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... , Startling the shepherd of the Grampian glen ! Rich are the vales that bound thy eastern shore , And fair thy upland dales to human ken ; But scarcely are thy springs known to the sons of men . 2 . O that some spirit at the midnight noon.
... , Startling the shepherd of the Grampian glen ! Rich are the vales that bound thy eastern shore , And fair thy upland dales to human ken ; But scarcely are thy springs known to the sons of men . 2 . O that some spirit at the midnight noon.
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... fair , majestic Tay ! 5 . But bear me , Spirit of the gifted eye , Far on thy pinions eastward to the main , O'er garish glens and straths of every dye , Where oxen low and waves the yellow grain ; Where beetling cliffs o'erhang the ...
... fair , majestic Tay ! 5 . But bear me , Spirit of the gifted eye , Far on thy pinions eastward to the main , O'er garish glens and straths of every dye , Where oxen low and waves the yellow grain ; Where beetling cliffs o'erhang the ...
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... fair was toasted to the brim : But knight and squire a languishing betray'd When one was named , whose eye made diamonds dim ! The King look'd sad and sigh'd ! no sleep that night for him ! 4 . The morning rose , but scarce they could ...
... fair was toasted to the brim : But knight and squire a languishing betray'd When one was named , whose eye made diamonds dim ! The King look'd sad and sigh'd ! no sleep that night for him ! 4 . The morning rose , but scarce they could ...
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... And loved his spouse , and child , as such became ; Yet oft would fret , and wrangle irefully , Fastening on them of every ill the blame , Nor list the loud defence of his unyielding dame . 2 . She was unweeting , plump , and fair.
... And loved his spouse , and child , as such became ; Yet oft would fret , and wrangle irefully , Fastening on them of every ill the blame , Nor list the loud defence of his unyielding dame . 2 . She was unweeting , plump , and fair.
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A Poem James Hogg. 2 . She was unweeting , plump , and fair to see ; Dreadless of ills she ne'er before had seen ; Full of blithe jolliment and boisterous glee : Yet was her home not well bedight or clean ; For , like the most of all her ...
A Poem James Hogg. 2 . She was unweeting , plump , and fair to see ; Dreadless of ills she ne'er before had seen ; Full of blithe jolliment and boisterous glee : Yet was her home not well bedight or clean ; For , like the most of all her ...
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Page 11 - To drive the deer with hound and horn Earl Percy took his way ; The child may rue that is unborn The hunting of that day.
Page 108 - Rule the ouphes and elves at will That vex the air or haunt the hill, And all the fury subject keep Of boiling cloud and chafed deep ! I have seen, and well I know it ! Thou hast done, and Thou wilt do it ! God of stillness and of motion ! Of the rainbow and the ocean ! Of the mountain, rock, and river ! Blessed be Thy name for ever ! I have seen Thy wond'rous might Through the shadows of...
Page 11 - The stout Earl of Northumberland A vow to God did make, His pleasure in the Scottish woods Three...
Page 108 - BLESSED be Thy name for ever, Thou of life the guard and giver ; Thou canst guard thy creatures sleeping ; Heal the heart long broke with weeping.
Page 109 - God of evening's yellow ray ; God of yonder dawning day, That rises from the distant sea Like breathings of eternity ! Thine the flaming sphere of light ! Thine the darkness of the night ! Thine are all the gems of even, God of angels ! God of heaven ! » God of life, that fade shall never ! Glory to Thy name for -ever ! 23.
Page 21 - Then, foiled and chafed to rage, roll down the broken steep. First died upon the peaks the golden hue, And o'er them spread a beauteous purple screen ; Then rose a shade of pale cerulean blue, Softening the hills and hazy vales between : Deeper and deeper grew the magic scene, As darker shades of the night-heaven came on ; No star along the firmament was seen, But solemn majesty prevailed alone Around the brows of Eve, upon her Grampian throne.
Page 77 - Tis not sic cauld that makes me cry, But my love's heart grown cauld to me. When we came in by Glasgow town, We were a comely sight to see; My love was clad in the black velvet, And I mysel
Page 92 - Wake half the night, and toil the live-long day; And when proud manhood o'er thy brow shall play, For me thy bow in forest shall be strung. The memory of my errors shall decay, And of the song of shame I oft have sung, Of father far away, and mother all too young ! 27.
Page 77 - And fades awa' like morning dew. O wherefore should I busk my head? Or wherefore should I kame my hair? For my true Love has me forsook, And says he'll never loe me mair.