Winter, a Dirge  23275

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  • tune: MacPherson’s Farewell
  • first line (public domain):
    The Wintry West extends his blast,
         And hail and rain does blaw;
    Or, the stormy North sends driving forth
         The blinding sleet and snaw:
    While, tumbling brown, the Burn comes down,
         And roars frae bank to brae:
    While bird and beast in covert, rest,
         And pass the heartless day.
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Locations in Harold's Library

  • The Canongate Burns (book)
    • page 112
    • in "The Kilmarnock Edition, 1786"
    • Notes: followed by extensive notes
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