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 76
... fame , His country's good and glory still his aim ; So promptly ay he did obey command , He was emphatic stiled , the Chief's right hand . On yonder field , once furrow'd by the plough , The virtuous Ponsonby is lying low ; Too soon ...
... fame , His country's good and glory still his aim ; So promptly ay he did obey command , He was emphatic stiled , the Chief's right hand . On yonder field , once furrow'd by the plough , The virtuous Ponsonby is lying low ; Too soon ...
Page 77
... fame on basis firm should build . Tho'stretch'd all lifeless on the blood - dyed ground , This plan , fit place ! was near his cold heart found ; Nought can be added by the painter's art , " Tis painted with the life's blood of his ...
... fame on basis firm should build . Tho'stretch'd all lifeless on the blood - dyed ground , This plan , fit place ! was near his cold heart found ; Nought can be added by the painter's art , " Tis painted with the life's blood of his ...
Page 78
... fame ; On me it lasting honour would confer , I'd claim the bays - let them the laurels wear . Our noble Chief ! O , trump his virtues wide- Flower of our country's chivalry and pride ; His matchless powers so nicely balanced are , Vict ...
... fame ; On me it lasting honour would confer , I'd claim the bays - let them the laurels wear . Our noble Chief ! O , trump his virtues wide- Flower of our country's chivalry and pride ; His matchless powers so nicely balanced are , Vict ...
Page 79
... fame- Should be neglected , who subdued our foes , And brought the war to a triumphant close . See public spirit warm pervade the land , Unbidden stretching out the lib'ral hand ; For whom can sympathy so well await , As those who turn ...
... fame- Should be neglected , who subdued our foes , And brought the war to a triumphant close . See public spirit warm pervade the land , Unbidden stretching out the lib'ral hand ; For whom can sympathy so well await , As those who turn ...
Page 81
... list ! the thund'ring cannons loud proclaim Britannia's triumph on that field of fame ; The joyful bells their peals again renew , For Britain's glory gained on Waterloo ! F Behold , on Tinto's top the bone - fire blaze 81.
... list ! the thund'ring cannons loud proclaim Britannia's triumph on that field of fame ; The joyful bells their peals again renew , For Britain's glory gained on Waterloo ! F Behold , on Tinto's top the bone - fire blaze 81.
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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.