Poems on Various Subjects, Band 63author, 1803 - 441 Seiten |
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... artless records of a life obscure .... ..17 Hear , princely youth , th ' unletter'd rustic muse . 290 How blest those olive plants that grew . .... 309 Helen , by every sympathy allied ... .334 In vain my eyelids seek repose .. .273 ...
... artless records of a life obscure .... ..17 Hear , princely youth , th ' unletter'd rustic muse . 290 How blest those olive plants that grew . .... 309 Helen , by every sympathy allied ... .334 In vain my eyelids seek repose .. .273 ...
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... artless records of a life obscure , Memorials dear of loves and friendships past , Of blameless minds from strife and envy pure ; Go , scatter'd by Affliction's bitter blast , And tell the proud , the busy , and the gay , How rural ...
... artless records of a life obscure , Memorials dear of loves and friendships past , Of blameless minds from strife and envy pure ; Go , scatter'd by Affliction's bitter blast , And tell the proud , the busy , and the gay , How rural ...
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... artless narrative or unstudied composition- contrasted with the apathy common among those in whom much in- tercourse with the world has blunted the finer feelings ; -illustrat- ed by a comparison . Evening Worship . Early rising ...
... artless narrative or unstudied composition- contrasted with the apathy common among those in whom much in- tercourse with the world has blunted the finer feelings ; -illustrat- ed by a comparison . Evening Worship . Early rising ...
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... artless heart : Not all the magic cunning of the scene , Though SIDDONS self in sorrow's pomp be seen , Can wake emotions in the callous mind , Vers'd in the crooked science of mankind , So soft , so strong , so warm , as here are known ...
... artless heart : Not all the magic cunning of the scene , Though SIDDONS self in sorrow's pomp be seen , Can wake emotions in the callous mind , Vers'd in the crooked science of mankind , So soft , so strong , so warm , as here are known ...
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... artless children thus we find , A rude unconscious homage pay to mind . Then , why at Fortune's vain distinctions low'r ? Since Wisdom still in every state is Pow'r . When Probity and Wisdom both combine , ' Tis indefeasible and right ...
... artless children thus we find , A rude unconscious homage pay to mind . Then , why at Fortune's vain distinctions low'r ? Since Wisdom still in every state is Pow'r . When Probity and Wisdom both combine , ' Tis indefeasible and right ...
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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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Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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
Seite 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.