though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestial ball; What though nor real voice nor sound Amidst their radiant orbs be found? . . . There ...
... moves round in an eternal sphere. Burns probably had in mind Addison's hymn : What though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestial ball; What though nor real voice nor sound Amidst their radiant orbs be found? . . . There ...
Page 168
... moves along with ease and conviction. The second verse shows signs of strain: Alas! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie Lark, companion meet! . . . It is not the lark, it is Robert Burns with his plow; the contrast is not wholly ...
... moves along with ease and conviction. The second verse shows signs of strain: Alas! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie Lark, companion meet! . . . It is not the lark, it is Robert Burns with his plow; the contrast is not wholly ...
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... moves easily to an account of the kind of poetry in which he can take legitimate pride. He cannot compare himself "wi' Allan, or wi' Gilbertfield" — that is, William Hamilton of Gilbertfield, author of "Bonnie Heck" and the rhyming ...
... moves easily to an account of the kind of poetry in which he can take legitimate pride. He cannot compare himself "wi' Allan, or wi' Gilbertfield" — that is, William Hamilton of Gilbertfield, author of "Bonnie Heck" and the rhyming ...
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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