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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... Closeburn , A Spring Evening Walk , 143 • 145 , ib . 146 ib . • 147 149 151 154 On a beautiful Aurora Borealis , · Lady A ― n and the Cottagers , 166 172 On the death of Mrs Edgar , 177 An Ode for the New Year , 180 A Walk in the Church ...
... Closeburn , A Spring Evening Walk , 143 • 145 , ib . 146 ib . • 147 149 151 154 On a beautiful Aurora Borealis , · Lady A ― n and the Cottagers , 166 172 On the death of Mrs Edgar , 177 An Ode for the New Year , 180 A Walk in the Church ...
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... CLOSEBURN , ON A WEDNESDAY MORNING . DELIGHTFUL task , where heather - bells did blow , To make luxuriant crops of corn to grow , And damp morass , where wild - duck could not build , Sufficient fodder for our cattle yield . Yes , thy ...
... CLOSEBURN , ON A WEDNESDAY MORNING . DELIGHTFUL task , where heather - bells did blow , To make luxuriant crops of corn to grow , And damp morass , where wild - duck could not build , Sufficient fodder for our cattle yield . Yes , thy ...
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... Closeburn- Hall The feathered choir should my companions be , I'd list their music trilled from every tree ; The mavis ' carrol , and the blackbird's song , Would make the hours pass merrily along . When genial warmth resuscitates the ...
... Closeburn- Hall The feathered choir should my companions be , I'd list their music trilled from every tree ; The mavis ' carrol , and the blackbird's song , Would make the hours pass merrily along . When genial warmth resuscitates the ...
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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
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