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Definition of Birks
1. birk [n] - See also: birk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Birks
Literary usage of Birks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"In the year 1844 birks married Miss Bickersteth, the daughter of his friend ...
In 1850 birks published his edition of Paley'e ' Horse Paulines,' with notes ..."
2. The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1909)
"THE birks OF ABERFELDY Tune—" The birks of Abergeldie." Chorus.—Bonie lassie,
will ye go, Will ye go, will ye go, Bonie lassie, will ye go To the birks of ..."
3. The Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns (1877)
"THE birks OF ABERFELDY. ... Bonie lassie, will ye go, Will ye go, will ye go,
Bonie lassie, will ye go To the birks of Aberfeldy ! ..."
4. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1921)
"Bonie lassie, will ye go, Will ye go, will ye go, Bonie lassie, will ye go, To
the birks of Aberfeldy? Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, ..."
5. The British poets, including translations by British poets (1822)
"THE birks OF ABERFELDY. CHORUS. Bonnie lassie, will ye go, will ye go, will ye
go, Bonnie lassie, will ye go to the birks of Aberfeldy? ..."
6. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley (1897)
"I 'in o'er young, I 'in o'er young, I 'm o'er young to marry yet 1 THE birks OF
ABERFELDIE " I composed these stanzas standing under the Falls of ..."
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