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Quotation by Robert Burns
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Robert Burns (70)Additional Sources
Address to the DeilAddress to the Unco Guid, or the Rigidly RighteousAe Fond Kiss"Afton Water" Johnson's Musical Museum, vol. 4 (1792)A Poet's Welcome to His Love-begotten DaughterRelated Subjects
love (30) war (19) longing (6) civil wars (5) death (4) time (3) travel (3) soldiers (3) fights (3) victory (3)
The trumpets sound, the banners fly,
The glittering spears are ranked ready;
The shouts o' war are heard afar,
The battle closes thick and bloody;
But it's no the roar o' sea or shore
Wad mak me langer wish to tarry;
Nor shout o' war that's heard afar,
Its leaving thee, my bonnie Mary.
The glittering spears are ranked ready;
The shouts o' war are heard afar,
The battle closes thick and bloody;
But it's no the roar o' sea or shore
Wad mak me langer wish to tarry;
Nor shout o' war that's heard afar,
Its leaving thee, my bonnie Mary.
Robert Burns (1759–1796), Scottish poet. The Silver Tassie (l. 9–16). . .
New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250–1950. Helen Gardner, ed. (1972) Oxford University Press.
New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250–1950. Helen Gardner, ed. (1972) Oxford University Press.
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