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
... course , and those delightfully wooded 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 ...
... course , and those delightfully wooded 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 ...
Pàgina 24
... course straight unto the Kaim ; The storm it continues , and still does increase , O'erwhelming our shepherd with doubt and distress . He's also in peril from craig and from scar , With dangers at hand , and worse dangers afar ! His ...
... course straight unto the Kaim ; The storm it continues , and still does increase , O'erwhelming our shepherd with doubt and distress . He's also in peril from craig and from scar , With dangers at hand , and worse dangers afar ! His ...
Pàgina 28
... course eccentric to the age By problems demonstrating true . Still systems beyond systems roll , Which instruments ne'er can explore ; Even the keen prying eye of the soul By expansion loses its power . For still there's a limit to ...
... course eccentric to the age By problems demonstrating true . Still systems beyond systems roll , Which instruments ne'er can explore ; Even the keen prying eye of the soul By expansion loses its power . For still there's a limit to ...
Pàgina 54
... course you steer , Of rocks and quicksands you'll keep clear ; And when the haven you draw near , Tho ' rough the storm , Faith's anchor quiets every fear , Its hold is firm . WRITTEN ON THE 25TH OCTOBER , 1809 , BEING HIS LATE ...
... course you steer , Of rocks and quicksands you'll keep clear ; And when the haven you draw near , Tho ' rough the storm , Faith's anchor quiets every fear , Its hold is firm . WRITTEN ON THE 25TH OCTOBER , 1809 , BEING HIS LATE ...
Pàgina 66
... course , Still hoping good , but still afraid for worse ; Each meteor gleam , and each obtruding cloud Do unto us appear old Europe's shroud . But hark ! what pleasing sounds fall on mine ear , ' Tis not the bugle , harbinger of war ...
... course , Still hoping good , but still afraid for worse ; Each meteor gleam , and each obtruding cloud Do unto us appear old Europe's shroud . But hark ! what pleasing sounds fall on mine ear , ' Tis not the bugle , harbinger of war ...
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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.