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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... doubt a right godly man , Who steadfast and firm by the truth still did stan ' ; That he was prophetic will clearly appear , 99 Perhaps to our cost , even this very year . ' " Such nonsense , gudewife , should ne'er enter your pow ...
... doubt a right godly man , Who steadfast and firm by the truth still did stan ' ; That he was prophetic will clearly appear , 99 Perhaps to our cost , even this very year . ' " Such nonsense , gudewife , should ne'er enter your pow ...
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... doubt and distress . He's also in peril from craig and from scar , With dangers at hand , and worse dangers afar ! His mind is bewilder'd as well as his eye , Yet still pushes on , but knows not where nor why . But the clouds now depart ...
... doubt and distress . He's also in peril from craig and from scar , With dangers at hand , and worse dangers afar ! His mind is bewilder'd as well as his eye , Yet still pushes on , but knows not where nor why . But the clouds now depart ...
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... soft Beguileth the tedious hour . Old Echo reclines in her cave , And catches the sounds as they fly , Her answers they will not deceive , If you doubt it , you have but to try . When weather confines me at home , In reading my 32.
... soft Beguileth the tedious hour . Old Echo reclines in her cave , And catches the sounds as they fly , Her answers they will not deceive , If you doubt it , you have but to try . When weather confines me at home , In reading my 32.
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... doubt ultimately add to the splen- dour of the princely palace of Drumlanrig . ] HAIL , venerable Oak ! hail to the light , To Queensberry we owe the wondrous sight Of thy stupendous uncorrupted mass , For centuries concealed in deep ...
... doubt ultimately add to the splen- dour of the princely palace of Drumlanrig . ] HAIL , venerable Oak ! hail to the light , To Queensberry we owe the wondrous sight Of thy stupendous uncorrupted mass , For centuries concealed in deep ...
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... JOCK . Sure these were unco times indeed ; I doubt they would but come ill speed With such kind graith - for carts they'd none , To take out muck , lead peats , or corn . Did they pay ony rents ava ? I'm sure they 104.
... JOCK . Sure these were unco times indeed ; I doubt they would but come ill speed With such kind graith - for carts they'd none , To take out muck , lead peats , or corn . Did they pay ony rents ava ? I'm sure they 104.
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