Poems Chiefly Scottish With An Account of His Life And Character
Poems Chiefly Scottish With An Account of His Life And Character
Burns Robert
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Corn rigs, an' barley rigs, An' corn rigs are bonnie: I'll ne'er forget that happy night, Amang the rigs wi' Annie. SONG II. eOMPOSED IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST. NOW WESTLIN WINDS, &c. AIR. "I HAD A HORSE, &C. '' I. Now westlin winds, and slaught'ring guns Bring autumn's pleasant weather; The moorcock springs, on whirring wiogs^ Amang the blooming heather: Now waving grain, wide o'er the plain, Delights the weary farmer; And the moon shines bright, when I rove at Di'ght^ To muse upon my charmer. Q ...182 TI. The partridge loves the fruitful fells ; The plover loves the mountains ; The woodcock haunts the lonely dells ; The soaring hern the fountains : Thro' lofty groves the cushat roves The path of man to shun it ; The hazel bush o'erhangs the thrush, The spreading thorn the linnet. III. Thus ev'ry kind their pleasure find, The savage and the tender ; Some social join, and leagues combine;; Some solitary wander : Avaunt, away ! the cruel sway. Tyrannic man's dominion ; The sportsman's joy, the murd'ring cry, The flutt'ring, gory pinion !
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