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 62
... AT A VERY EARLY AGE . LADS and Lasses , tune your voices , Sing with glee the jocund catch ; While you're young be blyth and merry , But your morals strictly watch . In your breast ne'er let vice enter , From envy 62.
... AT A VERY EARLY AGE . LADS and Lasses , tune your voices , Sing with glee the jocund catch ; While you're young be blyth and merry , But your morals strictly watch . In your breast ne'er let vice enter , From envy 62.
Pàgina 127
... young . Syne clothe them in poetic dress , And send them forthwith to the press , From whence they issue cap - a - pee , In all their legend Majesty . But such as me are forced to cower , Such flights are far above our power ; Such ...
... young . Syne clothe them in poetic dress , And send them forthwith to the press , From whence they issue cap - a - pee , In all their legend Majesty . But such as me are forced to cower , Such flights are far above our power ; Such ...
Pàgina 158
... please , I placid was and quite at ease ; But still the busy active mind , To ruminate was much inclined . I thought upon my boyish days , Of boyish pranks and boyish plays , When the young mind from care is free From trouble 158.
... please , I placid was and quite at ease ; But still the busy active mind , To ruminate was much inclined . I thought upon my boyish days , Of boyish pranks and boyish plays , When the young mind from care is free From trouble 158.
Pàgina 159
... young mind from care is free From trouble and anxiety , How happy then the moments fly- The breast a stranger to a sigh ; Hope , like the eagle , flies aloft , And gives a buoyancy to thought . His task being finished , to his play He ...
... young mind from care is free From trouble and anxiety , How happy then the moments fly- The breast a stranger to a sigh ; Hope , like the eagle , flies aloft , And gives a buoyancy to thought . His task being finished , to his play He ...
Pàgina 160
... young , was caught . Others do slip out at nightfall , Slyly to scale the garden wall , Or rob the orchard of its fruit ; Of these there is small hopes I doubt . In early life we may descry , Which way lies the propensity ; Some are to ...
... young , was caught . Others do slip out at nightfall , Slyly to scale the garden wall , Or rob the orchard of its fruit ; Of these there is small hopes I doubt . In early life we may descry , Which way lies the propensity ; Some are to ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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.