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 20
... who do into futurity pry , Begin to divine we'll have storms by and bye . The grouse , from the mountain , descend to the moor , And ' neath thickest cover the partridges cour ; From the barn - door poor Robin repairs to the 20.
... who do into futurity pry , Begin to divine we'll have storms by and bye . The grouse , from the mountain , descend to the moor , And ' neath thickest cover the partridges cour ; From the barn - door poor Robin repairs to the 20.
Pàgina 21
... poor Robin repairs to the ha ' ; All omens , say sages , betokening snaw . The blythe bleezing ingle the fam❜ly surround , While mirth and good humour are there to be found ; The crack , joke , and song , round they quicklydo ca ...
... poor Robin repairs to the ha ' ; All omens , say sages , betokening snaw . The blythe bleezing ingle the fam❜ly surround , While mirth and good humour are there to be found ; The crack , joke , and song , round they quicklydo ca ...
Pàgina 26
... poor Chieftain , were fill'd with alarm ; By his whining and mourning he seemeth to say , My master lies lifeless , haste , haste , come away ! In search of the shepherd forthwith they do hie , And Chieftain , sage Chieftain , he ...
... poor Chieftain , were fill'd with alarm ; By his whining and mourning he seemeth to say , My master lies lifeless , haste , haste , come away ! In search of the shepherd forthwith they do hie , And Chieftain , sage Chieftain , he ...
Pàgina 44
... poor ? Thee I've sought in the palace of kings ; Lo ! thou wert not there to be found ; Crowns are gewgaws and troublesome things ; There are thorns on their pillows of down . Yes , Royalty is but a load , Else , why does the old beggar ...
... poor ? Thee I've sought in the palace of kings ; Lo ! thou wert not there to be found ; Crowns are gewgaws and troublesome things ; There are thorns on their pillows of down . Yes , Royalty is but a load , Else , why does the old beggar ...
Pàgina 57
... Poor , pennyless , friendless , without even a home ; Though Fortune her favours now thick on you shower , Her will to control is above human power . 1 . C. That I'm not a spendthrift I hope 57 A dialogue between a merciful and cruel ...
... Poor , pennyless , friendless , without even a home ; Though Fortune her favours now thick on you shower , Her will to control is above human power . 1 . C. That I'm not a spendthrift I hope 57 A dialogue between a merciful and cruel ...
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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.