Scotia's Bards ...R. Carter & bros., 1854 - 563 páginas |
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... fall of that statesman , Thomson's friend , now in power , con- ferred on the poet a situation which , while it yielded him a compe- tent revenue , he could execute by proxy , so that the concluding years of his life were spent in ...
... fall of that statesman , Thomson's friend , now in power , con- ferred on the poet a situation which , while it yielded him a compe- tent revenue , he could execute by proxy , so that the concluding years of his life were spent in ...
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... falling eve , By brooks and groves , in hollow - whispering gales THY bounty shines in Autumn unconfined , And spreads a common feast for all that lives . In Winter awful THOU ! with clouds and storms Around THEE thrown , tempest o'er ...
... falling eve , By brooks and groves , in hollow - whispering gales THY bounty shines in Autumn unconfined , And spreads a common feast for all that lives . In Winter awful THOU ! with clouds and storms Around THEE thrown , tempest o'er ...
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... fall a supernumerary horror , And only serves to make thy night more irksome . Well do I know thee by thy trusty yew , Cheerless , unsocial plant ! that loves to dwell ' Midst skulls and coffins , epitaphs and worms ; Where light - heel ...
... fall a supernumerary horror , And only serves to make thy night more irksome . Well do I know thee by thy trusty yew , Cheerless , unsocial plant ! that loves to dwell ' Midst skulls and coffins , epitaphs and worms ; Where light - heel ...
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... falling down her now untasted cheek . Prone on the lowly grave of the dear man She drops ; whilst busy meddling memory , In barbarous succession , musters up The past endearments of their softer hours , Tenacious of its theme . Still ...
... falling down her now untasted cheek . Prone on the lowly grave of the dear man She drops ; whilst busy meddling memory , In barbarous succession , musters up The past endearments of their softer hours , Tenacious of its theme . Still ...
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... fall'n now ! Thick mists and silence Rest , like a weary cloud , upon thy breast Unceasing . - Ah ! where is the lifted arm , The strength of action , and the force of words , The well - turn'd period , and the well - tuned voice , With ...
... fall'n now ! Thick mists and silence Rest , like a weary cloud , upon thy breast Unceasing . - Ah ! where is the lifted arm , The strength of action , and the force of words , The well - turn'd period , and the well - tuned voice , With ...
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ALEXANDER BETHUNE art thou bairns beams beauty beneath Blackwood's Magazine blessed bloom bonny bosom braes breast breath bright brow burn canna Casa Wappy cauld cheek child cloud Colonsay dark dear death deep desert dreams e'er earth fair Fairy-Queen farewell father Fingal flowers frae friends gentle glen grave green hame hand happy hast hath hear heart heaven HECTOR MACNEILL hills ilka Jarl Jeanie land life's light lonely look Lord maid mair maun MICHAEL BRUCE morning mother mountain mourn ne'er never night o'er Ossian pale poems poet poor proud ROBERT GILFILLAN ROBERT NICOLL ROBERT TANNAHILL round Roxburghshire Sabbath Scotland Scottish silent sing sleep smile song sorrow soul sound spirit spring stream sweet tears thee thine Twas vale voice wandering wave weary weel weeping wild wind youth
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Página 200 - In all her length far winding lay, With promontory, creek, and bay, And islands that, empurpled bright, Floated amid the livelier light ; And mountains, that like giants stand, To sentinel enchanted land.
Página 202 - No portents now our foes amaze, Forsaken Israel wanders lone ; Our fathers would not know THY ways, And THOU hast left them to their own. But, present still, though now unseen ; When brightly shines the prosperous day, Be thoughts of THEE a cloudy screen To temper the deceitful ray. And...
Página 115 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Página 146 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare; .Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let us worship God !* he says, with solemn air.
Página 148 - Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! And oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle. O Thou! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd thro...
Página 373 - An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fire-side pleasures gambol at her feet. Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found? " Art thou a man — a patriot ? look around, O thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy home.
Página 251 - The Soldier's Dream OUR bugles sang truce, for the night-cloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky; And thousands had sunk on the ground over-powered The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die.
Página 207 - O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds the day, Over the cloudlet dim, Over the rainbow's rim, Musical cherub, soar, singing, away ! Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be ! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place — Oh, to abide in the desert with thee ! JAMES HOGG.
Página 262 - ... FLOWING SEA" A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind!
Página 7 - Ye forests, bend, ye harvests, wave, to HIM; Breathe your still song into the reaper's heart, As home he goes beneath the joyous moon.