The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh: Noctes ambrosianaeW. Blackwood, 1856 |
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... doun to the green braird aneath your feet , to behold in the lintie , or the lark - or in that mavis - God bless her ! -an emblem o ' the young Christian mother fauldin up in her nursin bosom the beauty and the blessedness o ' her ain ...
... doun to the green braird aneath your feet , to behold in the lintie , or the lark - or in that mavis - God bless her ! -an emblem o ' the young Christian mother fauldin up in her nursin bosom the beauty and the blessedness o ' her ain ...
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... doun through a ' possible vareeities — lark , lintie , yellow- 1 Shielin - a shelter for sheep or shepherd among the hills . 2 Herrier - rifler of birds ' nests . 4 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHEPHERD AND TICKLER . - yite , A Mavis' Nest -A ...
... doun through a ' possible vareeities — lark , lintie , yellow- 1 Shielin - a shelter for sheep or shepherd among the hills . 2 Herrier - rifler of birds ' nests . 4 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHEPHERD AND TICKLER . - yite , A Mavis' Nest -A ...
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... doun , after your coffee you're risin up - as I'm coverin my head wi ' the blankets you're pittin on your breeks - as my een are steekin like sunflowers aneath the moon , yours are glowin like twa gas - lamps - and while your mind is ...
... doun , after your coffee you're risin up - as I'm coverin my head wi ' the blankets you're pittin on your breeks - as my een are steekin like sunflowers aneath the moon , yours are glowin like twa gas - lamps - and while your mind is ...
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... doun wi ' the lintie , is the saftenin - the shadin — the darkenin power o ' the Past , o ' Time the Prime Minister o ' Life , wha , in spite o ' a ' Opposition , carries a ' his measures by a silent vote , and aften , wi ' a weary ...
... doun wi ' the lintie , is the saftenin - the shadin — the darkenin power o ' the Past , o ' Time the Prime Minister o ' Life , wha , in spite o ' a ' Opposition , carries a ' his measures by a silent vote , and aften , wi ' a weary ...
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... doun the body into the grave - though all its lines , deep as they are , are peacefu ' and untroubled , and the grey uncovered head maist reverend and affecting in the sun- shine that falls at the same time on the coffin of him who was ...
... doun the body into the grave - though all its lines , deep as they are , are peacefu ' and untroubled , and the grey uncovered head maist reverend and affecting in the sun- shine that falls at the same time on the coffin of him who was ...
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Página 239 - Towards the crescent moon, with grateful heart Called on the lovely wanderer who bestowed That timely light, to share his joyous sport ; And hence, a beaming goddess with her nymphs, Across the lawn and through the darksome grove (Not unaccompanied with tuneful notes By echo multiplied from rock or cave) Swept in the storm of chase, as moon and stars Glance rapidly along the clouded heaven, When winds are blowing strong.
Página 246 - The mother, wi' a woman's wiles, can spy What makes the youth sae bashfu' an' sae grave; Weel pleas'd to think her bairn's respected like the lave, IX 0 happy love! where love like this is found; O heart-felt raptures! bliss beyond compare! I've paced much this weary, mortal round, And sage experience bids me this declare, "If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, One cordial in this melancholy vale, T is when a youthful, loving, modest pair In other's arms breathe out the tender tale Beneath...
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Página 264 - Doomed for a certain term to walk the night; And, for the day, confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes, done in my days of nature, Are burnt and purged away.
Página 238 - In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman, stretched On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music lulled Iiia indolent repose : And, in some fit of weariness, if he, When his own breath was silent, chanced to hear A distant strain, far sweeter than the sounds...
Página 296 - A stranger yet to pain ? I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
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Página 333 - Lips, where all day A lover's kiss may play, Yet carry nothing thence away.