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Page 159
... rustic worship, and something on which Fergusson does not touch: The chearfu' Supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The Sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his Father's ...
... rustic worship, and something on which Fergusson does not touch: The chearfu' Supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The Sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his Father's ...
Page 161
... rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! And, O! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous Populace may rise the while, And ...
... rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! And, O! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous Populace may rise the while, And ...
Page 325
... rustic barns and in city assembly rooms. Currie, writing a few years after Burns's death, vividly described the dancing of Scottish rustics: . . . The School is usually a barn, and the arena for the performers is generally a clay floor ...
... rustic barns and in city assembly rooms. Currie, writing a few years after Burns's death, vividly described the dancing of Scottish rustics: . . . The School is usually a barn, and the arena for the performers is generally a clay floor ...
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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