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 21
... 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 ain doubts ; For the French have been always a thorn on our 21.
... 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 ain doubts ; For the French have been always a thorn on our 21.
Page 47
... dear charmer's black eyes Do wound and embitter his soul ; For , although his addresses she flies , His passion he cannot control . In the cottage thy features are bold , But view it with microscope eye , That e'en can minuteness unfold ...
... dear charmer's black eyes Do wound and embitter his soul ; For , although his addresses she flies , His passion he cannot control . In the cottage thy features are bold , But view it with microscope eye , That e'en can minuteness unfold ...
Page 80
... dear , How thy return each patriot's heart must cheer ! Unto thy sun all other suns must bow , None shines so bright as that of Waterloo . Emotions various agitate the soul , Grief pungent , reason cannot yet control ; Fond memory stirs ...
... dear , How thy return each patriot's heart must cheer ! Unto thy sun all other suns must bow , None shines so bright as that of Waterloo . Emotions various agitate the soul , Grief pungent , reason cannot yet control ; Fond memory stirs ...
Page 95
... dear , Fondly invite him to his native shore . The stately bark again is under weigh , Each favouring breeze impels her o'er the sea , At length Benlomond's peak appears in view , What transport fills the son and lover true ! All hail ...
... dear , Fondly invite him to his native shore . The stately bark again is under weigh , Each favouring breeze impels her o'er the sea , At length Benlomond's peak appears in view , What transport fills the son and lover true ! All hail ...
Page 114
... dear , Inherited those wide domains Of lofty mountains , woods , and plains.- Twenty - five ploughmen there turned out , With Wilkie's ploughs , and horses stout ;. And muster'd , on that very field , The finest sight I e'er beheld ...
... dear , Inherited those wide domains Of lofty mountains , woods , and plains.- Twenty - five ploughmen there turned out , With Wilkie's ploughs , and horses stout ;. And muster'd , on that very field , The finest sight I e'er beheld ...
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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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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.