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25th January admiration afterwards Alexander Wilson Allan Alloway Kirk Andrew applause Archibald Armour Auld Bard beautiful birth of Burns birth-day Blaikie bonnie born bowl Burns's Caup chair Chairman Cheers Club Room Craig Croupier Cruickston Daniel Craig dear death drunk Edinburgh Elderslie Espedair Burns Club fame feel friends gave genius gentlemen Glasgow harp heart held High Street honour immortal James James Caldwell John Kilbarchan King land living loud lyre meeting memory of Burns Messrs Minute Book Motherwell muse native ne'er night o'er Paisley Burns Club poems poet poet's poetical poetry present President proposed quaich R. A. Smith Renfrewshire Robert Burns Robert Hay Robert Lang Robert Tannahill Robin Burns sang Saracen's Head Scadlock Scotia's Scotland Scots Scottish Shanter sing song soul Speirs spirit Stewart sung sweet Tannahill thee Thomas thou toast town Wallace William
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Page 263 - I put my hat upon my head And walked into the Strand, And there I met another man Whose hat was in his hand. Immediately under these lines let us place one of the most justly admired stanzas of the
Page 252 - Faith, he maunna fa' that! For a' that, and a' that; Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may,— As come it will for a' that,— That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a
Page 232 - tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Page 202 - What point of morals, of manners, of economy, of philosophy, of religion, of taste, of the conduct of life, has he not settled? What mystery has he not signified his knowledge of? What office, or function, or district of man's work, has he not remembered? What king has he not taught state, as Talma taught Napoleon?
Page 31 - Paisley harn, That while a lassie she had worn, In longitude tho' sorely scanty, It was her best, and she was vauntie. Ah ! little ken'd thy reverend grannie, That sark she coft for her wee Nannie, Wi...
Page 232 - Then gently scan your brother Man, Still gentler sister Woman ; Though they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it ; And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias...
Page 11 - You know our country custom of coupling a man and woman together as partners in the labours of harvest. In my fifteenth autumn my partner was a bewitching creature, a year younger than myself. My scarcity of English denies me the power of doing her justice in that language ; but you know the Scottish idiom — she was a bonnie., tweet, sonsie lass.
Page 254 - Thou ling'ring star, with less'ning ray, That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again thou usher'st in the day My Mary from my soul was torn. O Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?
Page 252 - Guid faith, he maunna fa' that! For a' that, an' a' that, Their dignities an' a' that; The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth, Are higher rank than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, (As come it will for a' that,) That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth Shall bear the gree, an' a
Page 286 - Ilk happing bird, wee, helpless thing ! That, in the merry months o' spring, Delighted me to hear thee sing, What comes o...