The Poems of Robert Fergusson: in Two Parts. To which is Prefixed, the Life of the Author, and a Sketch of His Writings; with a Copious Glossary Annexed, Volume 1Benjamin Chapman. A. Small, printer., 1815 - 331 pagina's |
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Pagina 18
... er the ANGLIAN plains , Where civil discord and sedition reigns ; There Scotia's sons in odious light appear , Tho ... Ne'er should your sobs their rapid flight give o'er Till Delia's presence grac'd our northern shore . Cor . Tho ...
... er the ANGLIAN plains , Where civil discord and sedition reigns ; There Scotia's sons in odious light appear , Tho ... Ne'er should your sobs their rapid flight give o'er Till Delia's presence grac'd our northern shore . Cor . Tho ...
Pagina 19
... ne'er obtain . Her sire a thousand fleeces numbers o'er , And grassy hills increase his milky store ; While the weak fences of a scanty fold Will all my sheep and fatt'ning lambkins hold . Tim . Ah , hapless youth ! although the early ...
... ne'er obtain . Her sire a thousand fleeces numbers o'er , And grassy hills increase his milky store ; While the weak fences of a scanty fold Will all my sheep and fatt'ning lambkins hold . Tim . Ah , hapless youth ! although the early ...
Pagina 39
... er my ground ! She has taught the grave laryx to droop , And the birch to deal odours around . For whom has she perfum'd my groves ? For whom has she cluster'd my vine ? If friendship despise my alcoves , They'll ne'er be recesses of ...
... er my ground ! She has taught the grave laryx to droop , And the birch to deal odours around . For whom has she perfum'd my groves ? For whom has she cluster'd my vine ? If friendship despise my alcoves , They'll ne'er be recesses of ...
Pagina 42
... ne'er par- take ; " Ne'er do you listen to the needy pray'r , " Nor drop a tear for tender pity's sake . " Welcome , ye fields , ye fountains , and ye groves ! " Ye flow'ry meadows , and extensive plains ! " Where soaring warblers pour ...
... ne'er par- take ; " Ne'er do you listen to the needy pray'r , " Nor drop a tear for tender pity's sake . " Welcome , ye fields , ye fountains , and ye groves ! " Ye flow'ry meadows , and extensive plains ! " Where soaring warblers pour ...
Pagina 53
... er Caledonia's northern land " Let restless waters stray . IV . " Since from the void creation rose , " Thou'st made a sacred vow , " That Caledon to foreign foes " Should ne'er be known to bow . " The mighty Thund'rer on his sapphire ...
... er Caledonia's northern land " Let restless waters stray . IV . " Since from the void creation rose , " Thou'st made a sacred vow , " That Caledon to foreign foes " Should ne'er be known to bow . " The mighty Thund'rer on his sapphire ...
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The Poems of Robert Fergusson: in Two Parts. To which is Prefixed ..., Volume 1 Robert Fergusson Volledige weergave - 1815 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 62 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Pagina 186 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Pagina 194 - Ferguson, whose irregularities sometimes led him into unpleasant rencontres with these military conservators of public order, and who mentions them so often that he may be termed their poet...
Pagina 226 - At night, in calmest slumbers dose fu' sound ; Nor doctor need their weary life to spae, Nor drogs their noddle and their sense confound, Till death slip sleely on, and gie the hindmost wound.
Pagina iv - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.
Pagina 205 - A cauler burn o' siller sheen, Ran cannily out-owre the green ; And whan our gutcher's drouth had been To bide right sair, He loutit down, and drank bedeen A dainty skair. His bairns had a', before the flood, A langer tack o* flesh and blood ; • * And on mair pithy shanks they stood Than Noah's line, Wha still hae been a feckless brood, Wi
Pagina 179 - HAPPY the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling.
Pagina 100 - O great god Pan, to thee Thus do we sing ! Thou that keep'st us chaste and free As the young spring ; Ever be thy honour spoke, From that place the Morn is broke To that place Day doth unyoke...
Pagina 288 - Wi' thee but wi' a dowy heart; Aft frae the Fifan coast I've seen Thee tow'ring on thy summit green, So glowr the saints when first is given A fav'rite keek o...
Pagina 267 - That void our test'ments, and can freely gie Sic will and scoup to the ordain'd trustee, That he may tir our stateliest riggins bare, Nor acres, houses, woods, nor fishins spare, Till he can lend the stoitering state a lift Wi...