...sometimes keep a sharp look-out in suspicious places ; and though nobody can be more sceptical than I am in such matters, yet it often takes an effort of...of Mirza," and a hymn of Addison's beginning, " How are thy servants blest, O Lord ! " I particularly remember one half-stanza which was music to my boyish...

...and is printed with the spelling, punctuation, and capitalization of the original paper unchanged. " The earliest composition that I recollect taking pleasure in was the ' Vision of Mirza.' "—Robert Burns. 2.— "The clouds which, intercepting the clear light, Hangs o'er thy eyes and blunts...

...sometimes keep a sharp look-out in suspicious places ; and though nobody can be more sceptical than I am in such matters, yet it often takes an effort of philosophy to shake off these idle terrors. Also, from the earliest dawn of intelligence, he was accustomed to those humble yet noble scenes of...

...giants, enchanted towers, dragons, and other trumpery. This cultivated the latent seeds of poetry. . . . The earliest composition that I recollect taking pleasure...of Mirza,' and a hymn of Addison's beginning, ' How are thy servants blest, O Lord ! '" He says that the first books that he read in private were "The...

...village schoolmaster he was taught English, and taught it well. " The earliest composition," he says, " that I recollect taking pleasure in was ' The Vision...of Mirza/ and a hymn of Addison's, beginning, ' How are Thy servants blest, O Lord ! ' I particularly remember one half stanza, which was music to my boyish...

...village schoolmaster he was taught English, and taught it well. " The earliest composition," he says, " that I recollect taking pleasure in was ' The Vision...Mirza,' and a hymn of Addison's, beginning, ' How are Thy servants blest, O Lord ! ' I particularly remember one half stanza, which was music to my boyish...

...school, and from Murdoch's small library Burns borrowed the books in which he was first interested. " The earliest composition that I recollect taking pleasure...Mirza,' and a hymn of Addison's, beginning, ' How are thy servants blest, oh Lord ! ' " He afterwards wrote, " The two first books I ever read in private,...

...sometimes keep a sharp lookout in suspicious places ; and though nobody can be more sceptical than I am in such matters, yet it often takes an effort of philosophy to shake off these idle terrors. Also, from the earliest dawn of--intelligence, he was accustomed to those humble yet noble scenes of...

...developing and directing his early poetical faculty was, by his own avowal, of the utmost importance. " The earliest composition that I recollect taking pleasure in was ' The Vision of Mizra,' and a hymn of Addison's beginning ' How are thy servants blest, O Lord ! ' I particularly remember...

...sometimes keep a sharp look-out in suspicious places ; and though nobody can be more sceptical than I am in such matters, yet it often takes an effort of...of Mirza," and a hymn of Addison's beginning, " How are thy servants blest, O Lord !" I particularly remember one half-stanza which was music to my boyish...