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Allan Ramsay Poems

  • Katy's Answer
    1 My mither's ay glowran o'er me,
    2 Tho she did the same before me,
    3 I canna get leave
    4 To look to my loove,...
  • The Young Laird And Edinburgh Katy
    1 Now wat ye wha I met yestreen
    2 Coming down the street, my Jo,
    3 My mistress in her tartan screen,
    4 Fow bonny, braw and sweet, my Jo....
  • Give Me A Lass With A Lump Of Land
    1 Gi'e me a lass with a lump of land,
    2 And we for life shall gang thegither;
    3 Tho' daft or wise I'll never demand,
    4 Or black or fair it maks na whether....
  • My Peggy Is A Young Thing
    My Peggy is a young thing,
    Just enter'd in her teens,
    Fair as the day, and sweet as May
    Fair as the day, and always gay. ...
  • Peggy
    My Peggy is a young thing,
    Just enter'd in her teens
    Fair as the day, and sweet as May,
    Fair as the day, and always gay;...
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Sweet 5 Love 4 I Love You 4 Young 3 Play 3 Town 3 Gear 2 Innocence 2 Father 2 Never 2


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Richard06769607: allan ramsay (artist) - wikipedia
Panangelus: portrait of the artist's wife. oil on canvas. by allan ramsay.
Goofbone: in 1705 scots poet allan ramsay adopted the pseud isaac bickerstaff, then in 1708 swift did, then in 1709 richard steele did, then in 1733 isaac bickerstaff was actually born. where did this name originate, tho? why such a popular pseud? asking for a friend (alan smithee).
Devitadavison: sir allan ramsay was queen charlotte’s principal painter, his representations of her were decidedly african. allan ramsay was also uncle to dido elizabeth lindsay, the black grand-niece of lord mansfield, the english judge whose rulings finally ended slavery in the british empire
Richdysonphoto: ramsay garden is a block of 16 apartments sitting under edinburgh castle. developed by patrick geddes at the end of the 19th century, it was originally an octagonal house built by scots poet, allan ramsay.
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Sonnet Xvi. To Kosciusko
 by John Keats

Good Kosciusko, thy great name alone
Is a full harvest whence to reap high feeling;
It comes upon us like the glorious pealing
Of the wide spheres -- an everlasting tone.
And now it tells me, that in worlds unknown,
The names of heroes, burst from clouds concealing,
And changed to harmonies, for ever stealing
Through cloudless blue, and round each silver throne.
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