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Page 113
... poor dogs such as Luath, and Luath agrees that life among the poor has its disadvantages but that it also has its compensations: knew But how it comes, I never kent yet, They're maistly wonderfu' contented; stout lads; An' buirdly ...
... poor dogs such as Luath, and Luath agrees that life among the poor has its disadvantages but that it also has its compensations: knew But how it comes, I never kent yet, They're maistly wonderfu' contented; stout lads; An' buirdly ...
Page 135
... Poor Mailie," one of the earliest of Burns's poems; Gilbert has described the occasion of its writing. Robert had bought a ewe and two lambs from a neighbor and kept the ewe in a field adjoining the house at Lochlie. "He and I were ...
... Poor Mailie," one of the earliest of Burns's poems; Gilbert has described the occasion of its writing. Robert had bought a ewe and two lambs from a neighbor and kept the ewe in a field adjoining the house at Lochlie. "He and I were ...
Page 315
... poor bodies mow, mow, mow? And why shouldna poor bodies mow? The rich they hae siller, and houses, and land, Poor bodies hae naething but mow. "The Patriarch" is a less interesting and probably an earlier poem, but it is worth noting as ...
... poor bodies mow, mow, mow? And why shouldna poor bodies mow? The rich they hae siller, and houses, and land, Poor bodies hae naething but mow. "The Patriarch" is a less interesting and probably an earlier poem, but it is worth noting as ...
Contents
Chapter Two growth of a poet | 34 |
Chapter Three the Kilmarnock volume | 105 |
Chapter Four the omitted poems | 196 |
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