History of the Town and Castle of Dumbarton, from the Earliest Period Till the Present Time

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E.D. Ogilvie, W. Conolly, and J. Neilson, 1847 - 150 стор.
 

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Сторінка 60 - Arcadian plain. Pure stream ! in whose transparent wave My youthful limbs I wont to lave ; No torrents stain thy limpid source ; No rocks impede thy dimpling course, That sweetly warbles o'er its bed, With white round polished pebbles spread...
Сторінка 39 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Сторінка 146 - Comet" will receive information of the hours of sailing, by applying at Mr.
Сторінка 50 - Scots wha hae wi' Wallace bled, Scots wham Bruce has often led, Welcome to your gory bed, Or to glorious victory. "Now's the day, and now's the hour; See the front o' battle lour; See approach proud Edward's power — Edward!
Сторінка 60 - May numerous herds and flocks be seen : And lasses chanting o'er the pail, And shepherds piping in the dale ; And ancient faith that knows no guile, And industry embrown'd with toil ; And hearts resolved and hands prepared The blessings they enjoy to guard 1 [S
Сторінка 21 - I have seen the walls of Balclutha, but they were desolate. The fire had resounded in the halls: and the voice of the people is heard no more. The stream of Clutha was removed from its place, by the fall of the walls. The thistle shook there its lonely head: the moss whistled to the wind. The fox looked out from the windows, the rank grass of the wall waved round its head. Desolate is the dwelling of Moina, silence is in the house of her fathers.
Сторінка 60 - While, lightly poised, the scaly brood In myriads cleave thy crystal flood ; The springing trout in speckled pride ; The salmon, monarch of the tide; The ruthless pike, intent on war; The silver eel, and mottled par.
Сторінка 110 - ... steel of above half an ell in length screwed into the navel of it, on his left arm, a sturdy claymore by his .side, and a pistol or two, with a dirk and knife, in his belt."— Rae's History of the Rebellion, 4to, p.
Сторінка 67 - The lake, the bay, the waterfall; And Thee, the Spirit of them all!
Сторінка 100 - When the dew wets its leaves, unstained and pure As is the lily or the mountain snow. The modest virtues mingled in her eyes, Still on the ground dejected, darting all Their humid beams into the blooming flowers ; Or when the mournful tale her mother told Of what her faithless fortune promised once Thrilled in her thought, they, like the dewy star Of evening, shone in tears.

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