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
... . Even those 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 ...
... . Even those 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 ...
Pàgina 21
... 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 ' , Nor mind they ...
... 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 ' , Nor mind they ...
Pàgina 23
... arose , The pale shepherds start from their short - lived repose ; But the storm and the darkness so did them affray , That , anxious they wait for the dawning of day . By the dawn , every shepherd repairs to his flocks 23.
... arose , The pale shepherds start from their short - lived repose ; But the storm and the darkness so did them affray , That , anxious they wait for the dawning of day . By the dawn , every shepherd repairs to his flocks 23.
Pàgina 24
... repairs to his flocks , The icicles frizzling his beard and his locks ; So dark is the drift , that he scarcely can tell Which way to pursue , to the Kaim or greenfell . For the fierce howling wind it continues to blow , And tosses ...
... repairs to his flocks , The icicles frizzling his beard and his locks ; So dark is the drift , that he scarcely can tell Which way to pursue , to the Kaim or greenfell . For the fierce howling wind it continues to blow , And tosses ...
Pàgina 25
... repair , And under its shade , from morning till noon , He would pore upon Blair , Smith , Robertson , Hume . But still the swollen stream at length he must cross , Which how to accomplish he's much at a loss , Quite up to its banks ...
... repair , And under its shade , from morning till noon , He would pore upon Blair , Smith , Robertson , Hume . But still the swollen stream at length he must cross , Which how to accomplish he's much at a loss , Quite up to its banks ...
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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.