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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Page 447

Robert Burns. (1759–1796) (continued)

4734

Gars auld claes look amaist as weel ’s the new.

The Cotter’s Saturday Night.

4735

Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the evening gale.

The Cotter’s Saturday Night.

4736

He wales a portion with judicious care;
And “Let us worship God,” he says with solemn air.

The Cotter’s Saturday Night.

4737

Perhaps Dundee’s wild-warbling measures rise,
Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name.

The Cotter’s Saturday Night.

4738

    From scenes like these old Scotia’s grandeur springs,
  That makes her loved at home, revered abroad:
Princes and lords are but the breath of kings,
  ”An honest man ’s the noblest work of God.” 1

The Cotter’s Saturday Night.

4739

For a’ that, and a’ that,
And twice as muckle ’s a’ that.

The Jolly Beggars.

4740

    O Life! how pleasant is thy morning,
Young Fancy’s rays the hills adorning!
Cold-pausing Caution’s lesson scorning,
        We frisk away,
Like schoolboys at th’ expected warning,
        To joy and play.

Epistle to James Smith.

4741

    Misled by fancy’s meteor ray,
        By passion driven;
But yet the light that led astray
        Was light from heaven.

The Vision.

4742

And like a passing thought, she fled
In light away.

The Vision.

4743

Affliction’s sons are brothers in distress;
A brother to relieve,—how exquisite the bliss!

A Winter Night.

4744

His locked, lettered, braw brass collar
Showed him the gentleman and scholar.

The Twa Dogs.

Note 1.
See Fletcher, Quotation 3. [back]

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