The Works of Robert Fergusson: To which is Prefixed, a Sketch of the Author's LifeS.A. & H. Oddy, 1807 - 364 pagina's |
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Pagina 17
... fancy , and gave a poetical impulse to his ge- nius but , it is believed , the first inspirations of his muse were poured forth in satirical cas- tigation of his instructors , and in the common- place trifles , such as a boy usually ...
... fancy , and gave a poetical impulse to his ge- nius but , it is believed , the first inspirations of his muse were poured forth in satirical cas- tigation of his instructors , and in the common- place trifles , such as a boy usually ...
Pagina 24
... fancy's creation , they are still too brilliant for the eye of a common poet . That Fergusson , in these circumstances , had the courage to think of such a subject for his poetry , is a strong proof of the ambition of his mind and the ...
... fancy's creation , they are still too brilliant for the eye of a common poet . That Fergusson , in these circumstances , had the courage to think of such a subject for his poetry , is a strong proof of the ambition of his mind and the ...
Pagina 31
... fancy , he returned quietly to his drudgery . This anecdote shows pretty distinctly his aversion to the settled employment to which his attention should have been directed , and * « Tom Sommers is a gloomy man , " His soul is dark with ...
... fancy , he returned quietly to his drudgery . This anecdote shows pretty distinctly his aversion to the settled employment to which his attention should have been directed , and * « Tom Sommers is a gloomy man , " His soul is dark with ...
Pagina 55
... voice of Eternal Vengeance speaking in wrath , and consigning him to irremediable perdition . Fergusson's religion , at this time , was the religion of a man in despair . His in- fidelity was a burst of fancy , and the melan- 55.
... voice of Eternal Vengeance speaking in wrath , and consigning him to irremediable perdition . Fergusson's religion , at this time , was the religion of a man in despair . His in- fidelity was a burst of fancy , and the melan- 55.
Pagina 56
... fancy , and the melan- choly effort of a freezing energy of reason , which enabled him to hope for peace in the gulph of annihilation , when that of eternal torture seemed yawning to receive him . It has been said by some of his ...
... fancy , and the melan- choly effort of a freezing energy of reason , which enabled him to hope for peace in the gulph of annihilation , when that of eternal torture seemed yawning to receive him . It has been said by some of his ...
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Pagina 116 - 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 250 - Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain: 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 288 - And dim our dolefu' days wi' bairnly fear ; The mind's aye cradled when the grave is near. Yet thrift, industrious, bides her latest days, Tho' age her sair-dow'd front wi' runcles wave ; Yet frae the russet lap the spindle plays ; Her e'enin stent reels she as weel's the lave. On some feast-day the wee things, buskit braw, Shall heeze her heart up wi...
Pagina 247 - While he draws breath, Till his four quarters are bedeckit Wi' gude Braid Claith. On Sabbath-days the barber spark, Whan he has done wi...
Pagina 66 - 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 198 - When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest the courtiers offended, should be ; If you mention vice or bribe, 'Tis so pat to all the tribe, Each cries — That was levelld at me.
Pagina 313 - I'd been there, How I wad trimm'd the bill o' fare ! For ne'er sic surly wight as he Had met wi' sic respect frae me. Mind ye what Sam,' the lying loun ! Has in his Dictionar laid down ? That aits in England are a feast To cow an' horse, an' sican beast, While in Scots ground this growth was common To gust the gab o
Pagina 132 - 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 243 - HAPPY the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling.
Pagina 288 - O mock na this, my friends ! but rather mourn, Ye in life's brawest spring wi' reason clear ; Wi' eild our idle fancies a' return, And dim our dolefu' days wi' bairnly fear ; The mind's ay cradled whan the grave is near.