Poems on Various Subjects, Volume 63author, 1803 - 441 páginas |
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... woods " More free from peril than the envious court ? " And this our life , exempt from public haunt , " Finds tongues in trees , books in the running brooks , " Sermons in stones , and good in every thing . " SHAKESPEARE COME , then ...
... woods " More free from peril than the envious court ? " And this our life , exempt from public haunt , " Finds tongues in trees , books in the running brooks , " Sermons in stones , and good in every thing . " SHAKESPEARE COME , then ...
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... woods , From shelving rocks , or secret winding floods , Each individual strives to bring a share To aid their household wants , or help their frugal fare . The boastful Boy , caught by his feeble hook Displays the scaly tenants of the ...
... woods , From shelving rocks , or secret winding floods , Each individual strives to bring a share To aid their household wants , or help their frugal fare . The boastful Boy , caught by his feeble hook Displays the scaly tenants of the ...
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... new - invented lay , With soothing cadence lull'd their tedious day ; Th ' unearthly voice , deep sounding thro ' the wood , Or vision wild of mournful solitude , That brings the long - lost brother back again From B3 37.
... new - invented lay , With soothing cadence lull'd their tedious day ; Th ' unearthly voice , deep sounding thro ' the wood , Or vision wild of mournful solitude , That brings the long - lost brother back again From B3 37.
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... wood , Or groaning caves , make known the man of blood : How fields are blighted , or how cattle die , To punish secret ... woods , and shaded vales are shown , Description , such as THOMSON's self might own : See note No. 8 . Like him ...
... wood , Or groaning caves , make known the man of blood : How fields are blighted , or how cattle die , To punish secret ... woods , and shaded vales are shown , Description , such as THOMSON's self might own : See note No. 8 . Like him ...
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... woods the noble Savage ran . DRYDEN . Now hark ! what loud , tumultuous joys resound , From all the echoing rocks and valleys round ; And hear the sage oraculous declare , ' Tis time the summer - flitting to prepare : The summer ...
... woods the noble Savage ran . DRYDEN . Now hark ! what loud , tumultuous joys resound , From all the echoing rocks and valleys round ; And hear the sage oraculous declare , ' Tis time the summer - flitting to prepare : The summer ...
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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.