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2. O that I had ne'er been Married - Wikipedia

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   "O that I had ne'er been Married" is a Scots-language poem and song by Robert Burns.It dates from 1795. It was included in the Scots Musical Museum collection. [1] [2]Burns may have written it himself as there is no record of the song prior to the Scots Musical Museum, and it was claimed by William Stenhouse, the editor, that Burns related the melody of the song to the Museums publisher James ...

3. Remedia Amoris - Wikipedia

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   Remedia Amoris (also known as Love's Remedy or The Cure for Love; c. 2 AD) is an 814-line poem in Latin by Roman poet Ovid. In this companion poem to The Art of Love , Ovid offers advice and strategies to avoid being hurt by love feelings, or to fall out of love, with a stoic overtone.

4. Ca' the yowes - Wikipedia

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   The poem was partially revised by Burns, and he added an eighth stanza. Burns later re-wrote the poem on a solitary stroll in the country, and this second version consists of six stanzas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is possible that Burns was not aware that Pagan was the original author, only noting that "this song is in the true Scottish taste, yet I ...

5. Ae Fond Kiss (song) - Wikipedia

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   After the publication of his collected poems, the Kilmarnock volume, Burns regularly travelled and stayed at Edinburgh. While there he established a platonic relationship with Mrs Agnes Maclehose and they began a regular correspondence using the pseudonyms "Clarinda" and "Sylvander". Burns wrote "Ae fond kiss" after their final meeting and sent ...

6. Oh, whistle and I'll come to you, my lad - Wikipedia

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   The air called "Oh, whistle and I'll come to you, my lad" was composed around the middle of the eighteenth century by John Bruce, a famous fiddler of Dumfries. John O'Keeffe added it to his pasticcio opera The Poor Soldier (1783) for the song "Since love is the plan, I'll love if I can".

7. Roses Are Red - Wikipedia

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   "Roses Are Red" is a love poem and children's rhyme with Roud Folk Song Index number 19798. [1] It has become a cliché for Valentine's Day , and has spawned multiple humorous and parodic variants. A modern standard version is: [ 2 ]

8. Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect - Wikipedia

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   In 1787, Burns travelled to Edinburgh with the intention of organizing a second edition. He was introduced to publisher William Creech and printer William Smellie, and agreed with them that the new edition should include many additional poems and commission the famous frontispiece portrait, engraved by John Beugo from a painting by Alexander Nasmyth.

9. A Red, Red Rose - Wikipedia

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   Robert Schumann set Burns' poem in German as "Dem roten Röslein gleicht mein Lieb" for piano and voice. It is the second song in his Fünf Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 27. [17] Burns was a frequent source for Schumann's vocal compositions. [18] Jimmy Van Heusen composed a version of "My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose". [19]