The Poems of Robert Fergusson: in Two Parts. To which is Prefixed, the Life of the Author, and a Sketch of His Writings; with a Copious Glossary Annexed, 1. kötetBenjamin Chapman. A. Small, printer., 1815 - 331 oldal |
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ix. oldal
... Caller Oysters 179 Braid Claith 183 Elegy on the Death of Scots Music 186 Hallow - Fair 190 Ode to the Bee 195 On seeing a Butterfly in the Street 198 Ode to the Gowdspink 201 Caller Water 205 The Sitting of the Session 209 The Rising ...
... Caller Oysters 179 Braid Claith 183 Elegy on the Death of Scots Music 186 Hallow - Fair 190 Ode to the Bee 195 On seeing a Butterfly in the Street 198 Ode to the Gowdspink 201 Caller Water 205 The Sitting of the Session 209 The Rising ...
168. oldal
... caller dew . * Dav . They tell me , Geordie , he had sic a gift , That scarce a starnie blinkit frae the lift , But he wou'd some auld warld name for't find , As gart him keep it freshly in his mind : For this some ca'd him an uncanny ...
... caller dew . * Dav . They tell me , Geordie , he had sic a gift , That scarce a starnie blinkit frae the lift , But he wou'd some auld warld name for't find , As gart him keep it freshly in his mind : For this some ca'd him an uncanny ...
178. oldal
... ll rather to the fields resort , Whare music gars the day seem short , Whare doggies play , and lambies sport , On gowany braes , Whare peerless Fancy hads her court , And tunes her lays . CALLER OYSTERS . Happy the man who , free from 178.
... ll rather to the fields resort , Whare music gars the day seem short , Whare doggies play , and lambies sport , On gowany braes , Whare peerless Fancy hads her court , And tunes her lays . CALLER OYSTERS . Happy the man who , free from 178.
179. oldal
... labsters trail , Wi ' partans plenty . AULD REIKIE's sons blithe faces wear ; September's merry month is near , That brings in Neptune's caller cheer , New oysters fresh : The halesomest and nicest gear O ' fish or flesh Caller Oysters.
... labsters trail , Wi ' partans plenty . AULD REIKIE's sons blithe faces wear ; September's merry month is near , That brings in Neptune's caller cheer , New oysters fresh : The halesomest and nicest gear O ' fish or flesh Caller Oysters.
182. oldal
... sae sicker , Whan twice you've toom'd the big - ars'd bicker , Mix caller oysters wi ' your liquor , An ' I'm your debtor , If greedy priest or drowthy vicar Will thole it better . BRAID CLAITH . YE wha are fain to hae your 182.
... sae sicker , Whan twice you've toom'd the big - ars'd bicker , Mix caller oysters wi ' your liquor , An ' I'm your debtor , If greedy priest or drowthy vicar Will thole it better . BRAID CLAITH . YE wha are fain to hae your 182.
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aften amang Auld Reikie baith bauld beauty blaw blest blyth bonny Braid Claith braw breeze browster busk caller canna canty cauld cheer chiel cottar cou'd dowy e'en e'er ECLOGUE Edina's ev'ry fair Fancy Fergusson Fifan flow'rs fock frae gales gang girn Glour green groves gude Gutcher hail hame hath heart heeze ilka lads lasses loun lyre maun mirth mony morn mourn Muse nae mair ne'er never night numbers o'er plain poortith pow'r reed ROBERT FERGUSSON round SAMUEL JOHNSON Scotland seenil shade shepherd shore shou'd sigh siller simmer sing Skelpin smiles song spring stap strain streams swain sweet thee thir thole thou thro tongue trow Twas unco weel weet Whan Whare Whase Whilk wing Wirrikow woes yence
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62. oldal - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
186. oldal - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
194. oldal - Ferguson, whose irregularities sometimes led him into unpleasant rencontres with these military conservators of public order, and who mentions them so often that he may be termed their poet...
226. oldal - At night, in calmest slumbers dose fu' sound ; Nor doctor need their weary life to spae, Nor drogs their noddle and their sense confound, Till death slip sleely on, and gie the hindmost wound.
iv. oldal - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, ' No storied urn nor animated bust ;' This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust.
205. oldal - A cauler burn o' siller sheen, Ran cannily out-owre the green ; And whan our gutcher's drouth had been To bide right sair, He loutit down, and drank bedeen A dainty skair. His bairns had a', before the flood, A langer tack o* flesh and blood ; • * And on mair pithy shanks they stood Than Noah's line, Wha still hae been a feckless brood, Wi
179. oldal - HAPPY the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling.
100. oldal - O great god Pan, to thee Thus do we sing ! Thou that keep'st us chaste and free As the young spring ; Ever be thy honour spoke, From that place the Morn is broke To that place Day doth unyoke...
288. oldal - Wi' thee but wi' a dowy heart; Aft frae the Fifan coast I've seen Thee tow'ring on thy summit green, So glowr the saints when first is given A fav'rite keek o...
267. oldal - That void our test'ments, and can freely gie Sic will and scoup to the ordain'd trustee, That he may tir our stateliest riggins bare, Nor acres, houses, woods, nor fishins spare, Till he can lend the stoitering state a lift Wi...