Life of Michael Bruce: Poet of Loch LevenJ.M. Dent, 1905 - 243 pagina's |
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Pagina 14
... received , he , hanging o'er the hearth In winter ev'nings , to the gaping swains , And children circling round the fire , would tell Stories of old , in Britain's evil day , When brothers against brothers drew the sword Of civil rage ...
... received , he , hanging o'er the hearth In winter ev'nings , to the gaping swains , And children circling round the fire , would tell Stories of old , in Britain's evil day , When brothers against brothers drew the sword Of civil rage ...
Pagina 16
... received your letter some ; it was very welcome to me . I desire to ise with you and to recommend you to the he Great Physician who only can heal all our and pains . I would have you consider that springeth not out of the dust ; all is ...
... received your letter some ; it was very welcome to me . I desire to ise with you and to recommend you to the he Great Physician who only can heal all our and pains . I would have you consider that springeth not out of the dust ; all is ...
Pagina 29
... " from his youngest years . " David Easter Balgedie , aged fifty - two years , said he had her Wood " in 1754 or 1755 for two summers . have been associated with Michael Bruce . Some o So notavit a use in me pocty . Fter receiving eye ...
... " from his youngest years . " David Easter Balgedie , aged fifty - two years , said he had her Wood " in 1754 or 1755 for two summers . have been associated with Michael Bruce . Some o So notavit a use in me pocty . Fter receiving eye ...
Pagina 30
... receiving an excellent grounding in English , his tenth year he began the study of Latin , n his twelfth that of Greek . The parish master , after instructing him in the rudiments , lly allowed him to go on in his own way . On nely ...
... receiving an excellent grounding in English , his tenth year he began the study of Latin , n his twelfth that of Greek . The parish master , after instructing him in the rudiments , lly allowed him to go on in his own way . On nely ...
Pagina 41
... received couragement . But his own desire , and the his friends , was that he should prepare as ra possible for the work of the ministry . these departments of study require both e books and special instruments which he had money to ...
... received couragement . But his own desire , and the his friends , was that he should prepare as ra possible for the work of the ministry . these departments of study require both e books and special instruments which he had money to ...
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Acastro Adam Ferguson afterwards Alexander Bruce amongst Anderson appear Balgedie Benarty Bishopshire Blair Bookseller Bruce wrote Bruce's MSS Bruce's poems character claim Cleish copy Cuckoo Daphnis David Pear David Pearson dear death desire Dr Carlyle Dr Mackelvie Dr Robertson Edinburgh University edition Elegy evidence favour favourite Forest Mill friends Gairney Bridge give hymns interdict interest intimate Inveresk James Bruce John Birrell John Logan Kinnesswood Kinross known Laird Leith letter lines literary Loch Leven Lochgelly Lomond Hill London Maston Michael Bruce Milnathort moral notice pieces poet's father poetic poetry Portmoak preface Principal Baird Professor publication published purpose reader refers regarding Runnamede Scotland sermons session statement Stirling Street student Varro verse village volume wood words writings written Yarrow young poet youth
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Pagina 71 - I see the muddy wave, the dreary shore, The sluggish streams that slowly creep below, Which mortals visit, and return no more. Farewell, ye blooming fields ! ye cheerful plains!
Pagina 103 - Tis but an hour ago, since it was nine ; 'And after one hour more, 'twill be eleven ; \And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, \And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot, j And thereby hangs a tale.
Pagina 103 - I met a fool i' the forest, A motley fool ; — a miserable world : — As I do live by food, I met a fool ; Who laid him down and bask'd him in the sun, And rail'd on lady Fortune in good terms, In good set terms, — and yet a motley fool. Good morrow, fool, quoth I : No, sir...
Pagina 124 - Alas ! sweet bird ! not so my fate, Dark scowling skies I see Fast gathering round, and fraught with woe And wintry years to me.
Pagina 70 - Now, Spring returns : but not to me returns The vernal joy my better years have known ; Dim in my breast life's dying taper burns, And all the joys of life with health are flown.
Pagina 200 - THE peace of Heaven attend thy shade, My early friend, my favourite maid ! When life was new, companions gay, We hailed the morning of our day. Ah ! with what joy did I behold The flower of beauty fair unfold, And feared no storm to blast thy bloom Or bring thee to an early tomb. Untimely gone ! for ever fled The roses of the cheek so red ; Th' affection warm, the temper mild, The sweetness that in sorrow smiled.
Pagina 144 - I'll sleep in Yarrow. — The tear did never leave her cheek, No other youth became her marrow ; She found his body in the stream, And now with him she sleeps in Yarrow. J. Logan WILLY DROWNED IN YARROW Down in yon garden sweet and gay Where bonnie grows the lily, I heard a fair maid sighing say,
Pagina 6 - Wi' thee to reign, wi" thee to reign, The brightest jewel in my crown Wad be my queen, wad be my queen.
Pagina 228 - Our vows, our prayers, we now present Before Thy throne of grace; God of our fathers, be the God Of their succeeding race.
Pagina 65 - Thus sung the youth, amid unfertile wilds And nameless deserts, unpoetic ground! Far from his friends he...