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 23
... fall , but shall ne'er be subdued . " In such conversation night passes away , Until the gudeman he says , " Come let us pray When they all unite in religious devotion , - A practice most worthy of our imitation . PART SECOND . BUT ...
... fall , but shall ne'er be subdued . " In such conversation night passes away , Until the gudeman he says , " Come let us pray When they all unite in religious devotion , - A practice most worthy of our imitation . PART SECOND . BUT ...
Pàgina 35
... fall , As history clearly doth show , There's no good abiding at all- All mutable here is below . Thus Solitude still I will prize , Far , far from ambition and strife ; A word I will speak to the wise , " Tis - Solitude sweeteneth life ...
... fall , As history clearly doth show , There's no good abiding at all- All mutable here is below . Thus Solitude still I will prize , Far , far from ambition and strife ; A word I will speak to the wise , " Tis - Solitude sweeteneth life ...
Pàgina 66
... fall on mine ear , ' Tis not the bugle , harbinger of war , Nor the arousing - animating drum , At whose known sounds our warriors forth do come . " Tis violin , violincello , fife , basson , Mirth , Music's vot'ries , there in youthful ...
... fall on mine ear , ' Tis not the bugle , harbinger of war , Nor the arousing - animating drum , At whose known sounds our warriors forth do come . " Tis violin , violincello , fife , basson , Mirth , Music's vot'ries , there in youthful ...
Pàgina 69
... fall . At length our cavalry arrive at speed , Their succour brave to lend in time of need ; The combat to renew all - all are bent , To drub the vaunter to his heart's content . Upon that field of blood all night they lay , And offer'd ...
... fall . At length our cavalry arrive at speed , Their succour brave to lend in time of need ; The combat to renew all - all are bent , To drub the vaunter to his heart's content . Upon that field of blood all night they lay , And offer'd ...
Pàgina 72
... ! Their massive columns dark do next advance , Still to prolong the destinies of France ; Our line is firm - determined one and all , To conquer for their country , or to fall . Upon our front they nearer press and near , While 72.
... ! Their massive columns dark do next advance , Still to prolong the destinies of France ; Our line is firm - determined one and all , To conquer for their country , or to fall . Upon our front they nearer press and near , While 72.
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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.