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 54
... Let plains , and woods , and hills , and sky , Resound with GEORGE's Jubilee ! Thy glorious , long - protracted reign , Full of eventful deeds has been ; No tyranny , that baneful thing , E'er stain'd the 54 On his late Majesty's Jubilee,
... Let plains , and woods , and hills , and sky , Resound with GEORGE's Jubilee ! Thy glorious , long - protracted reign , Full of eventful deeds has been ; No tyranny , that baneful thing , E'er stain'd the 54 On his late Majesty's Jubilee,
Pàgina 55
... E'er stain'd the honour of the King . Under thy mild , paternal sway , These lands do happiness enjoy , Far , far above all other lands , That suffer under tyrants ' hands . The good example thou dost show , Like the pure streamlet ...
... E'er stain'd the honour of the King . Under thy mild , paternal sway , These lands do happiness enjoy , Far , far above all other lands , That suffer under tyrants ' hands . The good example thou dost show , Like the pure streamlet ...
Pàgina 58
... e'er said That my word I e'er broke , or my trust e'er betray'd ; But what is my own I'm determined to have , Philosopher's maxims I will not observe . M. Go study the Scriptures , and there you will see How a king from a debt his ...
... e'er said That my word I e'er broke , or my trust e'er betray'd ; But what is my own I'm determined to have , Philosopher's maxims I will not observe . M. Go study the Scriptures , and there you will see How a king from a debt his ...
Pàgina 62
... e'er could yield Such transport to my soul . WRITTEN ON THE BLANK LEAF OF THE EDIN- BURGH MUSICAL MISCELLANY , AT A VERY EARLY AGE . LADS and Lasses , tune your voices , Sing with glee the jocund catch ; While you're young be blyth and ...
... e'er could yield Such transport to my soul . WRITTEN ON THE BLANK LEAF OF THE EDIN- BURGH MUSICAL MISCELLANY , AT A VERY EARLY AGE . LADS and Lasses , tune your voices , Sing with glee the jocund catch ; While you're young be blyth and ...
Pàgina 76
... e'er their daring standards are unfurl'd , They gain the admiration of the world . There lies brave Picton , of immortal fame , His country's good and glory still his aim ; So promptly ay he did obey command , He was emphatic stiled ...
... e'er their daring standards are unfurl'd , They gain the admiration of the world . There lies brave Picton , of immortal fame , His country's good and glory still his aim ; So promptly ay he did obey command , He was emphatic stiled ...
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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.