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As Tammie glow'red, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious. - Tam o' Shanter [Merriment] His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony, Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither-- They had been fou for weeks thegither! - Tam o' Shanter [Friends] Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. - Tam o' Shanter [Victory] Nae man can tether time or tide. - Tam o' Shanter [Time] That hour o' night's black arch the keystane. - Tam o' Shanter [Midnight] The landlord's laugh was ready chorus. - Tam o' Shanter [Laughter] Inspiring bold John Barleycorn, What dangers thou canst make us scorn! Wi' tippenny, we fear nae evil; Wi' usquebae, we'll face the devil! - Tam o' Shanter (l. 105) [Drinking : Proverbs] But pleasures are like poppies spread; You seize the flower, its bloom is shed. Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white--then melts forever. - Tam o' Shanter (l. 59) [Pleasure] Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. - Tam o'Shanter (l. 12) [Anger] Ah, gentle dames! it gars we greet, To think how mony consels sweet, How mony lengthened, sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises. - Tam o'Shanter (l. 33) [Advice] The landlady and Tam grew gracious Wi' favours secret, sweet and precious. - Tam o'Shanter (st. 7) [Wooing] Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair; How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary fu' o' care! - The Banks o' Doon [Doon River] Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes! My peace with these, my love with those. The bursting tears my heart declare; Farewell, the bonnie banks of Ayr. - The Banks of Ayr [Ayr River : Rivers] Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlet plays. - The Birks of Aberfeldy [Summer] Comin' through the rye, poor body, Comin' through the rye, She draigl't a' her petticoatie, Comin' through the rye . . . . Gin a body meet a body Comin' through the rye, Gin a body kiss a body Need a body cry? - The Bob-tailed Lass, taken from an old song [Kisses] And wild-scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale. - The Chevalier's Lament [Cowslips] Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new. - The Cotter's Saturday Night [Apparel] He wakes a portion with judicious care; And "Let us worship God!" he says, with solemn air. - The Cotter's Saturday Night (st. 12) [Worship] At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree; Th' expectant wee-things, toddling, stacher thro' To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin noise an' glee. - The Cotter's Saturday Night (st. 3) [Home] They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright! - The Cotter's Saturday Night (st. 6) [Prayer] Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening pale. - The Cotter's Saturday Night (st. 9) [Thorn] Cursed be the man, the poorest wretch in life, The crouching vassal, to the tyrant wife, Who has no will but by her high permission; Who has not sixpence but in her possession; Who must to her his dear friend's secret tell; Who dreads a curtain lecture worse than hell. Were such the wife had fallen to my part, I'd break her spirit or I'd break her heart. - The Henpecked Husband [Matrimony] There's some are fou o' love divine, There's some are fou' o' brandy. - The Holy Fair (st. 30) [Drinking] I'll pu' the budding rose, when Phoebus peeps in view, For its like a baumy kiss o'er her sweet bonnie mou'! - The Posie [Roses] Some hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it; But we hae meat, and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit. - The Selkirk Grace, as often attributed to him, but probably not his [Toasts] Displaying page 6 of 7 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 [6] 7
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