 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...covert, under all the terrors of a jail ; as " some ill-advised people had uncoupled the mertf ciless pack of the law at my heels. I had taken " the last...composed " the last song I should ever measure in Caledo" nia, The gloomy night is gathering fast,* when " a letter from Dr. Blacklock to a friend of... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...skulking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail; as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the merciless pack of the law at my heels. I had taken...the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia, The gloomy night is gathering fast? when a letter from Dr. Blacklock, to a friend of mine, overthrew... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...skulking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail ; as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the merciless pack of the law at my heels. I had taken...the last farewell ,of my few friends ; my chest was o» the road to Greenock ; I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia, The gloomy... | |
 | Robert Burns - Dialect literature, Scottish - 1808 - 496 pages
...for Jamaica. I meant it as my farewel Dirge to my native land.* John * " I had taken the last farewel of my few friends ; my chest was on the road to Greenock...the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia, The gloomy Night is gathering fast." Letter to Dr. Moore, vol. ip 35. Dr. Cvrrie't ed. * John 6" Badenyond.... | |
 | Robert Hartley Cromek - Ballads, Scots - 1810 - 286 pages
...night is gathering fast, Loud roars the wild, inconstant blast ; • " I had taken the test farewel of my few friends ; my chest was on the road to Greenock...the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia, The gloomy Night in gathering fast. Letter to Dr. Moore, vol. ip 35. Dr. Currie's ed. Yon murky cloud... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...meic.less puck or the iiw at my heels. I had ken thv last fire well of m*jr friendi ; «y chest was ou the road to Greenock ; I had composed the last song I should ever measure iu Caledonia : - The gloomy night is gathering farf,' when a letter from Dr. Blacklock to a friend... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - Scotland - 1814 - 502 pages
...eovert, under all the terrors of a jail; as some ill-advised people had uneoupled the mereiless paek of the law at my heels. I had taken the last farewell of my few friends ; my ehest was on the road to Greenoek ; I had eomposed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 714 pages
...skulking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail ; as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the merciless pack of the law at my heels. I had taken...the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia, The gloomy night is gat heriag fast,* when a letter from Dr. Blacklock to a friend of mine, overthrew... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1819 - 388 pages
...sculking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail ; as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the merciless pack of the law at my heels. I had taken...the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia. The gloomy night is gathering fait,» when a letter from Dr. Blacklock to a friend of mine overthrew... | |
 | British prose literature - 1819 - 364 pages
...sculking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail ; as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the merciless pack of the law at my heels. I had taken...the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia. The gloomy night is gathering fast,* when a letter from Dr. Blacklock to a friend of mine overthrew... | |
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I had been for some days skulking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail; as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the merciless pack of the law at my heels. I had taken the last farewell of my few friends; my chest was on the road to... 
