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
... shore it does throng- What grand gasconades are made by the Conven- tion , Gasconades which a Briton would blush but to mention 2 " Dear father , " quoth Jenny , " what are these gun - boats ? That they will cause us trouble , I have my ...
... shore it does throng- What grand gasconades are made by the Conven- tion , Gasconades which a Briton would blush but to mention 2 " Dear father , " quoth Jenny , " what are these gun - boats ? That they will cause us trouble , I have my ...
Pàgina 22
... shore ; Their gun - boats dare never appear on the sea , So for their bravadoes affrighten'd not be . " " But , " quoth the gudewife , " if you'll read Mr Peden , A man the most sceptic may even confide in , He says , at Kirkcudbright ...
... shore ; Their gun - boats dare never appear on the sea , So for their bravadoes affrighten'd not be . " " But , " quoth the gudewife , " if you'll read Mr Peden , A man the most sceptic may even confide in , He says , at Kirkcudbright ...
Pàgina 23
... shore ; For our king and our country we'll spend 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 ...
... shore ; For our king and our country we'll spend 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 ...
Pàgina 90
... shore ; Or human eye our forests did explore . Some say that thou art from exotic soil , And by the deluge left upon our Isle ; Had Britain then emerged from the main ? - Geologists that problem can't explain . Ingenious Archimedes , we ...
... shore ; Or human eye our forests did explore . Some say that thou art from exotic soil , And by the deluge left upon our Isle ; Had Britain then emerged from the main ? - Geologists that problem can't explain . Ingenious Archimedes , we ...
Pàgina 93
... from the days of yore , Scotsmen you'll find on the most distant shore . Where to the main majestic Ganges flows , On civil business , and to face their foes , Numbers of Caledonians still you'll find , Some unto this 93.
... from the days of yore , Scotsmen you'll find on the most distant shore . Where to the main majestic Ganges flows , On civil business , and to face their foes , Numbers of Caledonians still you'll find , Some unto this 93.
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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.