The Poems of Robert Fergusson: in Two Parts. To which is Prefixed, the Life of the Author, and a Sketch of His Writings; with a Copious Glossary Annexed, Volume 1Benjamin Chapman. A. Small, printer., 1815 - 331 páginas |
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Página 165
... mair to you shall shepherds in a ring , Wi ' blythness skip , or lasses lilt an ' sing ; Sic sorrow now maun sadden ilka eie , An ' ilka waefu ' shepherd grieve wi ' me . Dav . Wharefor begin a sad an ' dowie strain , Or banish lilting ...
... mair to you shall shepherds in a ring , Wi ' blythness skip , or lasses lilt an ' sing ; Sic sorrow now maun sadden ilka eie , An ' ilka waefu ' shepherd grieve wi ' me . Dav . Wharefor begin a sad an ' dowie strain , Or banish lilting ...
Página 169
... mair , They hae great need ; They'll hip the maist fek o ' their lear . Sin ' Gregory's dead . He could , by Euclid , prove lang sine A ganging point compos'd a line ; By numbers too he could divine , Whan he did read , That three times ...
... mair , They hae great need ; They'll hip the maist fek o ' their lear . Sin ' Gregory's dead . He could , by Euclid , prove lang sine A ganging point compos'd a line ; By numbers too he could divine , Whan he did read , That three times ...
Página 172
... Mair precious than the well o ' Spa , Our hearts to heal . Then , tho ' at odds wi ' a ' the warl ' , Amang oursels we'll never quarrel ; Tho ' Discord gie a canker'd snarl To spoil our glee , As lang's there pith into the barrel We'll ...
... Mair precious than the well o ' Spa , Our hearts to heal . Then , tho ' at odds wi ' a ' the warl ' , Amang oursels we'll never quarrel ; Tho ' Discord gie a canker'd snarl To spoil our glee , As lang's there pith into the barrel We'll ...
Página 175
... mair would do you ill , An ' ding you doitet : Troth ' twould be sair against my will To hae the wyte o't . Sing then , how , on the fourth of June , Our bells screed aff a loyal tune , Our ancient castle shoots at noon , Wi ' flag ...
... mair would do you ill , An ' ding you doitet : Troth ' twould be sair against my will To hae the wyte o't . Sing then , how , on the fourth of June , Our bells screed aff a loyal tune , Our ancient castle shoots at noon , Wi ' flag ...
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... mair proud is On king's birth - day ? On this great day the city - guard , In military art weel lear❜d , Wi ' powder'd pow and shaven beard , Gang thro ' their functions , By hostile rabble seldom spar'd O ' clarty unctions . O ...
... mair proud is On king's birth - day ? On this great day the city - guard , In military art weel lear❜d , Wi ' powder'd pow and shaven beard , Gang thro ' their functions , By hostile rabble seldom spar'd O ' clarty unctions . O ...
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The Poems of Robert Fergusson: in Two Parts. To which is Prefixed ..., Volume 1 Robert Fergusson Visualização integral - 1815 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
aften amang Auld Reikie baith bauld beauty blaw blest blyth bonny Braid Claith braw breeze browster busk caller canna canty cauld cheer chiel cottar cou'd dowy e'en e'er ECLOGUE Edina's ev'ry fair Fancy Fergusson Fifan flow'rs fock frae gales gang girn Glour green groves gude Gutcher hail hame hath heart heeze ilka lads lasses loun lyre maun mirth mony morn mourn Muse nae mair ne'er never night numbers o'er plain poortith pow'r reed ROBERT FERGUSSON round SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland seenil shade shepherd shore shou'd sigh siller simmer sing Skelpin smiles song spring stap strain streams swain sweet thee thir thole thou thro tongue trow Twas unco weel weet Whan Whare Whase Whilk wing Wirrikow woes yence
Passagens conhecidas
Página 62 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Página 186 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Página 194 - Ferguson, whose irregularities sometimes led him into unpleasant rencontres with these military conservators of public order, and who mentions them so often that he may be termed their poet...
Página 226 - At night, in calmest slumbers dose fu' sound ; Nor doctor need their weary life to spae, Nor drogs their noddle and their sense confound, Till death slip sleely on, and gie the hindmost wound.
Página iv - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.
Página 205 - A cauler burn o' siller sheen, Ran cannily out-owre the green ; And whan our gutcher's drouth had been To bide right sair, He loutit down, and drank bedeen A dainty skair. His bairns had a', before the flood, A langer tack o* flesh and blood ; • * And on mair pithy shanks they stood Than Noah's line, Wha still hae been a feckless brood, Wi
Página 179 - HAPPY the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling.
Página 100 - O great god Pan, to thee Thus do we sing ! Thou that keep'st us chaste and free As the young spring ; Ever be thy honour spoke, From that place the Morn is broke To that place Day doth unyoke...
Página 288 - Wi' thee but wi' a dowy heart; Aft frae the Fifan coast I've seen Thee tow'ring on thy summit green, So glowr the saints when first is given A fav'rite keek o...
Página 267 - That void our test'ments, and can freely gie Sic will and scoup to the ordain'd trustee, That he may tir our stateliest riggins bare, Nor acres, houses, woods, nor fishins spare, Till he can lend the stoitering state a lift Wi...