Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, Volumen2Adam Neill and Company, 1800 |
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... of ruftic toil , Be bleft with health , and peace , and sweet content ! And , O may Heav'n , their fimple lives pre- vent From Luxury's contagion , weak and vile ! Then Then , howe'er crowns and coronets be rent , A ( 16 )
... of ruftic toil , Be bleft with health , and peace , and sweet content ! And , O may Heav'n , their fimple lives pre- vent From Luxury's contagion , weak and vile ! Then Then , howe'er crowns and coronets be rent , A ( 16 )
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... bleft . But , Oh ! what crowds in ev'ry land , Are wretched and forlorn . Thro ' weary life this leffon learn , That Man was made to mourn . VII . Many and sharp the num'rous ills , Inwoven with our frame ! B 3 More More pointed ftill ...
... bleft . But , Oh ! what crowds in ev'ry land , Are wretched and forlorn . Thro ' weary life this leffon learn , That Man was made to mourn . VII . Many and sharp the num'rous ills , Inwoven with our frame ! B 3 More More pointed ftill ...
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... my aged limbs Are laid with thee at reft ! The Great , the Wealthy fear thy blow , From pomp and pleasure torn ; But , Oh ! a bleft relief to those That weary - laden mourn ! A PRAYER IN THE PROSPECT OF DEATH . I. O ( 24 )
... my aged limbs Are laid with thee at reft ! The Great , the Wealthy fear thy blow , From pomp and pleasure torn ; But , Oh ! a bleft relief to those That weary - laden mourn ! A PRAYER IN THE PROSPECT OF DEATH . I. O ( 24 )
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... , Before the sweeping blaft . For why ? that God the good adore Hath giv❜n them peace and reft , But hath decreed that wicked men Shall ne'er be truly bleft . A C 2 PRAYER Under the Preffure of Violent Anguish . O THOU ( 35 )
... , Before the sweeping blaft . For why ? that God the good adore Hath giv❜n them peace and reft , But hath decreed that wicked men Shall ne'er be truly bleft . A C 2 PRAYER Under the Preffure of Violent Anguish . O THOU ( 35 )
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... bleft with Fortune's fmiles and favours , I am , Dear Sir , with zeal moft fervent , Your much indebted , humble fervant . But if ( which Pow'rs above prevent ) That iron - hearted carl , Want , Attended in his grim advances , By sad ...
... bleft with Fortune's fmiles and favours , I am , Dear Sir , with zeal moft fervent , Your much indebted , humble fervant . But if ( which Pow'rs above prevent ) That iron - hearted carl , Want , Attended in his grim advances , By sad ...
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Página 51 - LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon.
Página 22 - See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, So abject, mean, and vile, Who begs a brother of the earth To give him leave to toil ; And see his lordly fellow-worm The poor petition spurn, Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife And helpless offspring mourn.
Página 10 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride. His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !
Página 15 - And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide; But, chiefly, in their hearts with Grace Divine preside.
Página 9 - The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er wi...
Página 16 - An honest man's the noblest work of God;' And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind; What is a lordling's pomp? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd!
Página 199 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever; Or like the borealis race That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approaches Tam maun ride; That hour, o...
Página 13 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays; Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing,' That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear, While circling Time moves round...
Página 87 - What's a' your jargon o' your schools, Your Latin names for horns an' stools; If honest Nature made you fools, What sairs your grammars? Ye'd better ta'en up spades and shools, Or knappin'-hammers. A set o' dull conceited hashes Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang in stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth to speak; An...
Página 179 - I'm the sov'reign of Scotland, And mony a traitor there, Yet here I lie in foreign bands, And never-ending care. But as for thee, thou false woman, My sister and my fae, Grim vengeance, yet, shall whet a sword That...