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... Thomson saw that he could count on the poet for much more than improved words for some twenty or twenty - five melodies . It was not long before Thomson , under the influence of Burns's enthusiasm , decided to make a radical alteration ...
... Thomson saw that he could count on the poet for much more than improved words for some twenty or twenty - five melodies . It was not long before Thomson , under the influence of Burns's enthusiasm , decided to make a radical alteration ...
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... Thomson despised Johnson and his Scottish Musical Museum and sometimes retained songs by Burns which he did not intend to use , simply to prevent them from falling into Johnson's hands . Burns , who does not seem to have realized Thomson's ...
... Thomson despised Johnson and his Scottish Musical Museum and sometimes retained songs by Burns which he did not intend to use , simply to prevent them from falling into Johnson's hands . Burns , who does not seem to have realized Thomson's ...
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... Thomson in reading And days o ' lang syne ? at the end of the first verse . The version which appeared in Thom- son's Scottish Airs , 1799 , is , as we should expect , the same as that communicated to Thomson in 1793. Here for the first ...
... Thomson in reading And days o ' lang syne ? at the end of the first verse . The version which appeared in Thom- son's Scottish Airs , 1799 , is , as we should expect , the same as that communicated to Thomson in 1793. Here for the first ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
Copyright | |
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