Palgrave's Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics ...Macmillan, 1903 |
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... English and Scottish lyric poetry of the eighteenth century . Some defence , however , may be looked for from the commentator who has the presumption to seem to stand between the poets and their reader . Perhaps he would be thought to ...
... English and Scottish lyric poetry of the eighteenth century . Some defence , however , may be looked for from the commentator who has the presumption to seem to stand between the poets and their reader . Perhaps he would be thought to ...
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... English mind has passed through phases of thought and cultivation so various and so opposed during these three centuries of Poetry , that a rapid passage between old and new , like rapid alteration of the eye's focus in looking at the ...
... English mind has passed through phases of thought and cultivation so various and so opposed during these three centuries of Poetry , that a rapid passage between old and new , like rapid alteration of the eye's focus in looking at the ...
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... English , for ance , by guile wan the day ; The Flowers of the Forest , that fought aye the foremost , The prime of our land , are cauld in the clay . We'll hear nae mair lilting at the ewe - milking ; Women and bairns are heartless and ...
... English , for ance , by guile wan the day ; The Flowers of the Forest , that fought aye the foremost , The prime of our land , are cauld in the clay . We'll hear nae mair lilting at the ewe - milking ; Women and bairns are heartless and ...
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... English Poetry of the Eighteenth century than that of any other . For it was an age not only of spontaneous transition , but of bold experiment : it includes not only such absolute contrasts as distinguish the Rape of the Lock from the ...
... English Poetry of the Eighteenth century than that of any other . For it was an age not only of spontaneous transition , but of bold experiment : it includes not only such absolute contrasts as distinguish the Rape of the Lock from the ...
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... English Dictionary ( Oxford ) , O.E. = Old English , O. F. Old French , S. Scottish , trans . = translated by . Notes borrowed from Mr. F. T. Palgrave are enclosed in inverted commas and followed by his initials ( F. T. P. ) . Gray's ...
... English Dictionary ( Oxford ) , O.E. = Old English , O. F. Old French , S. Scottish , trans . = translated by . Notes borrowed from Mr. F. T. Palgrave are enclosed in inverted commas and followed by his initials ( F. T. P. ) . Gray's ...
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Página 48 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Página 65 - It may be safely affirmed that there neither is, nor can be, any essential difference between the language of prose and metrical composition.
Página 55 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there ; But alas ! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Página 29 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round ; Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound : And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.
Página 98 - YE banks and braes o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair; How can ye chant, ye little birds, And I sae weary, fu' o
Página 16 - It was not in the battle; No tempest gave the shock ; She sprang no fatal leak, She ran upon no rock. His sword was in its sheath, His fingers held the pen, When Kempenfelt went down With twice four hundred men.
Página 66 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Página 42 - As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I, And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a" the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi
Página 33 - WEE, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie, O, what a panic's in thy breastie ! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi...
Página 50 - Gainst graver hours, that bring constraint To sweeten liberty: Some bold adventurers disdain The limits of their little reign And unknown regions dare descry: Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.