 Burns possesses the spirit as well as the fancy of a poet. That honest pride and independence of soul which are sometimes the muse's only dower, break forth on every occasion in his works. It may be, then, I shall wrong his feelings, while I indulge my...  The Twentieth Century - Seite 4681880Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1787 - 712 Seiten
...was, in which he foood content, and wooed the Mufe, might out have been deemed uncomfortable ; hut grief and misfortune have reached him there ; and...or two of his poems hint, what I have learnt from fome of his countrymen, fiat he has been obliged to form the refolutioD of leaving his native land... | |
 | 1788 - 330 Seiten
...fometimes the Mufe's only dower, break forth on every occafion in his works. It may be, then, I fhall wrong his feelings, while I indulge my own, in calling the attention of the public to his fituation and circumftances. That condition, humble as it was, in which he found content, and wooed... | |
 | 1788 - 338 Seiten
...fometimes the Mufe's only dower, break forth on every occafion in his works. It may be, then, I fhall wrong his feelings, while I indulge my own, in calling the attention of the public to his fituation and circumftances. That condition, humble as it was, in which he found content, and wooed... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1793 - 420 Seiten
...dower, break forth on every occafion in his works. It may be, then, I fhall wrong his feelings, wi ile 1 indulge my own, in calling the attention of the public to his fituation and circumflances. That condition, humble as it was in which he found content, and wooed... | |
 | 1794 - 466 Seiten
...fometimes the Mufe's only dower, break forth on every occafion in his •works. It may be, then, I fhall wrong his feelings, while I indulge my own, in calling the attention of the public to his fituation and circumftances. That condition, humble as it was, in which he found content, and wooed... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 366 Seiten
...found content, and wooed the Muse, might not have been deemed uncomfortable ; but grief and misfortunes have reached him there ; and one or two of his poems...have learn't from some of his countrymen, that he ha# been obliged to form the resolution of leaving his native land, to seek under a West-Indian clime... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 354 Seiten
...soul which are sometimes the Muse's only dower, break forth on every occasion in his works. It may be, then, I shall wrong his feelings, while I indulge...not have been deemed uncomfortable; but grief and misfortunes have reached him there; and one or two of his poems hint, what I have learned from some... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 802 Seiten
...soul which are sometimes the Muse's only dower, break forth on every occasion in his works. It may be, then, I shall wrong his feelings, while I indulge...not have been deemed uncomfortable; but grief and misfortunes have reached him there ; and one or two of his poems hint, what I have learnt from some... | |
 | 1823 - 356 Seiten
...forth on every occasion in his works. It may be, then, I shall wrong hisfeelings, while I indulge ray own, in calling the attention of the public to his...not have been deemed uncomfortable; but grief and misfortunes have reached him there ; and one or two of his poems hint, what I have learnt from some... | |
 | James Marshall - 1846 - 186 Seiten
...soul which are sometimes the muse's only dower, break forth oa every occasion in his works. It may be, then, I shall wrong his feelings, while I indulge...not have been deemed uncomfortable; but grief and misfortunes have reached him there ; and one or two of his poems hint, what I have learnt from some... | |
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