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 8
... banks , that border it to its junction with the flowing Nith , my Muse again paid me a welcome visit ; and cordially embracing her , this Volume ( with a very few exceptions ) is the consequence of our connection . I am conscious that ...
... banks , that border it to its junction with the flowing Nith , my Muse again paid me a welcome visit ; and cordially embracing her , this Volume ( with a very few exceptions ) is the consequence of our connection . I am conscious that ...
Pàgina 15
... Banks of Carron , 200 Madame Lavalette , 202 The Poet's Creed , 205 The Waterloo Highland Laddie , 206 The Greys ... Banks of Clouden , 224 The Banks of Scar , 226 The Ploughman's Song , 229 ADDITIONAL POEMS . The Arrival , Reception ...
... Banks of Carron , 200 Madame Lavalette , 202 The Poet's Creed , 205 The Waterloo Highland Laddie , 206 The Greys ... Banks of Clouden , 224 The Banks of Scar , 226 The Ploughman's Song , 229 ADDITIONAL POEMS . The Arrival , Reception ...
Pàgina 25
... banks with lopper ' tis swell'd , Yet not to that barrier his bravery will yield . All his skill , resolution , and courage , he needs , The attempt now he makes , and he so far succeeds . He gaineth the bank ; but now woeful my tale ...
... banks with lopper ' tis swell'd , Yet not to that barrier his bravery will yield . All his skill , resolution , and courage , he needs , The attempt now he makes , and he so far succeeds . He gaineth the bank ; but now woeful my tale ...
Pàgina 85
... BANK OF STRAWBERRIES . I Do not think thee an intruder ; Welcome , thrice welcome , thou'rt indeed , Under my shelter and protection , Both thy pouts to hatch and breed . Nor think thy confidence misplaced ; For , should thy enemies ...
... BANK OF STRAWBERRIES . I Do not think thee an intruder ; Welcome , thrice welcome , thou'rt indeed , Under my shelter and protection , Both thy pouts to hatch and breed . Nor think thy confidence misplaced ; For , should thy enemies ...
Pàgina 97
... banks of Nith or Tweed , In other climes to seek an outcast's bread . While there's a moss to dig , or moor to plough , Still culture on it may the rich bestow , G And while their bounty the poor man partakes , Peace 97.
... banks of Nith or Tweed , In other climes to seek an outcast's bread . While there's a moss to dig , or moor to plough , Still culture on it may the rich bestow , G And while their bounty the poor man partakes , Peace 97.
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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
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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.