 | 1893 - 558 páginas
...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 1 None of the rhymes of those days are in print, except ' Winter : a dirge,' the eldest of my printed... | |
 | John Ingram (F. S. A., Scot.) - 1893 - 164 páginas
...Hebrew bard, " walks on the wings of the wind." Bai*ns and his Passions. " MY passions," he said, " when once lighted up, raged like so many devils till...my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet." And in another letter he tells us, " I never had the least thought or inclination of turning poet till... | |
 | James Craig Higgins - 1893 - 252 páginas
...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 once lighted up, raged like very devils, till they got vent in rhyme ; and then the conning over my verses, like a spell, soothed... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1895 - 88 páginas
...'passions raging like demons.' 'My passions, once lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they found vent in rhyme ; and then the conning over my verses like a spell soothed all to quiet,' are Burns's words. P. 42. 'hungry Ruin has him in the wind.' ' I took a steerage passage... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1895 - 300 páginas
...'passions raging like demons.' 'My passions, once lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they found vent in rhyme ; and then the conning over my verses like a spell soothed all to quiet,' are Burns's words. P. 42. 'hungry Ruin has him in the wind' ' I took a steerage passage... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1896 - 710 páginas
...pieces on hand ; 1 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, Alexander Smith - 1896 - 710 páginas
...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...all into quiet ! None of the rhymes of those days arc in print, except, "Winter, a dirge," the eldest -of my printed pieces; "The Death of poor Maillie,"... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1896 - 462 páginas
...passions when once they were lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they got vent in rhyme ; and then conning over my verses, like a spell, soothed all into quiet.— None of the rhymes of those days arc in print, except, Winter, ft dirge, the eldest of my printed pieces ; The death of Poor Mailie,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1896 - 304 páginas
...'passions raging like demons.' 'My passions, once lighted up, raged like so many devils, till they found vent in rhyme; and then the conning over my verses like a spell soothed all to quiet,' are Burns's words. P. 42. 'hungry Ruin has him in the wind.' ' I took a steerage passage... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1896 - 520 páginas
...momentary tone of the mind, and dismissed it as it lwrdered on fatigue. My passions, when once they were lighted up, raged like so many devils till they got vent in rhyme ; and then conning over my verses, like n spell, soothed all into quiet ! None of the rhymes of those days are... | |
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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... 
