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Definition of Starnies
1. starnie [n] - See also: starnie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Starnies
Literary usage of Starnies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Robert Burns and Mrs. Dunlop: Correspondence Now Published in Full for the by Robert Burns (1898)
"... Thou, Empress of the silent night: And you, ye twinkling starnies bright, My
Matthew mourn ; For thro' your orbs he's taen his flight, Ne'er to return ! ..."
2. The Dublin Book of Irish Verse 1728-1909 by John Cooke (1909)
"JAMES M'KOWEN 168 "Bonnie Twinkling starnies DONNIE ... starnies! •^ Sae gentle
and sae bright— Ye woo me and ye win me With your soft and silver light. ..."
3. The Harp of Erin: A Book of Ballad-poetry and of Native Song edited by Ralph Varian (1869)
"BONNIE TWINKLING starnies. ... starnies! Sae gentle and sae bright— Ye woo me
and ye win me With your soft and silver light. Now, peepin' o'er the mountain— ..."
4. The Scottish Minstrel: The Songs of Scotland Subsequent to Burns by Charles Rogers (1882)
"... And starnies on her brow ; The merle amang the listenin' woods His partin'
sang has gi'en, And scented silence turns my heart To ano I saw yestreen. ..."
5. The World's Best Poetry by Bliss Carman (1904)
"And you, ye twinkling starnies bright, My Matthew mourn! For thro' your orbs he
's ta'en his flight, Ne'er to return. O Henderson, the man! the brother! ..."
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