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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... And perfumes the senses do greet . The tulips such beauties display , That art is obliged to recoil ; The painter with colours so gay , Must always come off with the foil . The auricula such sweets doth bestow , That rewardeth the 28.
... And perfumes the senses do greet . The tulips such beauties display , That art is obliged to recoil ; The painter with colours so gay , Must always come off with the foil . The auricula such sweets doth bestow , That rewardeth the 28.
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... beauties rare will there be brought to view , By all that craftsman's art it can bestow . LINES OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF THE MUCH - LAMENTED CHARLES , LATE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH AND QUEENSBERRY , & c . SCARCELY for her the tears had ...
... beauties rare will there be brought to view , By all that craftsman's art it can bestow . LINES OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF THE MUCH - LAMENTED CHARLES , LATE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH AND QUEENSBERRY , & c . SCARCELY for her the tears had ...
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... beauties heightened by three absent years , The phantom to his breast he fain would press , But ah ! the substance is at Inverness . Oh , Flora ! fairer than the mountain snow , Sweeter than woodbine bathed in morning dew ; my Flora I ...
... beauties heightened by three absent years , The phantom to his breast he fain would press , But ah ! the substance is at Inverness . Oh , Flora ! fairer than the mountain snow , Sweeter than woodbine bathed in morning dew ; my Flora I ...
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... beauties , uses , of each various tribe . And when by woody dell , where vocal choir Their notes responsive on the ear do pour , In vernal months , we sauntered oft along , List'ning with rapture to the cheering song ; Their melody she ...
... beauties , uses , of each various tribe . And when by woody dell , where vocal choir Their notes responsive on the ear do pour , In vernal months , we sauntered oft along , List'ning with rapture to the cheering song ; Their melody she ...
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... beauties does far exceed my lay , Thy scenery is romantic , thy maidens they are gay . In the morning of life on thy banks I've strayed , With my juvenile companions my gambols dis- played ; When from corroding cares my bosom was free ...
... beauties does far exceed my lay , Thy scenery is romantic , thy maidens they are gay . In the morning of life on thy banks I've strayed , With my juvenile companions my gambols dis- played ; When from corroding cares my bosom was free ...
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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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