 | Robert Burns - 1834 - 206 Seiten
...pieces on hand; I took up one or other, as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work as it bordered on fatigue. My passions, when...rhymes of those days are in print, except Winter, a dirge, the eldest of my printed pieces; the Death of poor Mailie; John Barleycorn; the songs, first,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1834 - 360 Seiten
...pieces on hand; I took up one or other, as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work as it bordered on fatigue. My passions, when...rhymes of those days are in print, except "Winter, a dirge," the eldest of my printed pieces ; " The Death of poor Maillie," " John Barleycorn," and songs... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 368 Seiten
...pieces on hand ; I took up one or other, as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work as it bordered on fatigue. My passions, when...rhymes of those days are in print, except " Winter, a dirge," the eldest of my printed pieces ; " The Death of poor Maillie," " John Barleycorn," and songs... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1834 - 420 Seiten
...then completed the poem. This shows a mind full of the elements of poetry. " My passions," he said, " when once lighted up, raged like so many devils till...my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet," When Burns succeeded in evoking the demon of passion by the spell of verse, he had leisure, or at least... | |
 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 628 Seiten
...I toojc up one or otber, it ц CORRESPONDENCE. suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work as it bordered on fatigue. My passions, when...they got vent in rhyme ; and then the conning over my vers«, like a spell, toothed all into quiet ! None of the rhymes of those days are in print, except... | |
 | James Currie - 1838 - 92 Seiten
...pieces on hand ; I took up one or other, as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work as it bordered on fatigue. My passions, when...rhymes of those days are in print, except Winter, a Dirge, the eldest of my printed pieces; The Death of Poor Mailie, John Barleycorn, and songs first,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 Seiten
...then completed the poem. This shows a mind full of the elements of poetry. "My passions," he said, d the Pr@f When Bums succeeded in evoking the demon of passion by the spell of verse, he had leisure, or at least... | |
 | 1841 - 832 Seiten
...of mind rendered possible ; in like manner, Burns tells us— " My passions, when once lighted np, raged like so many devils till they got vent in rhyme, and then the conning over in \ verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet." Burns's farm was unfortunately selected ; no diligence... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 Seiten
...up one or other, as it suited the momentary tone of the miml, and dismissed the work as it hordered on fatigue. My passions, when once lighted up, raged...over my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet 1 None of the rhymes of those days are in print, except Winter, a Dirge, the eldest of my printed pieces... | |
 | 1845 - 440 Seiten
...other, as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work as it hordere I on f itigue. My passions, when once lighted up, raged like so many...rhymes of those days are in print, except Winter, a Dirge, the eldest of my printed pieces ; The Death of Poor Mailie, John Barleycorn, and Songs, first,... | |
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Poesy was still a darling walk for my mind, but it was only indulged in according to the humour of the hour. I had usually half a dozen or more pieces on hand; I took up one or other, as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work... 
