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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... plough , Thou dost most auspiciously smile ; His conduct's straight as his furrow , And his heart is kept free from all guile . Yet still his dear charmer's black eyes Do wound and embitter his soul ; For , although his addresses she ...
... plough , Thou dost most auspiciously smile ; His conduct's straight as his furrow , And his heart is kept free from all guile . Yet still his dear charmer's black eyes Do wound and embitter his soul ; For , although his addresses she ...
Page 75
... 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 live they shall ...
... 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 live they shall ...
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... On yonder field , once furrow'd by the plough , The virtuous Ponsonby is lying low ; Too soon , alas ! he found a soldier's grave , Too soon our hero perish'd with the brave . Who would not mourn De Lancey's early fall , One 76.
... On yonder field , once furrow'd by the plough , The virtuous Ponsonby is lying low ; Too soon , alas ! he found a soldier's grave , Too soon our hero perish'd with the brave . Who would not mourn De Lancey's early fall , One 76.
Page 97
... banks of Nith or Tweed , In other climes to seek an outcast's bread . While there's a moss to dig , or moor to plough , Still culture on it may the rich bestow , G And while their bounty the poor man partakes , Peace 97.
... banks of Nith or Tweed , In other climes to seek an outcast's bread . While there's a moss to dig , or moor to plough , Still culture on it may the rich bestow , G And while their bounty the poor man partakes , Peace 97.
Page 101
... ? Were there as many turnips sawn- Which way did they prepare the lan ' ? What kind of ploughs , what kind of harrows ? What kind of carts , graith , and drill barrows ? Were horses such as they are now ? How many 101.
... ? Were there as many turnips sawn- Which way did they prepare the lan ' ? What kind of ploughs , what kind of harrows ? What kind of carts , graith , and drill barrows ? Were horses such as they are now ? How many 101.
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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.
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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.