Chronicle of the Hundredth Birthday of Robert BurnsJames Ballantine A. Fullarton, 1859 - 605 pages |
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... independence , and the type of pop- ular elevation , his memory - not the memory of his faults and his follies , but the memory of his matchless genius and his noble spirit - is cher- ished close to the heart of every Scottish man ...
... independence , and the type of pop- ular elevation , his memory - not the memory of his faults and his follies , but the memory of his matchless genius and his noble spirit - is cher- ished close to the heart of every Scottish man ...
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... independence , a scorn for everything sordid . said - It has been said that a hero is nothing and base , and a sincere self - abasement for his without a poet to celebrate his achievements ; own faults . ( Cheers . ) But Currie was espe ...
... independence , a scorn for everything sordid . said - It has been said that a hero is nothing and base , and a sincere self - abasement for his without a poet to celebrate his achievements ; own faults . ( Cheers . ) But Currie was espe ...
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... independence , for by these he could earn his bread ; and that inde- pendence he would not have exchanged for the most distinguished position which the world could give . ( Applause . ) That is the kind of man with which the people had ...
... independence , for by these he could earn his bread ; and that inde- pendence he would not have exchanged for the most distinguished position which the world could give . ( Applause . ) That is the kind of man with which the people had ...
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... independence , and unsullied integrity , are held up to our ad- miration and respect . ( Loud cheers . ) At the age of thirty - seven he closed a life of varied enjoyment and suffering , which has left behind it many lessons . More than ...
... independence , and unsullied integrity , are held up to our ad- miration and respect . ( Loud cheers . ) At the age of thirty - seven he closed a life of varied enjoyment and suffering , which has left behind it many lessons . More than ...
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... independence had I not dared to do so , and did I not dare to say so now . If , how- ever , more than this is expected of me , here I must disappoint you , for I wish on this occasion only to refresh my memory and yours with the ...
... independence had I not dared to do so , and did I not dare to say so now . If , how- ever , more than this is expected of me , here I must disappoint you , for I wish on this occasion only to refresh my memory and yours with the ...
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acted as croupier admiration applause appropriate assembled Auld Langsyne Ayrshire Bailie band beautiful birth bonnie bonnie Doon celebrate the centenary Chairman gave character Cottar's Saturday Night countrymen decorated dinner Dumfries eloquent enthusiasm evergreens excellent fame feeling festival friends haggis hall happy hear heart honour Hotel hour immortal bard Immortal Memory James John ladies land lived Lodge Loud cheers loyal and patriotic Mauchline meeting Memory of Burns Memory of Robert Messrs national bard national poet native never noble o'clock occasion occupied the chair party patriotic toasts peasantry plough poems poet's poetic poetry present presided proceedings proposed the toast Provost recited Robert Burns sang Scotch Scotchmen Scotland Scots wha hae Scott Scottish sentiment Shanter singing soiree songs were sung speech spirit supper tenary tion toast was drunk toasts were given town usual loyal toasts William William Burns
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Page 13 - But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ! Or like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can pomt their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride ; That hour, o...
Page 53 - MARY Ye banks and braes and streams around The castle o' Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, Your waters never drumlie! There simmer first unfauld her robes, And there the langest tarry; For there I took the last fareweel O
Page 33 - O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content!
Page 39 - ... their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ; Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd Isle. O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd thro...
Page 183 - But why to Him confine the prayer, When kindred thoughts and yearnings bear On the frail heart the purest share With all that live? — The best of what we do and are, Just God, forgive ! VOL. IV. E
Page 12 - And decks the lily fair in flowery pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide; But chiefly, in their hearts with grace divine preside.
Page 49 - Jerusalem, the mother of our new birth, is in all lands at once, fully and entirely, as a spirit ; in the East and in the West, in the North and in the South : that is, wherever her outward instruments are to be found.
Page 177 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care, And " Let us worship God !
Page 53 - ... Spirits of Power, assembled there, complain For kindred Power departing from their sight ; While Tweed, best pleased in chanting a blithe strain, Saddens his voice again, and yet again. Lift up your hearts, ye Mourners ! for the might Of the whole world's good wishes with him goes ; Blessings and prayers in nobler retinue Than sceptred king or laurelled conqueror knows, Follow this wondrous Potentate. Be true, Ye winds of ocean, and the midland sea, Wafting your Charge to soft Parthenope 1 A...
Page 451 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread — You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed ; Or like the snow falls in the river — A moment white, then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place ; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm.