Poems on Various Subjects: But Chiefly Moral and Descriptive, with Songs, and Copious NotesPrinted at the Dumfries & Galloway courier office, 1822 - 283 стор. |
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... Perhaps to our cost , even this very year . ' " Such nonsense , gudewife , should ne'er enter your pow , While fair in the Channel rides brave gallant Howe ; If he could them meet in our ain straits of Dover , Not even one Frenchman ...
... Perhaps to our cost , even this very year . ' " Such nonsense , gudewife , should ne'er enter your pow , While fair in the Channel rides brave gallant Howe ; If he could them meet in our ain straits of Dover , Not even one Frenchman ...
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... Perhaps a purse , perhaps a watch , Must pay the fees . Now , fell remorse of them takes hold- An aching head , and loss of gold , Makes penitents of the most bold ; But , deep in sin , They , like the sow to the mire , we're told ...
... Perhaps a purse , perhaps a watch , Must pay the fees . Now , fell remorse of them takes hold- An aching head , and loss of gold , Makes penitents of the most bold ; But , deep in sin , They , like the sow to the mire , we're told ...
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... kings from empires hurled , And proved the bane and ruin of the world . Then unto Brussels let us take a bound , And see what food's amidst the Fleemings found ; E Perhaps we'll hear the murdering cannons roar , Or find 65.
... kings from empires hurled , And proved the bane and ruin of the world . Then unto Brussels let us take a bound , And see what food's amidst the Fleemings found ; E Perhaps we'll hear the murdering cannons roar , Or find 65.
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But Chiefly Moral and Descriptive, with Songs, and Copious Notes Thomas Edgar. Perhaps we'll hear the murdering cannons roar , Or find the city sack'd and drenched in gore . Speed , speed your wings across the roaring main , And quickly ...
But Chiefly Moral and Descriptive, with Songs, and Copious Notes Thomas Edgar. Perhaps we'll hear the murdering cannons roar , Or find the city sack'd and drenched in gore . Speed , speed your wings across the roaring main , And quickly ...
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... Perhaps they now must bid a last adieu . Quick they are rallied , marshalled in array , No fear their motions or their looks betray , No Grecian phalanx e're appear'd more bold , Nor Roman legion so much famed of old . For Quatre Bras ...
... Perhaps they now must bid a last adieu . Quick they are rallied , marshalled in array , No fear their motions or their looks betray , No Grecian phalanx e're appear'd more bold , Nor Roman legion so much famed of old . For Quatre Bras ...
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admire Andrew Meikle appear banks battle BATTLE OF WATERLOO beauties bestow bold bonnie bosom bout brave breast British Britons brow Cæsar Carron cheeks cheer Closeburn command corn Criffel cuirassiers Dalveen dark dear display dost doth down-how dreadful Duke Dumfries e'er endeavour EPISTLE fair faithful fame field flow Fortune frae gallant grand chain grave happy heart Heaven heroes Highland laddies honour Isle king land of cakes Lavalette live Lord Lord Exmouth lowland Scot mankind Meikle mind mirth MOORLAND moral mourn Muse Nature's ne'er nigh night nought numbers o'er passions peace plain plough poem praise Prince repair Roman legion sage scarce scene Scots shepherd shore skill smile Solitude song soul stern storm straits of Dover subdue sure sweet tears thee There's thou thought true tyrants unto virtue Waterloo wish yonder yore younker
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