The Genius and Character of Robert Burns: An Essay and Criticism on His Life and Writings, with Quotations from the Best PassagesW. Gowans, 1861 - 222 Seiten |
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... heart as a man . Hence , when inspired to compose poetry , poetry came gushing up from the well of his human affections , and he had nothing more to do , than to pour it , like streams irrigating a meadow , in many a cheerful tide over ...
... heart as a man . Hence , when inspired to compose poetry , poetry came gushing up from the well of his human affections , and he had nothing more to do , than to pour it , like streams irrigating a meadow , in many a cheerful tide over ...
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... heart , but roused as keen an interest in the soul of Burns , and as genial a sympathy , as if it had immediately con- cerned himself and his own individual welfare . Most other poets of rural life have looked on it through the aerial ...
... heart , but roused as keen an interest in the soul of Burns , and as genial a sympathy , as if it had immediately con- cerned himself and his own individual welfare . Most other poets of rural life have looked on it through the aerial ...
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... hearts of a people . With their mirth , or with their melan- choly , how often do his " native wood - notes wild ... heart , the intellect , the fancy , and the imagination , of which the possession and the enjoyment are one and the ...
... hearts of a people . With their mirth , or with their melan- choly , how often do his " native wood - notes wild ... heart , the intellect , the fancy , and the imagination , of which the possession and the enjoyment are one and the ...
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... and ghastly shanks - forms which once seen Could never be forgotten . In his heart Where fear sate thus , a cherished visitant , Was wanting yet the pure delight of love By sound diffused , or by the breathing air , CHARACTER OF BURNS .
... and ghastly shanks - forms which once seen Could never be forgotten . In his heart Where fear sate thus , a cherished visitant , Was wanting yet the pure delight of love By sound diffused , or by the breathing air , CHARACTER OF BURNS .
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... heart , and a soul of fire . These too were his , and idle would have been her tears , had Pity wept for young Robert Burns . 66 Was he not hungry for knowledge from a child ? During these very years he was devouring it ; and soon the ...
... heart , and a soul of fire . These too were his , and idle would have been her tears , had Pity wept for young Robert Burns . 66 Was he not hungry for knowledge from a child ? During these very years he was devouring it ; and soon the ...
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auld bard beautiful believe better bless bonnie Burns's called character charms Cottar's Saturday Night dear death delight Dumfries duty earth Ebenezer Elliot Edinburgh Ellisland evil Excise eyes father fear feeling felt frae Freemasonry gauger genius George Thomson glorious hand happy hear heard heart heaven Hector Macneil honor hope hour human humble imagination immortal inspired Jean Josiah Walker knew labor lamented lassie live look Mauchline mind moral morning Mossgiel mourn muse nature never noble o'er passion perhaps pity pleasure poems poet poet's poetical poetry poor pounds pride proud Robert Burns rustic Ryedale says Scotland Scots wha hae Scottish sentiments Shanter sing song sorrow soul spirit stanza sugh sweet tears tells tender thee things Thomson thou thought thro tion truth verse virtue walk Whyles wife William Burnes words writes