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Side 7
... our songs , the writers have confounded simplicity with coarseness and
vulgarity ; although , between the one and the other , as Dr . Beattie well
observes , there is as great a difference as between a plain suit of clothes and a
bundle of rags .
... our songs , the writers have confounded simplicity with coarseness and
vulgarity ; although , between the one and the other , as Dr . Beattie well
observes , there is as great a difference as between a plain suit of clothes and a
bundle of rags .
Side 10
In the printed copy of my Nanie 0 , the name of the river is horridly prosaic . I will
alter it , “ Behind yon hills where Lugar flows . ” Girvan is the name of the river that
suits the idea of the stanza best , but Lugar is the most agrceable modulation of ...
In the printed copy of my Nanie 0 , the name of the river is horridly prosaic . I will
alter it , “ Behind yon hills where Lugar flows . ” Girvan is the name of the river that
suits the idea of the stanza best , but Lugar is the most agrceable modulation of ...
Side 14
The following were made extempore to it ; and , though , on farther study , I might
give you something more profound , yet it might not suit the light - horse gallop of
the air so well as this random clink . MY WIFE ' S A WINSOME WEE THING .
The following were made extempore to it ; and , though , on farther study , I might
give you something more profound , yet it might not suit the light - horse gallop of
the air so well as this random clink . MY WIFE ' S A WINSOME WEE THING .
Side 15
I have just been looking over the Collier ' s bonng Dochter , and , if the following
rhapsody , which I composed the other day , on a charming Ayrshire girl , Miss —
, as she passed through this place to England , will suit your taste better than the
...
I have just been looking over the Collier ' s bonng Dochter , and , if the following
rhapsody , which I composed the other day , on a charming Ayrshire girl , Miss —
, as she passed through this place to England , will suit your taste better than the
...
Side 19
Robert Burns. often in the rhyme , spoils every attempt at introducing sentiment
into the piece . The foregoing song pleases myself ; I think it is in my happiest
manner ; you will see at first glance that it suits the air . The subject of the song is
one ...
Robert Burns. often in the rhyme , spoils every attempt at introducing sentiment
into the piece . The foregoing song pleases myself ; I think it is in my happiest
manner ; you will see at first glance that it suits the air . The subject of the song is
one ...
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