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Page 152
... Weel kens the gudewife that the pleughs require A heartsome meltith , and refreshing synd O ' nappy liquor , o'er a bleezing fire : Sair wark and poortith douna weel be join'd . Wi ' butter'd bannocks now the girdle reeks , I ' the far ...
... Weel kens the gudewife that the pleughs require A heartsome meltith , and refreshing synd O ' nappy liquor , o'er a bleezing fire : Sair wark and poortith douna weel be join'd . Wi ' butter'd bannocks now the girdle reeks , I ' the far ...
Page 153
... Weel kens the gudewife that the pleughs require A heartsome meltith , and refreshing synd O ' nappy liquor , o'er a bleezing fire : Sair wark and poortith douna weel be join'd . Wi ' butter'd bannocks now the girdle reeks , I ' the far ...
... Weel kens the gudewife that the pleughs require A heartsome meltith , and refreshing synd O ' nappy liquor , o'er a bleezing fire : Sair wark and poortith douna weel be join'd . Wi ' butter'd bannocks now the girdle reeks , I ' the far ...
Page 157
... weel's the new ; The Father mixes a ' wi ' admonition due . Terms like " social hours " hardly sort well with such straightforward expressions as " each tells the uncos that he sees or hears , " while in the last four lines the ...
... weel's the new ; The Father mixes a ' wi ' admonition due . Terms like " social hours " hardly sort well with such straightforward expressions as " each tells the uncos that he sees or hears , " while in the last four lines the ...
Contents
Preface V | 1 |
Chapter Two GROWTH OF A POET | 34 |
Chapter Three THE KILMARNOCK VOLUME | 105 |
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