The Works of Robert Fergusson: To which is Prefixed, a Sketch of the Author's LifeS.A. & H. Oddy, 1807 - 364 Seiten |
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... look with respect to a Gibbet ..... ....... 208 Epigram , written Extempore , at the desire of a Gen- .209 tleman who was rather ill - favoured ........................ ib . Epilogue , spoken by Mr WILSON , in the character of .... 210 ...
... look with respect to a Gibbet ..... ....... 208 Epigram , written Extempore , at the desire of a Gen- .209 tleman who was rather ill - favoured ........................ ib . Epilogue , spoken by Mr WILSON , in the character of .... 210 ...
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... the brows of grace , " Yet grace must still look so . " Vice and profligacy , in the conduct of the dull and illiterate , pass without observation , because the beings in whom these deformities are to be 2 A Sketch of the Life of the ...
... the brows of grace , " Yet grace must still look so . " Vice and profligacy , in the conduct of the dull and illiterate , pass without observation , because the beings in whom these deformities are to be 2 A Sketch of the Life of the ...
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... look out after smugglers ; and had we " been as active in that duty as others on the " American station , I might have been en- " abled to make my appearance in a brilliant 66 manner ; but , alas ! only a sloop of eighty " tons , from ...
... look out after smugglers ; and had we " been as active in that duty as others on the " American station , I might have been en- " abled to make my appearance in a brilliant 66 manner ; but , alas ! only a sloop of eighty " tons , from ...
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... look on mine , and mark The sympathies which bind man's soul to man In earthly union ? Still my heart can claim A kindred to the throbbing pulse of thine.- I love thee in that grave . The sepulchre Yields up its empire o'er thy mind ...
... look on mine , and mark The sympathies which bind man's soul to man In earthly union ? Still my heart can claim A kindred to the throbbing pulse of thine.- I love thee in that grave . The sepulchre Yields up its empire o'er thy mind ...
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... look and falling tear . In broken cadence from thy tongue Oft have we heard the mournful song ; Oft have we view'd the loaded bier Bedewed with Pity's softest tear . Her sighs and tears were ne'er denied , When innocence 88 Ode to Pity.
... look and falling tear . In broken cadence from thy tongue Oft have we heard the mournful song ; Oft have we view'd the loaded bier Bedewed with Pity's softest tear . Her sighs and tears were ne'er denied , When innocence 88 Ode to Pity.
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aften amang AMYNTAS Auld Reikie baith bauld beauty blaw blithe bonny Braid Claith braw breath breeze canty cauld cauler cheer chiel CORYDON cou'd DAMON death dowie e'er Edina's Edinburgh fair Fancy fouk frae friends gales genius GEORDIE gloom glowr green groves gude hail hame hath heart ilka Invermay lads landlord loun lyre maun melody mind mirth mony mourn Muse nae mair Naiads ne'er never night numbers o'er OLIVER & CO owre plain poortith reign Robert Fergusson round scene Scotland shade shepherd shore shou'd sigh siller Simmer sing smiles song sorrows spring St Andrews strain streams swain sweet thee thou thro TIMANTHES tongue trow Twas virtue voice wame weel weet Whan Whare Whase wing wirrikow woes wonted youth
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Seite 116 - 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?
Seite 250 - Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain: 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.
Seite 288 - And dim our dolefu' days wi' bairnly fear ; The mind's aye cradled when the grave is near. Yet thrift, industrious, bides her latest days, Tho' age her sair-dow'd front wi' runcles wave ; Yet frae the russet lap the spindle plays ; Her e'enin stent reels she as weel's the lave. On some feast-day the wee things, buskit braw, Shall heeze her heart up wi...
Seite 247 - While he draws breath, Till his four quarters are bedeckit Wi' gude Braid Claith. On Sabbath-days the barber spark, Whan he has done wi...
Seite 66 - 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.
Seite 198 - When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest the courtiers offended, should be ; If you mention vice or bribe, 'Tis so pat to all the tribe, Each cries — That was levelld at me.
Seite 313 - I'd been there, How I wad trimm'd the bill o' fare ! For ne'er sic surly wight as he Had met wi' sic respect frae me. Mind ye what Sam,' the lying loun ! Has in his Dictionar laid down ? That aits in England are a feast To cow an' horse, an' sican beast, While in Scots ground this growth was common To gust the gab o
Seite 132 - 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...
Seite 243 - HAPPY the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling.
Seite 288 - O mock na this, my friends ! but rather mourn, Ye in life's brawest spring wi' reason clear ; Wi' eild our idle fancies a' return, And dim our dolefu' days wi' bairnly fear ; The mind's ay cradled whan the grave is near.