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 ...
Dochter Peggy sat on the kiln, An' watch'd owre her faither's life,For he had been at Both'ell brig, An' joined in the ...
SOME folk in courts for pleasure sue,An' some ransack the theatre:The airy nymph is won by few;She's of so coy ...
THE bride she is winsome and bonny,Her hair it is snooded sae sleek,And faithfu' and kind is her Johnny,Yet fast ...
Smoorin' wi' reek an' blacken'd wi' soot,Lowin' like Etna an' Hecla to boot,Ought o' our malleables want ye to learn?—There's ...
There were twa dows, upon a day,Made wise by want, fatigu'd wi' play,Sat in a dooket;The grund was cover'd o'er ...
This while I've been ettlin' to string a wheen rhymes,Being unco sair fash'd at the signs o' the times—The mony ...
It fell about the Martinmas tyde,When our Border steeds get corn and hayThe captain of Bewcastle hath bound him to ...
By the bend of the stream stood the house of old Ledgie Cooper, a worthy man, who about a hundred ...
One yeer owder, one yeer dearer: That's what I sal awlus say.Draw thy chair a little nearer, Put ...
My mither's ay glowran o'er me, Tho she did the same before me, ...
Rose o' my hert,Open yer leaves to the lampin mune;Into the curls lat her keek an' dert,She'll tak the colour ...
Gaelic Air.Fareweel, O fareweel!My heart it is sair;Fareweel, O fareweel!I'll meet him nae mair.Lang, lang was he mine, Lang, lang, ...
O GOWDIE, terror o' the whigs, Dread o' blackcoats and rev'rend wigs! Sour Bigotry, on her last legs, Girns an' ...
Chorus.-Carle, an the King come, Carle, an the King come, Thou shalt dance and I will sing, Carle, an the ...
YE Irish lords, ye knights an' squires, Wha represent our brughs an' shires, An' doucely manage our affairs In parliament, ...
ORTHODOX! orthodox, who believe in John Knox, Let me sound an alarm to your conscience: A heretic blast has been ...
RecitativoWHEN lyart leaves bestrow the yird, Or wavering like the bauckie-bird, Bedim cauld Boreas' blast; When hailstanes drive wi' bitter ...
UPON that night, when fairies light On Cassilis Downans 2 dance, Or owre the lays, in splendid blaze, On sprightly ...
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