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 53
... , pages will each youth incline , With mind intense . Life's giddy years thus quickly pass , And age advances on apace ; A retrospect , alas ! alas ! Cannot give peace To those stretch'd on a bed of death , Waiting 53.
... , pages will each youth incline , With mind intense . Life's giddy years thus quickly pass , And age advances on apace ; A retrospect , alas ! alas ! Cannot give peace To those stretch'd on a bed of death , Waiting 53.
Page 55
... guide , Which lasting pleasure must provide . Bright science thou dost patronize , And art exciting high emprise ; Still prompting sages to explore Deep subjects unexplored before . Yes , Art , beneath thy fostering care , Advances D 2 55.
... guide , Which lasting pleasure must provide . Bright science thou dost patronize , And art exciting high emprise ; Still prompting sages to explore Deep subjects unexplored before . Yes , Art , beneath thy fostering care , Advances D 2 55.
Page 56
... Advances to perfection rare ; In excellency seems to rise To heights unknown in former days . Long , long may'st thou the sceptre sway ! And when thou leav'st this house of clay , Thy royal virtues will thee raise Unto a throne above ...
... Advances to perfection rare ; In excellency seems to rise To heights unknown in former days . Long , long may'st thou the sceptre sway ! And when thou leav'st this house of clay , Thy royal virtues will thee raise Unto a throne above ...
Page 68
... overwhelming numbers must prevail ; - Thus at Thermopylae the Spartans fell . Now to the conflict do our troops advance , And meet in style the deep'ning squares of France , Tho ' hardly press'd they firmly keep their ground , 68.
... overwhelming numbers must prevail ; - Thus at Thermopylae the Spartans fell . Now to the conflict do our troops advance , And meet in style the deep'ning squares of France , Tho ' hardly press'd they firmly keep their ground , 68.
Page 72
... advance , An exhibition of the power of France ; Britannia's sons still dauntless them receive , With three loud cheers - the signal of the brave . Thus in their armour they are quite secure , And think they will bear down all them ...
... advance , An exhibition of the power of France ; Britannia's sons still dauntless them receive , With three loud cheers - the signal of the brave . Thus in their armour they are quite secure , And think they will bear down all them ...
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