Specimens, with memoirs, of the less-known British poets. With an intr. essay, by G. Gilfillan. The text ed. by C.C. Clarke, Volumen2George Gilfillan 1881 |
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... weep a second in the unfinished song ! These works divine , which , on his death - bed laid , To thee , O Craggs ! the expiring sage conveyed , Great , but ill - omened , monument of fame , Nor he survived to give , nor thou to claim ...
... weep a second in the unfinished song ! These works divine , which , on his death - bed laid , To thee , O Craggs ! the expiring sage conveyed , Great , but ill - omened , monument of fame , Nor he survived to give , nor thou to claim ...
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... her ' midst tasteless grandeur weep , By marble fountains lay the pensive head , And , while they murmur , strive in vain to sleep ! 12 Delia alone can please , and never tire , 35 1640-1800 . ] [ HAMMOND . THE LESS - KNOWN BRITISH POETS .
... her ' midst tasteless grandeur weep , By marble fountains lay the pensive head , And , while they murmur , strive in vain to sleep ! 12 Delia alone can please , and never tire , 35 1640-1800 . ] [ HAMMOND . THE LESS - KNOWN BRITISH POETS .
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... weep'st already , as I were no more , Nor can that gentle breast the thought withstand . 15 Oh , when I die , my ... weeping friends will do thy mournful part : 17 Let them , extended on the decent bier , Convey the corse in melancholy ...
... weep'st already , as I were no more , Nor can that gentle breast the thought withstand . 15 Oh , when I die , my ... weeping friends will do thy mournful part : 17 Let them , extended on the decent bier , Convey the corse in melancholy ...
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... Weep not , weep not , my bonny bonny bride , Weep not , weep not , my winsome marrow ! Nor let thy heart lament to leave Pouing the birks on the Braes of Yarrow . 4 B. Why does she weep , thy bonny bonny bride ? Why does she weep , thy ...
... Weep not , weep not , my bonny bonny bride , Weep not , weep not , my winsome marrow ! Nor let thy heart lament to leave Pouing the birks on the Braes of Yarrow . 4 B. Why does she weep , thy bonny bonny bride ? Why does she weep , thy ...
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... weep around in waeful wise , His helpless fate on the Braes of Yarrow . 11 Curse ye , curse ye , his useless useless shield , My arm that wrought the deed of sorrow , The fatal spear that pierced his breast , His comely breast , on the ...
... weep around in waeful wise , His helpless fate on the Braes of Yarrow . 11 Curse ye , curse ye , his useless useless shield , My arm that wrought the deed of sorrow , The fatal spear that pierced his breast , His comely breast , on the ...
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admired Adoration Allan Ramsay arms bard beauty became Behold beneath bless blest bloom bonny born Braes of Yarrow breast breath busk Canynge charms clouds Cumnor dear death delight died divine Dr Johnson e'er eyes fair fame father fear Fingal flame flowers frae genius Glorious grace green grove head hear heart heaven hills Invermay Isaac Watts JAMES MACPHERSON JANE ELLIOT Jenny king light live Lochaber Lord maid married maun mild ale mind Monody mournful Muse nature's ne'er never night nymph o'er Ossian peace poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise rose round scene scorn shade sigh sing Sir Charles smile soft song soul spirit Splendid Shilling spring Stephen Duck sweet Swift tears tell thee thine thou thought tongue Twas verse virtue voice waves weep wife wind Wirrikow wrote youth
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Página 146 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Página 300 - Whence are thy beams, O suul thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave; but thou thyself movest alone. Who can be a companion of thy course?
Página 203 - Not one immoral, one corrupted thought, One line, which dying he could wish to blot.
Página 145 - Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him : but weep sore for him that goeth away : for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
Página 120 - And babes, sweet-smiling babes, our bed. How should I love the pretty creatures, While round my knees they fondly clung! To see them look their mother's features, To hear them lisp their mother's tongue! And when with envy time transported Shall think to rob us of our joys, You'll in your girls again be courted, And I'll go wooing in my boys.
Página 300 - I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls : and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook, there, its lonely head : the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows, the rank grass of the wall waved round his head. Desolate is the dwelling of Moina, silence is in the house of her fathers.
Página 307 - E'en from the grave thou shalt have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee; Bid them in duty's sphere as meekly move; And if so fair, from vanity as free, As firm in friendship, and as fond in love, — Tell them...
Página 129 - My master carries me to church, And often am I blamed Because I leave him in the lurch As soon as text is named ; I leave the church in sermon-time And slink away to Sally ; She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley.
Página 32 - To me thy aid, thou guardian genius, lend ! When rage misguides me, or when fear alarms, When pain distresses, or when pleasure charms, In silent whisperings purer thoughts impart, And .turn from ill a frail and feeble heart ; Lead through the paths thy virtue trod before, Till bliss shall join, nor death can part us more.
Página 68 - I believe them true: they argue no corrupted mind in him; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest is thought too base for human breast: " In all distresses of our friends, we first consult our private ends; while nature, kindly bent to ease us, points out some circumstance to please us.