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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i. oldal
... sons of William Fergusson , a man of worth , but of hum- ble fortune ; who after serving an apprenticeship to a merchant in Aberdeen , came to Edinburgh in 1746 , where he became employed as a clerk to an upholste- rer , and afterwards ...
... sons of William Fergusson , a man of worth , but of hum- ble fortune ; who after serving an apprenticeship to a merchant in Aberdeen , came to Edinburgh in 1746 , where he became employed as a clerk to an upholste- rer , and afterwards ...
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... sons in odious light appear , Tho ' we for them have wav'd the hostile spear ; For them my sire , enwrapp'd in curdled gore , Breath'd his last moments on a foreign shore . Tim . Six lunar months , my friend , will soon expire , And she ...
... sons in odious light appear , Tho ' we for them have wav'd the hostile spear ; For them my sire , enwrapp'd in curdled gore , Breath'd his last moments on a foreign shore . Tim . Six lunar months , my friend , will soon expire , And she ...
31. oldal
... Adieu , ye fields , where I have fondly stray'd ! Ye swains , who once the fav'rite DAMON knew ! Farewell , ye sharers of my bounty's aid ! Ye sons of base Ingratitude , adieu ! AGAINST REPINING AT FORTUNE . THO ' in my narrow 31.
... Adieu , ye fields , where I have fondly stray'd ! Ye swains , who once the fav'rite DAMON knew ! Farewell , ye sharers of my bounty's aid ! Ye sons of base Ingratitude , adieu ! AGAINST REPINING AT FORTUNE . THO ' in my narrow 31.
54. oldal
... sons extoll their gardens fair , Scotland may freely boast her gen'rous streams , Their soil more fertile and their milder air , Her fishes sporting in the solar beams . Thames , Humber , Severn , all must yield the bay To the pure ...
... sons extoll their gardens fair , Scotland may freely boast her gen'rous streams , Their soil more fertile and their milder air , Her fishes sporting in the solar beams . Thames , Humber , Severn , all must yield the bay To the pure ...
58. oldal
... sons . Hail , rosy health ! thou pleasing antidote ' Gainst troubling cares ! all hail , these rural fields , Those winding rivulets and verdant shades , Where thou the heav'n - born Goddess deign'st to dwell ! With thee the hind , upon ...
... sons . Hail , rosy health ! thou pleasing antidote ' Gainst troubling cares ! all hail , these rural fields , Those winding rivulets and verdant shades , Where thou the heav'n - born Goddess deign'st to dwell ! With thee the hind , upon ...
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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...