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Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: The Whistle-A Ballad
by Robert Burns My Heart's In The HighlandsTo Mary In HeavenThe Whistle-A Ballad I sing of a Whistle, a Whistle of worth, I sing of a Whistle, the pride of the North. Was…Brewer's: Isabelle
or Isabella (in Orlando Furioso). Daughter of the king of Galicia, in love with Zerbino; but, being a pagan, Zerbino could not marry her. Zerbino induces her to quit her native land, and…Brewer's: Killed by Inches
In allusion to divers ways of prolonging capital punishments in olden times; e.g.: (1) The “iron coffin of Lissa.” The prisoner was laid in the coffin, and saw the iron lid creep slowly…Poem: Too Late
Poem 76 Poem 78 Too Late Delayed till she had ceased to know, Delayed till in its vest of snow Her loving bosom lay. An hour behind the fleeting breath, Later by just an hour than…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Thou Gloomy December
by Robert Burns Behold The Hour, The Boat, ArriveMy Native Land Sae Far AwaThou Gloomy December Ance mair I hail thee, thou gloomy December! Ance mair I hail thee wi' sorrow and…Sonnets by William Shakespeare: XXVI
Sonnet XXV Sonnet XXVII XXVI Lord of my love, to whom in vassalage Thy merit hath my duty strongly knit, To thee I send this written embassage, To witness duty, not to show my wit: Duty…Dan's Christmas
Dan's ChristmasWhere was Dan? In prison. Alas for Mrs Jo! how her heart would have ached if she had known that while old Plum shone with Christmas cheer her boy sat alone in his cell, trying…Pranks and Plays
Pranks and PlaysAs there is no particular plan to this story, except to describe a few scenes in the life at Plumfield for the amusement of certain little persons, we will gently ramble along…Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Halloween[1]
by Robert Burns Fragment-Her Flowing LocksTo A Mouse, On Turning Her Up ...Halloween[1] The following poem will, by many readers, be well enough understood; but for the sake of those who…John Donne: Song: Go and Catch a Falling Star
SongGo and catch a falling star, Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me where all past years are, Or who cleft the devil's foot, Teach me to hear mermaids singing, Or to keep off envy's…Trending
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