Poems on Various Subjects, Volume 63author, 1803 - 441 páginas |
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... Aquatic Birds Glendoe . Sun - rise on Loch Ness described . Urquhart Castle . Glenmoriston . Fyers . Return of Farquhar . Devastation of the Country after the year 1745 . THE HIGHLANDERS : PART IV . " A thousand fantasies 56.
... Aquatic Birds Glendoe . Sun - rise on Loch Ness described . Urquhart Castle . Glenmoriston . Fyers . Return of Farquhar . Devastation of the Country after the year 1745 . THE HIGHLANDERS : PART IV . " A thousand fantasies 56.
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... Glenmoriston . Cru- elty of the licenc'd Soldiery . Patient sufferance of the inhabitants . Wanderings of the Chevalier through Morar and Arisaig , among the Western Isles . Soliloquy . Attempt to land on Raasay . Narrow escape from a ...
... Glenmoriston . Cru- elty of the licenc'd Soldiery . Patient sufferance of the inhabitants . Wanderings of the Chevalier through Morar and Arisaig , among the Western Isles . Soliloquy . Attempt to land on Raasay . Narrow escape from a ...
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... Glenmoriston . These are the most prominent objects over which the eye wanders from the summit of this singular mountain ; the country on each side declines so gradually towards the sea , that one is not conscious of its great height ...
... Glenmoriston . These are the most prominent objects over which the eye wanders from the summit of this singular mountain ; the country on each side declines so gradually towards the sea , that one is not conscious of its great height ...
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... would those of the three magnanimous thieves , who ' were of the MACDONALDS in Glenmoriston . They were living within these last twenty - six years ; and for some time after the event here commemorated , often received small remittances ...
... would those of the three magnanimous thieves , who ' were of the MACDONALDS in Glenmoriston . They were living within these last twenty - six years ; and for some time after the event here commemorated , often received small remittances ...
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Aberdeen Alex Alexander artless bard beams beauty blast blest bloom bosom breast bright brow Campbell cheer Chief clouds copies cries crown'd dark dear death deck deck'd Ditto drest Edin Edinburgh eyes fair faithful fame fate FINGALIANS FLORA MACDONALD foes Fort Augustus Fraser Gaelic Glasgow Glendoe Glenmoriston gloom glow Gordon grace Greenock grove haunts heart Highland Highland Laddie Inverness isle James John kind KINGSBURGH Lady Leith light lofty London Lord lov'd lyre Macdonald Mackenzie Mackintosh Macpherson maid mind Miss MOOME mountains mournful Munro Muse native nymph o'er OSSIAN Paisley peaceful plain pleas'd poems pow'r PRINCE Robert rocks rose round scene shades shore skies smile soft song soothe sorrow soul South Uist Stewart Stirling strain strath stream swains sweet tender thee thou thro toil truth vale wandering weary wild William wind wont youth
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Página 31 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, The seasons' difference, as the icy fang And churlish chiding of the winter's wind, Which, when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say ' This is no flattery : these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Página 249 - The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name...
Página 57 - And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The virtuous mind, that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion, Conscience.
Página 401 - A bonnet with a lofty plume, the gallant badge of war; And a plaid across the manly breast, that yet shall wear a star." "Suppose, ah! suppose, that some cruel, cruel wound Should pierce your Highland laddie, and all your hopes confound...
Página 228 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence ? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices...
Página 401 - But I will hope to see him yet, in Scotland's bonny bounds; But I will hope to see him yet, in Scotland's bonny bounds. His native land of liberty shall nurse his glorious wounds, While wide, through all our Highland hills, his warlike name resounds.
Página 399 - OH, where, tell me where is your Highland laddie gone? Oh, where, tell me where is your Highland laddie gone? He's gone with streaming banners where noble deeds are done, And my sad heart will tremble till he come safely home. Oh, where, tell me where did your Highland laddie stay...
Página 399 - O WHERE, tell me where, is your Highland laddie gone? O where, tell me where, is your Highland laddie gone ? " " He's gone, with streaming banners, where noble deeds are done; And my sad heart will tremble till he comes safely home.
Página 43 - ... warriors to her breast ; And as they strove, with smiles of filial love, Their widowed parent's anguish to remove, Through her small casement broke the intrusive day, And chased the pleasing images away ! No time can e'er her banished joys restore, For ah! a heart once broken heals no more. The dewy beams that gleam from pity's eye, The
Página 400 - O where, tell me where, did your Highland laddie stay ? " " He dwelt beneath the holly trees, beside the rapid Spey; And many a blessing followed him the day he. went away.