...to the fashion : 1 See a passage from Burns' commonplace-book in Chambers' Life of Burnt, i. 93. ' My passions, when once lighted up, raged like so many...over my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet. ' 1 He hummed them, as he drove his plough, to old Scotch airs, which he passionately loved, and which,...

...pursues it to the end. AVhen he wrote verses, it was not on calculation or in obedience to the fashion: ' My passions, when once lighted up, raged like so many...conning over my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet.'1 He hummed them, as he drove his plough, to old Scotch airs, which he passionately loved, and...

...to the fashion : 1 See a passage from Burns' commonplace-book in Chambers' Life of Burns, i. 93. ' My passions, when once lighted up, raged like so many...conning over my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet.'1 He hummed them, as he drove his plough, to old Scotch airs, which he passionately loved, and...

...pieces on hand; I took up one or the other, as it suited the momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed the work as it bordered on fatigue. My passions, when...my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet." Meanwhile, in his twenty-third year, he attempted a diversion from the rugged home agricultural life,...

...the fashion : 1 See a passage from Burns' commonplace-book in Chambers' L\fe of Burns, L93. • Ify passions, when once lighted up, raged like so many...conning over my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet.'1 He hummed them, as he drove his plough, to old Scotch airs, which he passionately loved, and...

...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...over my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet ! " It was under a passionate spell of heroic inspiration, he also informs us, that while riding over...

...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...over my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet ! " It was under a passionate spell of heroic inspiration, he also informs us, that while riding over...

...— brought me to my sixteenth year ; a little before which period I first committed the sin of rhyme My passions, when once lighted up, raged like so many...my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet." We are told that among the companions of Reynolds, when he was studying his art at Rome, was a fellow-pupil...

...more pieces on hand; taking up one or other as it suited the momentary tone of my mind, and dismissing 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 I. n....

...effusions ofBeranger in France, and Davis, the national singer of Ireland. " My passions," said Burns, " when once lighted up, raged like so many devils, till...my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet." And in the very spirit of the enthusiasm of love he wrote regarding the heroines of one of his songs...