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 9
... number of whom have been so kind , as to express themselves highly sa- tisfied with the specimens I have shown them , and at whose request , in a great measure , this Volume is put to the press . I shall conclude , Gentlemen , by ...
... number of whom have been so kind , as to express themselves highly sa- tisfied with the specimens I have shown them , and at whose request , in a great measure , this Volume is put to the press . I shall conclude , Gentlemen , by ...
Pàgina 20
... number of the fleecy flocks . ] PART FIRST . STERN Winter's rough storms we have not yet beheld , And beautiful verdure still covers the field ; The daisies unblushing their petals display , In January , as in their own native May . Yet ...
... number of the fleecy flocks . ] PART FIRST . STERN Winter's rough storms we have not yet beheld , And beautiful verdure still covers the field ; The daisies unblushing their petals display , In January , as in their own native May . Yet ...
Pàgina 33
... virtue was ever their rule . And smooth did that eloquence flow Which passion can curb and control ; And numbers harmonious , you know , Both mould and ennoble the soul . C The arts in full lusture did shine , The pencil 33.
... virtue was ever their rule . And smooth did that eloquence flow Which passion can curb and control ; And numbers harmonious , you know , Both mould and ennoble the soul . C The arts in full lusture did shine , The pencil 33.
Pàgina 65
... numbers to reject , what choose , That critics keen may not my lays abuse . My theme's not now those artless past'ral lays , That trump the husbandman's well meeded praise , Nor of deep statesmen , nor of court intrigues ; - These , I ...
... numbers to reject , what choose , That critics keen may not my lays abuse . My theme's not now those artless past'ral lays , That trump the husbandman's well meeded praise , Nor of deep statesmen , nor of court intrigues ; - These , I ...
Pàgina 68
... numbers must prevail ; - Thus at Thermopylae the Spartans fell . Now to the conflict do our troops advance , And meet in style the deep'ning squares of France , Tho ' hardly press'd they firmly keep their ground , 68.
... numbers must prevail ; - Thus at Thermopylae the Spartans fell . Now to the conflict do our troops advance , And meet in style the deep'ning squares of France , Tho ' hardly press'd they firmly keep their ground , 68.
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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.