Poems on Various Subjects: But Chiefly Moral and Descriptive, with Songs, and Copious NotesPrinted at the Dumfries & Galloway courier office, 1822 - 283 pages |
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Page 37
... British ground . There lurks ' neath yon dark clouded brow Grim Malice , curs'd offspring of Hell ; Such black deeds in privacy brew , As shock human nature to tell . In his dark scowling mind there's no peace , Of 37.
... British ground . There lurks ' neath yon dark clouded brow Grim Malice , curs'd offspring of Hell ; Such black deeds in privacy brew , As shock human nature to tell . In his dark scowling mind there's no peace , Of 37.
Page 69
... content . Upon that field of blood all night they lay , And offer'd battle to the foe next day ; Which was by him assiduously declined When British bayonets he call'd to mind . PART THIRD . Our chief thought proper slowly to retreat 69.
... content . Upon that field of blood all night they lay , And offer'd battle to the foe next day ; Which was by him assiduously declined When British bayonets he call'd to mind . PART THIRD . Our chief thought proper slowly to retreat 69.
Page 70
... British prowess could itself exert , And every corps have room to play its part , Evening's dark curtain veils the face of day , Our piquets placed , our army's in array , Upon our arms we purpose all to rest , But sleep and peace flee ...
... British prowess could itself exert , And every corps have room to play its part , Evening's dark curtain veils the face of day , Our piquets placed , our army's in array , Upon our arms we purpose all to rest , But sleep and peace flee ...
Page 72
... British arm resist , When lifted in the cause of the oppress'd ! Each soldier is a hero in the cause Of Liberty , Religion , wholesome Laws ! Their massive columns dark do next advance , Still to prolong the destinies of France ; Our ...
... British arm resist , When lifted in the cause of the oppress'd ! Each soldier is a hero in the cause Of Liberty , Religion , wholesome Laws ! Their massive columns dark do next advance , Still to prolong the destinies of France ; Our ...
Page 74
... British host , An easy prey , they're still within our grasp ; Forward advance - to Brussels there's the way , Its richest spoils your dangers shall repay . " Enthusiastic ardour all does fill- Onward they march to share the proffer'd ...
... British host , An easy prey , they're still within our grasp ; Forward advance - to Brussels there's the way , Its richest spoils your dangers shall repay . " Enthusiastic ardour all does fill- Onward they march to share the proffer'd ...
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.