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He turn'd him right and round about Upon the Irish shore, And gae his bridle reins a shake, With Adieu for evermore, My dear, With Adieu for evermore. - It Was a' for our Rightfu' King [Farewell] Now a' is done that men can do, And a' is done in vain. - It Was a' for our Rightfu' King [Failure] John Anderson, my jo, John, When we were first acquent, Your locks were like the raven, Your bonny brow was brent. - John Anderson [Past] John Barleycorn was a hero bold, Of noble enterprise, For if you do but taste his blood, 'Twill make your courage rise, Twill make a man forget his wo; 'Twill heighten all his joy. - John Barleycorn [Wine and Spirits] Their tricks and craft hae put me daft, They've ta'en me in, and a' that, But clear your decks, and--Here's the sex! I like the jads for a' that. - Jolly Beggars [Women] The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And all that thou hast done for me! - Lament for Glencairn [Memory] Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every blooming tree, And spreads her sheets o' daisies white Out o'er the grassy lea. - Lament of Mary Queen of Scots [Spring] Now blooms the lily by the bank, The primrose down the brae; The hawthorn's budding in the glen, The milkwhite is the slae. - Lament of Mary, Queen of Scots [Flowers] Are we a piece of machinery that, like the Aeolian harp, passive, takes the impression of the passing accident? Or do these workings argue something within us above the trodden cold? - Letter to Mrs. Dunlop, New Year-Day Morning [Creation] Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! - Man Was Made to Mourn [Cruelty : Proverbs] Man,--whose heaven-erected face The smiles of love adorn,-- Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn! - Man Was Made to Mourn [Man] The primrose banks now fair! - My Chloris, Mark How Green the Groves [Primroses] My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here; My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer. - My Heart's in the Highlands, from an old song, "The Strong Winds of Derry" [Heart] The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, And violets bathe in the wet o' the morn. - My Nanny's Awa [Flowers] She is a winsome wee thing, She is a handsome wee thing, She is a bonny wee thing, This sweet wee wife o' mine. - My Wife's a Winsome Wee Thing [Wives] I'll be merry and free, I'll be sad for nae-body; If nae-body cares for me, I'll care for nae-body. - Nae-body [Contentment] And I will pu' the pink, the emblem o' my dear, For she's the pink o' womankind, and blooms without a peer. - O Luve Will Venture In [Pinks] The daisy's for simplicity and unaffected air. - O Luve Will Venture In [Daisies] The hawthorn I will pu' wi' its lock o' siller gray, Where, like an aged man, it stands at break o' day. - O Luve Will Venture In [Hawthorn] The hyacinth for constancy wi' its unchanging blue. - O Luve Will Venture In [Hyacinths] Or were I in the wildest waste, Sae bleak and bare, sae bleak and bare, The desert were a paradise If thou wert there, if thou were there. - Oh! Wert Thou in the Cold Blast [Paradise] Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, Frae Maidenkirk to Johnie Groat's;- If there's a hole in a' your coats, I rede you tent it: A chield's amang you takin notes, And, faith, he'll prent it. - On Captain Grose's Peregrinations Thro' Scotland [Journalism : Scotland] Oh my luve's like a red, red rose, That's newly sprung in June; Oh my luve's like the melodie That's sweetly played in tune. - Red, Red Rose [Love] The wide world is all before us-- But a world without a friend. - Strathallan's Lament [World] Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of wo. - Sweet Sensibility [Sensibility] Displaying page 5 of 7 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 [5] 6 7
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