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 18
... , from me . " " We Britons are true hearts of oaks , So do not break on us your jokes ; But , turn you out , I'll try you fairly ; Who fought it best at Talavera ? ” This roused the Spaniard's Quixotte mettle , Who , nothing 18.
... , from me . " " We Britons are true hearts of oaks , So do not break on us your jokes ; But , turn you out , I'll try you fairly ; Who fought it best at Talavera ? ” This roused the Spaniard's Quixotte mettle , Who , nothing 18.
Pàgina 23
... heart's blood ; We Britons may 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 ...
... heart's blood ; We Britons may 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 ...
Pàgina 30
... the Nine , And haply a stanza will try . For poesy's a theme I do love , And fain would unto it aspire ; If I but the passions could move , It is all that I seek or desire . Could I touch the strings of the heart , And 80.
... the Nine , And haply a stanza will try . For poesy's a theme I do love , And fain would unto it aspire ; If I but the passions could move , It is all that I seek or desire . Could I touch the strings of the heart , And 80.
Pàgina 31
... heart , And softly make them to vibrate , The joy it to me would impart , Would be more than I dare to narrate . I'd not envy the sovereign his crown , Nor noble his garter nor star ; I would live in sweet Solitude , From the bustle of ...
... heart , And softly make them to vibrate , The joy it to me would impart , Would be more than I dare to narrate . I'd not envy the sovereign his crown , Nor noble his garter nor star ; I would live in sweet Solitude , From the bustle of ...
Pàgina 35
... heart ; A Brutus respect does require , As he acted a glorious part . But luxury's feculent stream At last did intoxicate so , That they never awoke from their dream Till caught and o'errun by the foe . Thus empires decline to their ...
... heart ; A Brutus respect does require , As he acted a glorious part . But luxury's feculent stream At last did intoxicate so , That they never awoke from their dream Till caught and o'errun by the foe . Thus empires decline to their ...
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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.