Drummond of Hawthornden: The Story of His Life and WritingsMacmillan and Company, 1873 - 490 oldal |
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69. oldal - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
63. oldal - ... unto this grove My love, to hear and recompense my love. Fair King, who all preserves, But show thy blushing beams, And thou two sweeter eyes Shalt see than those which by Peneus...
107. oldal - ... given rather to lose a friend than a jest, jealous of every word and action of those about him (especially after drink, which is one of the elements in which he liveth) . A dissembler of ill parts which reign in him, a bragger of some good that he wanteth; thinketh nothing well but what either he himself, or some of his friends and countrymen, hath said or done.
97. oldal - Anniversary was profane and full of blasphemies; that he told Mr. Donne if it had been written of the Virgin Mary it had been something; to which he answered that he described the idea of a woman, and not as she was; that Donne, for not keeping of accent, deserved hanging.
468. oldal - The History of Scotland from the year 1423 until the year 1542. Containing the Lives and Reigns of James the I., the II., the III., the IV., the V. With several Memorials of State during the Reigns of James VI. and Charles I.
445. oldal - DOTH then the world go thus, doth all thus move ? Is this the justice which on Earth we find ? Is this that firm decree which all doth bind ? Are these your influences, Powers above ? Those souls which vice's moody mists most blind, Blind Fortune, blindly, most their friend doth prove ; And they who thee, poor idol Virtue ! love, Ply like a feather toss'd by storm and wind. Ah ! if a Providence doth sway this all Why should best minds groan under most distress ? Or why should pride humility make...