Poems on Various Subjects, Volumul 63author, 1803 - 441 pagini |
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Pagina 34
... faithful Clans delighted to obey The kind behests of patriarchal sway ; The social tribes branch'd out on every side , The pleasures and the toils of life divide ; And long experienc'd in the ages gone , Peculiar toils and pleasures all ...
... faithful Clans delighted to obey The kind behests of patriarchal sway ; The social tribes branch'd out on every side , The pleasures and the toils of life divide ; And long experienc'd in the ages gone , Peculiar toils and pleasures all ...
Pagina 35
... faithful share , The small domain divides with frugal care ; And free from cautious doubts and selfish fears , They reap their portion of the ripen'd ears . Thus , while they sow and reap the mutual field , And each to each by turns is ...
... faithful share , The small domain divides with frugal care ; And free from cautious doubts and selfish fears , They reap their portion of the ripen'd ears . Thus , while they sow and reap the mutual field , And each to each by turns is ...
Pagina 63
... faithful dog first shrink in silent awe , Then , howling , trembling , fly with quicken'd pace , To warn his master from the fatal place . " Shall I too fly , ( he cried ) or trust the Pow'r " Who guards us in the dark and silent hour ...
... faithful dog first shrink in silent awe , Then , howling , trembling , fly with quicken'd pace , To warn his master from the fatal place . " Shall I too fly , ( he cried ) or trust the Pow'r " Who guards us in the dark and silent hour ...
Pagina 73
... go . " Warm shelter'd in yon bushy glen behind , 66 age : My steers repose , and food and safety find ; " But when relenting Spring shall smile a - new , " Again your hospitable hearth I'll view ; " And faithful , like a brother or a son ...
... go . " Warm shelter'd in yon bushy glen behind , 66 age : My steers repose , and food and safety find ; " But when relenting Spring shall smile a - new , " Again your hospitable hearth I'll view ; " And faithful , like a brother or a son ...
Pagina 74
Anne MacVicar Grant. " And faithful , like a brother or a son , " Will till your fields till May's bright days come on ; " And while warm life her vital pow'r retains , " And truth , and sense , and memory remains : " Should penury , or ...
Anne MacVicar Grant. " And faithful , like a brother or a son , " Will till your fields till May's bright days come on ; " And while warm life her vital pow'r retains , " And truth , and sense , and memory remains : " Should penury , or ...
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Aberdeen Alex Alexander artless bard beams beauty blast blest bloom bosom breast bright brow Campbell cheer Chief clouds copies cries crown'd dark dear death deck deck'd Ditto drest Edin Edinburgh eyes fair faithful fame fate FINGALIANS FLORA MACDONALD foes Fort Augustus Fraser Gaelic Glasgow Glendoe Glenmoriston gloom glow Gordon grace Greenock grove haunts heart Highland Highland Laddie Inverness isle James John kind KINGSBURGH Lady Leith light lofty London Lord lov'd lyre Macdonald Mackenzie Mackintosh Macpherson maid mind Miss MOOME mountains mournful Munro Muse native nymph o'er OSSIAN Paisley peaceful plain pleas'd poems pow'r PRINCE Robert rocks rose round scene shades shore skies smile soft song soothe sorrow soul South Uist Stewart Stirling strain strath stream swains sweet tender thee thou thro toil truth vale wandering weary wild William wind wont youth
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Pagina 31 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, The seasons' difference, as the icy fang And churlish chiding of the winter's wind, Which, when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say ' This is no flattery : these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Pagina 249 - The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame ; But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name...
Pagina 57 - And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The virtuous mind, that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion, Conscience.
Pagina 401 - A bonnet with a lofty plume, the gallant badge of war; And a plaid across the manly breast, that yet shall wear a star." "Suppose, ah! suppose, that some cruel, cruel wound Should pierce your Highland laddie, and all your hopes confound...
Pagina 228 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence ? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices...
Pagina 401 - But I will hope to see him yet, in Scotland's bonny bounds; But I will hope to see him yet, in Scotland's bonny bounds. His native land of liberty shall nurse his glorious wounds, While wide, through all our Highland hills, his warlike name resounds.
Pagina 399 - OH, where, tell me where is your Highland laddie gone? Oh, where, tell me where is your Highland laddie gone? He's gone with streaming banners where noble deeds are done, And my sad heart will tremble till he come safely home. Oh, where, tell me where did your Highland laddie stay...
Pagina 399 - O WHERE, tell me where, is your Highland laddie gone? O where, tell me where, is your Highland laddie gone ? " " He's gone, with streaming banners, where noble deeds are done; And my sad heart will tremble till he comes safely home.
Pagina 43 - ... warriors to her breast ; And as they strove, with smiles of filial love, Their widowed parent's anguish to remove, Through her small casement broke the intrusive day, And chased the pleasing images away ! No time can e'er her banished joys restore, For ah! a heart once broken heals no more. The dewy beams that gleam from pity's eye, The
Pagina 400 - O where, tell me where, did your Highland laddie stay ? " " He dwelt beneath the holly trees, beside the rapid Spey; And many a blessing followed him the day he. went away.