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id: 21330
title: Robert Burns
author: Shairp, John Campbell
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  Burns met a young lass, who set his heart on fire, and put an end to In these lines the lyric genius of Burns was for the first time thirteen years before the day of Burns, had met the rude manners of sentiment now, and to think that a man gifted like Burns should have will turn out well." On the same New Year''s Day Burns addressed to It passed into the Riddell family, and now in Burns''s time it The poem was the work of one day, of which Mrs. Burns retained a vivid habits, which to a nature like Burns must have at all times been The social condition of Dumfries at the time when Burns went to live During the first year at Dumfries, Burns for the first time began to day, any more than it was in the time of Burns. Songs, Burns''s, 202-205.


id: 18500
author: Burns, Robert
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  in his pocket, Burns made his way to Wauchope, the residence of Mrs. Scott, who had welcomed him into the world as a poet in verses lively lived in her girlish years: the good old man was long blind ere he while my mother would sing the simple old song of ''The Life and Age of It is said that one day a friend read to the poet some verses from the And mak thee a man like thy daddie dear. [Burns in these verses caught up the starting note of an old song, of [Concerning this fine song, Burns in his notes says, "This air is name." Burns corrected some lines in the old song, which had more wit, [Burns tells Thomson, in the letter enclosing this song, that he is in turning poet till I got once heartily in love, and then rhyme and song

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  The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham


id: 18388
title: Robert Burns: How To Know Him
author: Neilson, William Allan
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  long autobiographical letter written by Robert Burns to Doctor John William Burnes, the father of the poet, came of a family of farmers An'' if thou be what I wad hae thee, [would have] Burns''s letters written at this time show an amused consciousness of Scotland, having done little for Burns in his life, Three forms of speech were current in Scotland in the time of Burns, Contrast again songs like _Corn Rigs_ or _Whistle and I''ll Come To For Burns not only knew, as we have seen, the old songs--words and Thou''rt to Love and Heaven sae dear, Flow gently, I''ll sing thee a song in thy praise; Thou''rt like themselves sae lovely, The honest man, tho'' e''er sae poor, Such in nature and origin are the songs of Burns. early sixteenth century down to Burns''s own time Scottish poetry had But thy auld tail thou wad hae whiskit, capered]


id: 30489
author: Combe, George
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  [Illustration: VIEWS OF THE SKULL OF ROBERT BURNS.] OBSERVATIONS ON THE SKULL OF BURNS, Robert Burns was born on 25th January 1759, and died at Dumfries on 21st March 1834, the vault was opened for the purpose of depositing her remains The Skull of Burns indicates a large brain. The brain of Burns, therefore, possessed the two elements of power and uncommonly large, indicating strong passions, and great energy in action large; Philoprogenitiveness uncommonly so for a male head. The organs of Combativeness and Destructiveness are large, bespeaking The organs of the moral sentiments are also largely developed. The Skull indicates the combination of strong animal passions, with In the combination of very large Philoprogenitiveness and Adhesiveness, The combination of large Secretiveness, Imitation, and the Perceptive The combination of large Perceptive and Reflecting organs The combination of large organs of the Animal Propensities, with large

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  Phrenological Development of Robert Burns From a Cast of His Skull Moulded at Dumfries, the 31st Day of March 1834


id: 30721
title: Robert Burns
author: Setoun, Gabriel
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  Those who would speak of the poet Robert Burns are expected to of Robert Burns''s life simply and clearly, neither wandering away into spoken with conscious pride of utterance, Robert Burns, Poet. Gilbert Burns, writing to Dr. Currie of the school-days under Mr. Murdoch, says: ''We learnt to read English tolerably well, and to write a Looking back on his life at this time, Burns Up to this time, the twenty-fifth year of his age, Burns had not written but let it be alive and burning in the heart of the poet, and all else true poet is also a prophet; and Robert Burns was a prophet when he Poets do not sow and reap at the same time--not even Burns. left an account of the poet''s visit; while the two days which Burns It is in his songs, however, more than in his poems, that we find Burns They admire many poets; they love Robert Burns.


id: 9863
title: The Letters of Robert Burns
author: Burns, Robert
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  Mr. and Mrs. Muir; and with wishing you a merry New-year''s day, I shall rest of the family desire to inclose their kind compliments to you, Mrs. Burness, and the rest of your family, along with those of, dear Sir, HONOURED SIR,--My proposals[12a] came to hand last night, and, knowing My best good wishes to Mr. Aikin.--I am ever, dear Sir, your much indebted humble servant, R. REVEREND AND DEAR SIR,--When I look at the date of your kind letter, my while the drops of life warm my heart, gratitude to that dear-loved answered your kind letter, but you know I am a man of many sins. of a good God, Clarinda, as to think that Friendship and Love, on the friend--wishing you long life and prosperity, and that every good thing If you mean, my dear Sir, that all the songs in your collection shall be


id: 36074
title: Life of Robert Burns
author: Carlyle, Thomas
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  "The first time I saw Edward Irving," writes Mr. Carlyle in 1835, "was six-and-twenty years ago, in his native town, Annan. upon a young mind of intellectual ambition." The advice here given to Mr. Carlyle by his critic, was followed by him in so far that, in 1827, he a greater power over the minds of men, and the general system of life, uniformly treats Burns as the high and remarkable man the public voice has true Poet, a man in whose heart resides some effluence of Wisdom, some In this respect, Burns, though not perhaps absolutely a great poet, better popular in Burns''s time, were little distinguished for their literary It was little in Burns''s character to let his feelings on certain subjects True, Burns had little means, had even little time for poetry, A man like Burns might have divided his hours between poetry and virtuous


id: 35299
title: The Real Robert Burns
author: Hughes, James L. (James Laughlin)
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  second by the fact that Burns wrote the greatest poem ever written by any An important element in the education of Burns was his love of Nature. great, loving heart of Burns--for the death of the pet lamb. Burns wrote several short religious poems in his early young manhood, In the fine poem he wrote to Mrs Dunlop on New Year''s Day, 1790, he says: I believe in eternal life with God. Carlyle expressed regret that ''Burns became involved in the religious Burns gives each man the true test of the influence of his life for the Burns wrote five love-letters to Alison Begbie. Could any reasonable man believe that if Burns had really loved other In descriptive power and in fond and reverent love no poem of Burns, or Burns saw man''s duty to his fellows and to himself in this life. Burns said her love made him a poet.


id: 35293
title: A Day with the Poet Burns
author: nan
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  As fair thou art, my bonnie lass, And I will love thee still, my dear, A DAY WITH THE POET BURNS cloudy winter''s day, and hear the stormy wind howling among the trees, The honest man, tho'' e''er sae poor, Thou''st met me in an evil hour; Thou''st met me in an evil hour; Thou lifts thy unassuming head Again thou usher''st in the day See''st thou thy lover lowly laid? To live one day of parting love! Robert Burns--his poems come swiftly and spontaneously to him, as Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears As fair art thou, my bonie lass, The hour approaches Tam maun ride-Fare-thee-weel, thou first and fairest! Fare-thee-weel, thou best and dearest! But when will he dance like Tam Glen! But wha can think sae o'' Tam Glen! upon Burns''s heart: and as he turns to rest, and sees the peaceful


