 | John Tomlinson - 1869 - 192 str.
...for the maintenance of, his twin children by Jean Armour]. I had taken farewell of my few friends; my chest was on the road to Greenock ; I had composed...night is gathering fast '], when a letter from Dr Blacklock to a friend of mine overthrew all my schemes, by opening new prospects to my poetic ambition.... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1869 - 624 str.
...merciless pack of tho law at my heels. I had taken the last farewell of my friends ; my chest was on tho road to Greenock ; I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia, The gloomy night was gathering fast,' when a letter from Dr. Blacklock, to a friend of mine, overthrew all my schemes,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1870 - 652 str.
...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 Greenock; I had composed...night is gathering fast' — when a letter from Dr. Blacklock to a friend of mine overthrew all my schemes, by opening new prospects to my poetic ambition.... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1870 - 642 str.
...had taken," says he, " the last tare' well of my fricuds : my chest was on the road to Greenock : I composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia—' The gloomy night i» gathering fast.' " TUNE— Roalin Castle. THE gloomy night is gathering fast, Loud roars the wild... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1871 - 516 str.
...communicated the contents of this letter to Burns, who thus refers to it in his autobiography : — "My chest was on the road to Greenock; I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia, when a letter from Dr. Blacklock to a friend of mine overthrew all my schemes by opening new prospects... | |
 | 1872 - 638 str.
...sail from the Clyde. * * * I had taken the last farewell of my few friends. My chest was on the way to Greenock. I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia— "Tho gloomy night is gathering fast," when a letter from Dr. Blacklock to a friend of mine, overthrew... | |
 | Austin Dobson - 1874 - 332 str.
...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 Greenock ; I had composed...night is gathering fast — when a letter from Dr. Blacklock [the blind poet] to a friend of mine overthrew all my schemes, by opening new prospects to... | |
 | James M'Kie - 1874 - 94 str.
...George Laurie for Burns to visit Edinburgh, 1786. " I had taken my last farewell of my few friends, my chest was on the road to Greenock. I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia when Dr. Blacklock's opinion that I should meet with encouragement in Edinburgh for a second edition,... | |
 | James M'Kie - 1874 - 104 str.
...George Laurie for Burns to visit Edinburgh, 1786. " I had taken my last farewell of my few friends, my chest was on the road to Greenock. I had composed the last song I should ever measure in Caledonia when Dr. Blacklock's opinion that 1 should meet with encouragement in Edinburgh for a second edition,... | |
 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1875 - 728 str.
...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 Greenock ; I had composed...night is gathering fast,' — when a letter from Dr. Blacklock to a friend of mine overthrew all my schemes by opening new prospects to my poetic ambition.... | |
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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... 
