Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, 1. köideWilliam Magee, 1800 |
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... Mufe , might not have been deemed uncom- fortable ; but grief and misfortune have reached him there ; and one or two of his poems hint , what I have learned from fome of his countrymen , that he has been obliged to form the refolution ...
... Mufe , might not have been deemed uncom- fortable ; but grief and misfortune have reached him there ; and one or two of his poems hint , what I have learned from fome of his countrymen , that he has been obliged to form the refolution ...
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... Mufe ! guid auld Scotch Drink !! Whether thro ' wimplin worms thou jink , Or , richly brown , ream owre the brink , Infpire me , till I lifp an ' wink In glorious faem , To Sing thy name ! Let husky Wheat the haughs adorn ,. An Aits fet ...
... Mufe ! guid auld Scotch Drink !! Whether thro ' wimplin worms thou jink , Or , richly brown , ream owre the brink , Infpire me , till I lifp an ' wink In glorious faem , To Sing thy name ! Let husky Wheat the haughs adorn ,. An Aits fet ...
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... Mufe has reafon , wyte her countrymen wi ' treason ! But monie daily wet their weafon Wi ' liquors nice , An ' hardly , in a winter feafon ,. E'er fpier their price .. Wae worth that brandy , burning trash ! Fell fource o ' monie a pain ...
... Mufe has reafon , wyte her countrymen wi ' treason ! But monie daily wet their weafon Wi ' liquors nice , An ' hardly , in a winter feafon ,. E'er fpier their price .. Wae worth that brandy , burning trash ! Fell fource o ' monie a pain ...
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... Mufe is hearfe ! Your Honours ' hearts wi ' grief ' twad pierce , To fee her fittin on her a Low i ' the duft , An ' fcriechen out parfaic verfe , An ' like to bruft ? This was wrote before the Act anent the Scotch Dif tilleries , of ...
... Mufe is hearfe ! Your Honours ' hearts wi ' grief ' twad pierce , To fee her fittin on her a Low i ' the duft , An ' fcriechen out parfaic verfe , An ' like to bruft ? This was wrote before the Act anent the Scotch Dif tilleries , of ...
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... Mufe , By that fame token ; And come to ftop thofe reckless vows , Would foon been broken . A " hair - brained , fentimental trace " Was ftrongly marked in her face ; A wildly - witty , ruftic grace Shone full upon her 3 Her eye , ev'n ...
... Mufe , By that fame token ; And come to ftop thofe reckless vows , Would foon been broken . A " hair - brained , fentimental trace " Was ftrongly marked in her face ; A wildly - witty , ruftic grace Shone full upon her 3 Her eye , ev'n ...
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