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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... leave to the bee . Next , I will repair to the wild , And nature's bold features admire , Where rocks upon rocks they are piled , And unto the clouds do aspire . The eagle there buildeth her nest , Free from the intrusion of man , Of ...
... leave to the bee . Next , I will repair to the wild , And nature's bold features admire , Where rocks upon rocks they are piled , And unto the clouds do aspire . The eagle there buildeth her nest , Free from the intrusion of man , Of ...
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... leave , and those for sturdy whigs . I sing of War - stern War's gigantic stride , Which long has desolated Europe wide , Princes from states , and kings from empires hurled , And proved the bane and ruin of the world . Then unto ...
... leave , and those for sturdy whigs . I sing of War - stern War's gigantic stride , Which long has desolated Europe wide , Princes from states , and kings from empires hurled , And proved the bane and ruin of the world . Then unto ...
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... leave the Indian isles , Capricious Fortune has vouchsafed her smiles ; His aged parents and his Mary dear , Fondly invite him to his native shore . The stately bark again is under weigh , Each favouring breeze impels her o'er the sea ...
... leave the Indian isles , Capricious Fortune has vouchsafed her smiles ; His aged parents and his Mary dear , Fondly invite him to his native shore . The stately bark again is under weigh , Each favouring breeze impels her o'er the sea ...
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... leave the exile's kindred to reveal All , all they think - all , all they fondly feel . Where Spaniards journey oft in search of gold , With slavery's chain a continent enfold ; Now liberty the thrones of despots shakes , Amid the ...
... leave the exile's kindred to reveal All , all they think - all , all they fondly feel . Where Spaniards journey oft in search of gold , With slavery's chain a continent enfold ; Now liberty the thrones of despots shakes , Amid the ...
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... leave their native place , The Nile and Niger's hidden source to trace . Even burning Afric ne'er alarms nor shakes The dauntless heroes of the land of cakes . In polar regions where the solar rays A wonderful phenomenon displays ...
... leave their native place , The Nile and Niger's hidden source to trace . Even burning Afric ne'er alarms nor shakes The dauntless heroes of the land of cakes . In polar regions where the solar rays A wonderful phenomenon displays ...
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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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