Poems on Various Subjects, Band 63author, 1803 - 441 Seiten |
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... most glowing colours , from all the variations of scarlet , shading off into a bright , and then paler yellow . † Arrie is a name in some districts given to the shealings . C While mirth's loud carol every care beguiles , And guiltless 49.
... most glowing colours , from all the variations of scarlet , shading off into a bright , and then paler yellow . † Arrie is a name in some districts given to the shealings . C While mirth's loud carol every care beguiles , And guiltless 49.
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... bright disguise , And sunk in deep repose unconscious lies ; * And through the pure cerulean vault above , In lucid order constellations move : The milky - way , conspicuous glows on high . Redoubled lustre sparkles thro ' the sky ; And ...
... bright disguise , And sunk in deep repose unconscious lies ; * And through the pure cerulean vault above , In lucid order constellations move : The milky - way , conspicuous glows on high . Redoubled lustre sparkles thro ' the sky ; And ...
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Anne MacVicar Grant. Bright burns the hearth , th ' enlivening torches blaze * , The pipes awake the notes of former days : Again they feel their ancient spirit rise , And courage fires , or pity melts their eyes , As love or war ...
Anne MacVicar Grant. Bright burns the hearth , th ' enlivening torches blaze * , The pipes awake the notes of former days : Again they feel their ancient spirit rise , And courage fires , or pity melts their eyes , As love or war ...
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... bright the sky , Short was the day , and now the sun grew high ; The cattle found , no lingering can avail , Yet still he feels his wonted spirits fail . * See note No. 23 . + Invermoriston , a river , at the mouth of which is the seat ...
... bright the sky , Short was the day , and now the sun grew high ; The cattle found , no lingering can avail , Yet still he feels his wonted spirits fail . * See note No. 23 . + Invermoriston , a river , at the mouth of which is the seat ...
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... bright days come on ; " And while warm life her vital pow'r retains , “ And truth , and sense , and memory remains : " Should penury , or sad mischance betide " My friendly hostess , or my gentle guide , My kindred , mindful of the ...
... bright days come on ; " And while warm life her vital pow'r retains , “ And truth , and sense , and memory remains : " Should penury , or sad mischance betide " My friendly hostess , or my gentle guide , My kindred , mindful of the ...
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artless bard beams beauty blast blest bloom bosom breast breath bright brow charms cheer Chief CLAN cries crown'd dark dear death deck deck'd disarming act drest eyes fair faithful fancy FARQUHAR fatal fate Fingalian FLORA FLORA MACDONALD foes Fort Augustus Gaelic Genius gentle Glendoe Glenmoriston gloom glow grace Grampian mountains grove haunts heart Highland Laddie Highlanders humble isle kind KINGSBURGH lady light Loch Laggan lofty lonely lov'd lyre maid mind MOOME mountains mournful Muse native Nature's nymph o'er OSSIAN peace pensive plain pleas'd pleasure poem pow'r PRINCE race RALPH ABERCROMBY rocks round sacred scene shades shine shore skies smile soft song soothe sorrow soul South Uist spread storm strain strath stream swains sweet tears tender thee thou thro toils tow'rs trace truth Twas vale virtues wandering weary wild wind wont youth
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Seite 55 - 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 259 - That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse, So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd Urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud.
Seite 405 - O WHERE, tell me where, is your Highland laddie gone? O where, tell me where, is your Highland laddie gone...
Seite 29 - 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...
Seite 407 - 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 276 - O fountain Arethuse, and thou honoured flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crowned with vocal reeds, That strain I heard was of a higher mood ! But now my oat proceeds, And listens to the Herald of the Sea That came in Neptune's plea.
Seite 406 - O what, tell me what, does your Highland laddie wear ? O what, tell me what, does your Highland laddie wear ? " " A bonnet with a lofty plume, the gallant badge of war; And a plaid across the manly breast, that yet shall wear a star.
Seite 40 - WHERE yonder ridgy mountains bound the scene, The narrow opening glens that intervene Still shelter, in some lowly nook obscure One poorer than the rest — where all are poor ; Some widowed matron, hopeless of relief, Who to her secret breast confines her grief; Dejected sighs the wintry night away, And lonely muses all the summer day : Her gallant sons, who, smit with honour's charms, Pursued the phantom Fame through war's alarms, Return no more; stretched on...
Seite 234 - 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 407 - 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.