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And there begins a lang digression About the lords o' the creation. - The Twa Dogs [Argument] His locked, lettered, braw brass collar, Shewed him the gentleman and scholar. - The Twa Dogs [Apparel] Misled by Fancy's meteor-ray, By passion driven; But yet the light that led astray, Was light from Heaven. - The Vision [Light] Green, slender, leaf-clad holly boughs Were twisted gracefu' round her brows, I took her for some Scottish Muse, By that same token, An' come to stop those reckless vows, Would soon be broken. - The Vision (duan I, st. 9) [Holly] And like a passing thought, she fled In light away. - The Vision (last lines) [Visions] What is life, when wanting love? Night without a morning; Love's the cloudless summer sun, Nature gay adorning. - Thine am I, my Faithful Fair [Love] Then horn for horn they stretch and strive; Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive. - To a Haggis [Haste] Ha! where ye gaun, ye crawlin' ferlie? Your impudence protects you sairly; I canna say but ye strunt rarely Owre gauze an' lace; Though faith! I fear ye dine but sparely On sic a place. - To a Louse [Lice] O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An' foolish notion: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, An' ev'n devotion! - To a Louse [Appearance : Proverbs] Oh, wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursel's as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion. - To a Louse [Vanity] Even thou who mournst the daisy's fate, That fate is thine--no distant date; Stern Ruin's ploughshare drives, elate, Full on thy bloom, Till crushed beneath the furrow's weight Shall be thy doom! - To a Mountain Daisy [Daisies] The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men, Gang aft a-gley, And leave us nought but grief and pain, For promised joy. - To a Mouse (st. 7) [Disappointment] Yon rose-buds in the morning-dew, How pure amang the leaves sae green! - To Chloris [Roses] And let us mind, faint heart ne'er wan A lady fair. Wha does the utmost that he can Will whyles do mair. - To Dr. Blackjack [Wooing] Ayr, gurgling, kissed his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods, thickening green; The fragrant birch and hawthorn hoar Twined amorous round the raptures scene. - To Mary in Heaven [Ayr River : Rivers] Yet, all beneath the unrivall'd rose, The lowly daisy sweetly blows; Tho' large the forest's monarch throws His army shade, Yet green the juicy hawthorn grows, Adown the glade. - Vision (duan II, st. 21) [Hawthorn] Whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad. - Whistle, and I'll Come to You (act IV, sc. 4) [Proverbs] Displaying page 7 of 7 for this author: << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 [7]
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