Poems and Essays of a Miscellaneous Character on Subjects of General InterestT. Murray, 1863 - 304 Seiten |
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... blood , your stripes and toils , your shame Have found an ear in heaven - on earth a name . " The weeping blood in woman's heart " hath gushed In words of power , * to million eyes hath rushed The burning tear ; alike from princely hall ...
... blood , your stripes and toils , your shame Have found an ear in heaven - on earth a name . " The weeping blood in woman's heart " hath gushed In words of power , * to million eyes hath rushed The burning tear ; alike from princely hall ...
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... blood , Lie dead and dying ; groans of anguish blend With smothered shrieks and moans ; death - laden sighs Of long - drawn agony to Heaven ascend . By the doomed city's suicidal fires I see their ghastly features upward turned— See ...
... blood , Lie dead and dying ; groans of anguish blend With smothered shrieks and moans ; death - laden sighs Of long - drawn agony to Heaven ascend . By the doomed city's suicidal fires I see their ghastly features upward turned— See ...
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... blood and festering hills of slain , By allied nations rousing Europe broad- These are His tools , the mighty worker - God . And thou , my country , what hast thou attained ? Some dear - bought triumphs . Ah ! how soiled and stained ...
... blood and festering hills of slain , By allied nations rousing Europe broad- These are His tools , the mighty worker - God . And thou , my country , what hast thou attained ? Some dear - bought triumphs . Ah ! how soiled and stained ...
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... blood speak to the skies , No courtly laureate strikes the jewelled lyre , And thrills the golden chords with tuneful fire . Yet Heaven proclaims , and earth repeats the strain , Britannia wars to loose , not bind the chain . RHYMES FOR ...
... blood speak to the skies , No courtly laureate strikes the jewelled lyre , And thrills the golden chords with tuneful fire . Yet Heaven proclaims , and earth repeats the strain , Britannia wars to loose , not bind the chain . RHYMES FOR ...
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... blood hang sadly drooping ; The eagle and the vulture swooping Scream o'er the Run , that field inglorious Whence legs , not arms , returned victorious , Whipped back like beaten fillibusters To fresh discipline , drills , and musters ...
... blood hang sadly drooping ; The eagle and the vulture swooping Scream o'er the Run , that field inglorious Whence legs , not arms , returned victorious , Whipped back like beaten fillibusters To fresh discipline , drills , and musters ...
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Abbey Craig arms auld baith beauty beneath bless blissful feeling blood bonny bosom breath bright burning CALEDONIA charms cheek child Coatbridge CRAIGNETHAN CASTLE crown dark dear death Divine drunkard earth eyes fair fame father Father divine feel fire flame flowers forest dove frae gaze Glasgow gude hand hath heart heaven hour hunner Intemperance Janet Hamilton juist labour land lassies lassocks Leuk light lonely MADELINE SMITH mind Monkland Canal mony mother mournful muckle ne'er o'er pale prayer pride puir rich rose Rosehall Sabbath sacred scene Scotia SCOTTISH SELF-EDUCATION shame sing skies song soul sound spirit sweet tears tender thee There's thine thou thousand thrilling thunders toil train true truth village voice wailing WALLACE MONUMENT wark warl weel weeping whan wife wild woman words working-men young youth
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Seite 203 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode (There they alike in trembling hope repose), The bosom of his Father and his God.
Seite 190 - Touched by the Midas finger of the state, Bleed gold for ministers to sport away. Drink, and be mad then; 'tis your country bids! Gloriously drunk obey the important call! Her cause demands the assistance of your throats ; — Ye all can swallow, and she asks no more.
Seite 54 - Ye of the rose-cheek and dew-bright eye, And the bounding footstep, to meet me fly, With the lyre, and the wreath, and the joyous lay, Come forth to the sunshine...
Seite 192 - Be hush'd, my dark spirit ! for wisdom condemns When the faint and the feeble deplore : Be strong as the rock of the ocean that stems A thousand wild waves on the shore ! ^! 256 ON VISITING A SCENE IN ARGYLESHIRE.
Seite 17 - ... and through the woodland sings ; The tell-tale voice beloved of Spring ; the wail of forest dove ; The thousand swelling warbling throats that sing of bliss and love ; The voice of woods, in soft commune with twilight's dewy airs, Where parent thrush on darkling bough beguiles his brooding cares The shadows fall — Oh, gentle bird, thy liquid voice is mute ; But, hark ! that sweetly-thrilling strain breathed from the plaintive flute ; No eye but thine, soft star of love, the rapt musician sees...
Seite 189 - ... clothed in purple and fine linen, and fare sumptuously every day, while the laborer is fed with the crumbs which fall from the table of the rich.
Seite 252 - Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: and I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth : lo, there thou hast that is thine.
Seite 204 - Icelander and sunburnt Moor, Men of all climes, that never met before, . And of all creeds, the Jew, the Turk, the Christian ; Here the proud prince, and favourite yet prouder, His...
Seite 205 - It was looked upon not only as a day of rest, but also as a day exclusively devoted to religious purposes.
Seite 16 - O'er bending waves of odorous hay, and through the woodland sings ; The tell-tale voice beloved of Spring ; the wail of forest dove ; The thousand swelling warbling throats that sing of bliss and love; The voice of woods, in soft commune with twilight's dewy airs, Where parent thrush on darkling bough beguiles his brooding cares ; The shadows...