 | Robert Burns - 1881 - 582 σελίδες
...the terrors of a jail; as some illadvised p«opfc had uncoupled the merciless pack of the law at mv heels. I had taken the last farewell of my few friends ; my chest was on the road to Oreenock ; I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia, 'The Gloomy Night is Gathering... | |
 | 1882 - 780 σελίδες
...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 friends ; my chest was on the way to Greenock ; I had composed the lost song I should ever measure... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1882 - 380 σελίδες
...my heels. I had taken the last farewell of my few friends ; my chest was on the way to Grreenock ; I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia, ' The gloomy night ia gathering fast,' when a letter from Dr. Blacklock to a friend of mine, overthrew... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1883 - 586 σελίδες
...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 friends; my chest was on the road to Greenock; I had composed the last song 1 should ever measure in... | |
 | 1883 - 778 σελίδες
...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 friends ; my chest was on the way to Greenock ; I had composed the last song I should ever measure... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1885 - 290 σελίδες
...great part of August, "skulking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail," he says, " I had taken the last farewell of my few friends ;...chest was on the road to Greenock ; I had composed a song — ' The gloomy night is gathering fast,' which was to be the last effort of my muse in Caledonia,... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1134 σελίδες
...skulking from covert to covert, under all the terrors of a jail, as some ill-advised people had uncoupled wned with a peculiar diadem tho last farewell of my friends; my chest was on the ro:ul toGreenock; I had composed Ihe last song... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1887 - 400 σελίδες
...edition. Page 2#b, col. /, line /5. In the autobiographical sketch forwarded to Dr. Moore, Burns writes: ' I had taken the last farewell of my few friends; my chest was on the road to Greenock, and I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia — The gloomy night is gathering... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1887 - 730 σελίδες
...covert, under all the terrors of a jail ; as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the merciless Eack of the law at my heels. I had taken the last farewell of my few 'iends ; my chest was on the road to Greenock : I had composed the last song I should ever measure... | |
 | Charles Rogers - 1891 - 412 σελίδες
...unlookedfor and highly influential source. I had — he tells us — taken the last farewell of my friends ; my chest was on the road to Greenock. I...composed 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... | |
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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... 
