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 36
... event Where honour alone is the prize . Yes , power has her votaries too , Intent upon sovereign rule , All means they employ and pursue To compass the wish of their soul . Wealth , wealth it is greatly desired , And look'd 36.
... event Where honour alone is the prize . Yes , power has her votaries too , Intent upon sovereign rule , All means they employ and pursue To compass the wish of their soul . Wealth , wealth it is greatly desired , And look'd 36.
Page 37
... look'd on as life's all in all ; It purchaseth all that's required , From the Crown to the cobbler's stall . But still blacker passions there are , O'er which I would fain draw a veil ; But truth , I am bound to declare , And candour ...
... look'd on as life's all in all ; It purchaseth all that's required , From the Crown to the cobbler's stall . But still blacker passions there are , O'er which I would fain draw a veil ; But truth , I am bound to declare , And candour ...
Page 68
... looks betray , No Grecian phalanx e're appear'd more bold , Nor Roman legion so much famed of old . For Quatre Bras their course they lightly bend , Assistance to the Brunswickers to lend , Whose feeble bands retreating are amain ...
... looks betray , No Grecian phalanx e're appear'd more bold , Nor Roman legion so much famed of old . For Quatre Bras their course they lightly bend , Assistance to the Brunswickers to lend , Whose feeble bands retreating are amain ...
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... looks Turn spears to ploughs , and swords to pruning hooks ! PART FIFTH . Then come , my muse ! a willing tribute give To those who bravely found a soldier's grave ; Although my numbers cannot mention all , Yet in their country's annals ...
... looks Turn spears to ploughs , and swords to pruning hooks ! PART FIFTH . Then come , my muse ! a willing tribute give To those who bravely found a soldier's grave ; Although my numbers cannot mention all , Yet in their country's annals ...
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... looks of citizen and lord ; In flowing bumpers , pleasures they pursue , Toasting the brave who fell at Waterloo ! That day enrolled in History's brightest page , Unsullied shall descend from age to age ; Triumphant liberty will spring ...
... looks of citizen and lord ; In flowing bumpers , pleasures they pursue , Toasting the brave who fell at Waterloo ! That day enrolled in History's brightest page , Unsullied shall descend from age to age ; Triumphant liberty will spring ...
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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.