Poems on Various Subjects: But Chiefly Moral and Descriptive, with Songs, and Copious NotesPrinted at the Dumfries & Galloway courier office, 1822 - 283 pàgines |
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Pàgina 18
... fortune in the vales ; When , by the lee side of a dyke , Something he spied , a sheep ' twas like- To which advancing , void of fear , - What are you ? or what brought you here ? " " I am a noble Spanish ram ; Don Pedro Merino my name ...
... fortune in the vales ; When , by the lee side of a dyke , Something he spied , a sheep ' twas like- To which advancing , void of fear , - What are you ? or what brought you here ? " " I am a noble Spanish ram ; Don Pedro Merino my name ...
Pàgina 39
... fortune did flow . How base does such conduct appear , To true magnanimity lost ! - Yet many such people there are Who of cunning and guile make a boast . But now I will change the dark scene , And try to exhibit to you A picture that ...
... fortune did flow . How base does such conduct appear , To true magnanimity lost ! - Yet many such people there are Who of cunning and guile make a boast . But now I will change the dark scene , And try to exhibit to you A picture that ...
Pàgina 57
... pennyless , friendless , without even a home ; Though Fortune her favours now thick on you shower , Her will to control is above human power . 1 . C. That I'm not a spendthrift I hope 57 A dialogue between a merciful and cruel creditor,
... pennyless , friendless , without even a home ; Though Fortune her favours now thick on you shower , Her will to control is above human power . 1 . C. That I'm not a spendthrift I hope 57 A dialogue between a merciful and cruel creditor,
Pàgina 59
... Fortune's lap , On whom sweet plenty smiles , Think , O ! think on the weary wretch , The inmate of a jail ! In life's gay morn my sun shone clear , Unclouded was my sky ; But now all's dark and dreary here , And woes , sad woes , for I ...
... Fortune's lap , On whom sweet plenty smiles , Think , O ! think on the weary wretch , The inmate of a jail ! In life's gay morn my sun shone clear , Unclouded was my sky ; But now all's dark and dreary here , And woes , sad woes , for I ...
Pàgina 64
... Fortune the jilt has on him turn'd her back , There are few friends indeed when nought's in the pack . Yet again the fiend is arrived at St Cloud's , With his laurels all tarnish'd and torn into shreds ; And how he did come off will ...
... Fortune the jilt has on him turn'd her back , There are few friends indeed when nought's in the pack . Yet again the fiend is arrived at St Cloud's , With his laurels all tarnish'd and torn into shreds ; And how he did come off will ...
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Pàgina 8 - In poets as true genius is but rare, True taste as seldom is the critic's share ; Both must alike from Heaven derive their light, These born to judge, as well as those to write.
Pàgina 280 - ... would vitrify or dissipate any substance known to us. Sir Isaac Newton computed the heat of the comet that appeared in the year 1680, when nearest the sun, to be 2,000 times hotter than red-hot iron, and that, being thus heated, it must retain its heat till it...
Pàgina 282 - Others of less note followed the infamous example. On their combined evidence several of the conspirators were seized, condemned, and executed. Among these, the most distinguished were Russell and Sidney. Both died with the intrepidity of men who had resolved to hazard their lives in the field, in order to break the fetters of slavery, and rescue themselves and their fellow-subjects from an ignominious despotism.