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 99
... Italian air Which crowded theatres do cheer , They cannot ease the brow of care Like thy notes true , Even Catalani's voice so clear Falls short of you . ANSWER OF THE BLACKBIRD . Thou hast read me such a lecture , Makes my poor little ...
... Italian air Which crowded theatres do cheer , They cannot ease the brow of care Like thy notes true , Even Catalani's voice so clear Falls short of you . ANSWER OF THE BLACKBIRD . Thou hast read me such a lecture , Makes my poor little ...
Pàgina 155
... Italy , so famed of yore , Vesuvius , Etna , in a blaze , Their bosoms fill with dread amaze . They think on Herculaneum's doom , Annihilated in her bloom , By deluge of blue liquid fire , Catastrophe most dread and dire ! But thanks to ...
... Italy , so famed of yore , Vesuvius , Etna , in a blaze , Their bosoms fill with dread amaze . They think on Herculaneum's doom , Annihilated in her bloom , By deluge of blue liquid fire , Catastrophe most dread and dire ! But thanks to ...
Pàgina 157
... Italy Does prostrate at the feet of tyrants lye ? His spirit slept not when his native land Was ruled by Tyranny's old iron hand . Oh ! why this vacilating policy ? Rouse , Romans ! let your Eagles flaunt on high , Before the daring ...
... Italy Does prostrate at the feet of tyrants lye ? His spirit slept not when his native land Was ruled by Tyranny's old iron hand . Oh ! why this vacilating policy ? Rouse , Romans ! let your Eagles flaunt on high , Before the daring ...
Pàgina 280
... Italy , totally over- whelmed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius , in the begin- ning of the reign of the Emperor Titus . Something of this city was discovered in 1689 and 1711. In the researches that have been frequently made by digging ...
... Italy , totally over- whelmed by an eruption of Mount Vesuvius , in the begin- ning of the reign of the Emperor Titus . Something of this city was discovered in 1689 and 1711. In the researches that have been frequently made by digging ...
Pàgina 281
... Italy , the old Roman character seems to be entirely obliterated , and the descendants of those men who gave laws to the world , and who were not more celebrated for their conquests than ad- mired for the wise laws and useful ...
... Italy , the old Roman character seems to be entirely obliterated , and the descendants of those men who gave laws to the world , and who were not more celebrated for their conquests than ad- mired for the wise laws and useful ...
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admire Andrew Meikle appear banks battle BATTLE OF WATERLOO beauties bestow bold bonnie bosom bout brave breast British Britons brow Cæsar Carron cheeks cheer Closeburn command corn Criffel cuirassiers Dalveen dark dear display dost doth down-how dreadful Duke Dumfries e'er endeavour EPISTLE fair faithful fame field flow Fortune frae gallant grand chain grave happy heart Heaven heroes Highland laddies honour Isle king land of cakes Lavalette live Lord Lord Exmouth lowland Scot mankind Meikle mind mirth MOORLAND moral mourn Muse Nature's ne'er nigh night nought numbers o'er passions peace plain plough poem praise Prince repair Roman legion sage scarce scene Scots shepherd shore skill smile Solitude song soul stern storm straits of Dover subdue sure sweet tears thee There's thou thought true tyrants unto virtue Waterloo wish yonder yore younker
Passatges populars
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.