Sketches of Village Character In Days “O’ Langsyne” (Janet Hamilton Poems)
I've aften been thinkin', whan sittin' alane,Blin', dowie, an' cowerin' upon the hearth stane,On places an' faces I ken'd o' ...
I've aften been thinkin', whan sittin' alane,Blin', dowie, an' cowerin' upon the hearth stane,On places an' faces I ken'd o' ...
"Oh saw ye e'er sic witless bairns, Sic wasterie o' blessin's gien?Oh had they dree'd what we ha'e dree'd, Oh had they ...
Aul' Sheepieknowe! how dear the name! Lane birthplace o' my gude forbears;Scene o' their life-lang cares an' toils, Their sunny joys an' ...
A clever young dominie—noo in a kirk—Was keepin' a schule near to auld Grannie Mirk—A couthie auld grannie as e'er ...
It's fifty towmonds since, an' mair, Wi' lichtsome fit an' richt guid-wull,Ae simmer day I teuk the gate Oot ower the muirs ...
O Nannie, dear Nannie! whan ye gaed awa',I thocht my fu' heart wad hae broken in twa;An' sair ye were ...
O, Bonnie Clyde! a shimmering gleam Oot owre thy rippling bosom plays,Whan frae the bricht blue sky o' June The sun leuks ...
Aul' Scotlan'! lan' o' cakes an' sang,O' gude pease scones an' kebbuck whang,Yer crumpy farls o' ait meal cake,An' barley ...
Grown tired of mourning for my sins- And brooding over merits-The other night with bothered brow I went amongst the spirits;And I ...
Na, na, I wunna pairt wi' that, I downa gi'e it up;O' Scotlan's hamely mither tongue I canna quat the grup.It's 'bedded ...
"Scotland, the land of all I love, The land of all that love me;Land whose green sod my youth hath trod, Whose ...
I've juist been thinkin', neebour Johnie,Gif that the warl had mendit ony—Since, for the wurkin' man's disasters,We've got sae mony ...
Forgi'e, O forgi'e me, auld Scotlan', my mither!Like an ill-deedie bairn I've ta'en up wi' anither;And aft thy dear Doric ...
Auld Scotlan' gangs yirmin an' chanerin' alane;She wunners whaur a' her trig lassocks ha'e gane;She's trampit the kintra, an' socht ...
As white as a ghaist, wi' a tear in her e'e,Her gray hair doon-hingin' oot-ower her e'ebree,Gangs auld mither Scotlan', ...
At The Laying Of The Foundation Stone Of The Wallace Monument At Stirling, 1861Auld Scotlan's hert an' baith her lugs ...
The wind it blew, and the ship it flew,And it was "Hey for hame!"But up an' cried the skipper til ...
I'm growin' auld, an' no' sae yauld, Nor yet sae gleg as I ha'e been;But whiles, when I am a' ...
The warl it's dottit wi' hamesAs thick as gowans o' the green,Aye bonnier ilk ane nor the laveTo him wha ...
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