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 21
... round they quicklydo ca ' , Nor mind they the omens betokening snaw . At length , with the papers , wee Dicky arrives , Impatient , the cover the gude man fast rives ; Then placing his spectacles firm on his nose , He readeth aloud to ...
... round they quicklydo ca ' , Nor mind they the omens betokening snaw . At length , with the papers , wee Dicky arrives , Impatient , the cover the gude man fast rives ; Then placing his spectacles firm on his nose , He readeth aloud to ...
Pàgina 69
... round and round . Nine thousand of the Highlanders and guards ( Entitled to their country's best rewards , ) Kept Ney and fifty thousand French at bay , In spite of odds and milit'ry essay . But many a gallant soldier strew'd the field ...
... round and round . Nine thousand of the Highlanders and guards ( Entitled to their country's best rewards , ) Kept Ney and fifty thousand French at bay , In spite of odds and milit'ry essay . But many a gallant soldier strew'd the field ...
Pàgina 86
... round some richer neighbour , Of his bounty to partake . But , when the snow lies white on Girning , And white , too , on the Breedy holm , " Tis then , perhaps , my old acquaintance Will her summer's dwelling own . Should I spy thee ...
... round some richer neighbour , Of his bounty to partake . But , when the snow lies white on Girning , And white , too , on the Breedy holm , " Tis then , perhaps , my old acquaintance Will her summer's dwelling own . Should I spy thee ...
Pàgina 117
... round and round , To see what stray sheep may be found ; Then bring the gear in frae the hill , Select the finest to their skill ; The shepherds drive them to the show , With meikle 117.
... round and round , To see what stray sheep may be found ; Then bring the gear in frae the hill , Select the finest to their skill ; The shepherds drive them to the show , With meikle 117.
Pàgina 144
... round his urn , Who was your faithful guardian , And shielded you from fox and man . Nor was his love of selfish kind , And unto his own flock confined ; " Twixt Queensberry's top and Shire of Ayr , Ye a ' shared his paternal care ...
... round his urn , Who was your faithful guardian , And shielded you from fox and man . Nor was his love of selfish kind , And unto his own flock confined ; " Twixt Queensberry's top and Shire of Ayr , Ye a ' shared his paternal care ...
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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.