Poems on Various Subjects, المجلد 63author, 1803 - 441 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 29
... truths rehears'd in homely stile ; And hear a rustic muse those truths impart , From the full sources of the swelling heart ? No strains of measur'd harmony shall here With meretricious tinkle soothe your ear ; Nor art ambitious snatch ...
... truths rehears'd in homely stile ; And hear a rustic muse those truths impart , From the full sources of the swelling heart ? No strains of measur'd harmony shall here With meretricious tinkle soothe your ear ; Nor art ambitious snatch ...
الصفحة 74
... truth , and sense , and memory remains : " Should penury , or sad mischance betide " My friendly hostess , or my gentle guide , My kindred , mindful of the generous deed , " Shall yield them shelter in the hour of need . " The matron ...
... truth , and sense , and memory remains : " Should penury , or sad mischance betide " My friendly hostess , or my gentle guide , My kindred , mindful of the generous deed , " Shall yield them shelter in the hour of need . " The matron ...
الصفحة 80
... truth of his devoted train , • See ! wealth and pow'r combine their force in vain : Unhurt he slumbers in his sea - beat cave , While round his bed the guiltless billows rave * . Tho ' gloomy guards protect the Monarch's gate , Distrust ...
... truth of his devoted train , • See ! wealth and pow'r combine their force in vain : Unhurt he slumbers in his sea - beat cave , While round his bed the guiltless billows rave * . Tho ' gloomy guards protect the Monarch's gate , Distrust ...
الصفحة 82
... truth beyond compare ! With him the produce of the chace they share , With furry spoils they deck'd their cave around , With wholesome cups their liberal board they crown'd , The hostile camp thro ' danger's paths they sought , And to ...
... truth beyond compare ! With him the produce of the chace they share , With furry spoils they deck'd their cave around , With wholesome cups their liberal board they crown'd , The hostile camp thro ' danger's paths they sought , And to ...
الصفحة 88
... truth and pity found a home : The Chief's fair Consort , and her gentle guest * , ' Midst war's rude clamours here in safety rest ; In female tasks consume the lingering hours , And wake the plaintive lute , or form unwithering flow'rs ...
... truth and pity found a home : The Chief's fair Consort , and her gentle guest * , ' Midst war's rude clamours here in safety rest ; In female tasks consume the lingering hours , And wake the plaintive lute , or form unwithering flow'rs ...
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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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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 405 - O WHERE, tell me where, is your Highland laddie gone? O where, tell me where, is your Highland laddie gone...
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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!
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.