The Poems of Robert FergussonJ. Fairbairn [and others], 1821 - 229 oldal |
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iii. oldal
... Scottish painter , Alexander Runciman . Mr Thomas Sommers of Edinburgh , in a Life of the Poet , published by him in 1803 , gives the follow- ing account of the circumstances under which Fergusson's portrait was taken : " That artist ...
... Scottish painter , Alexander Runciman . Mr Thomas Sommers of Edinburgh , in a Life of the Poet , published by him in 1803 , gives the follow- ing account of the circumstances under which Fergusson's portrait was taken : " That artist ...
xi. oldal
... Scottish painter , Alexander Runciman . Mr Thomas Sommers of Edinburgh , in a Life of the Poet , published by him in 1803 , gives the follow- ing account of the circumstances under which Fergusson's portrait was taken : " That artist ...
... Scottish painter , Alexander Runciman . Mr Thomas Sommers of Edinburgh , in a Life of the Poet , published by him in 1803 , gives the follow- ing account of the circumstances under which Fergusson's portrait was taken : " That artist ...
xvii. oldal
... Scottish sovereigns ceased to hold their court in Scotland , the Scottish muse was not only neglected , but any commerce with her was deemed disgraceful . She indignantly stretched her wing , and fled the ungrateful country , and in her ...
... Scottish sovereigns ceased to hold their court in Scotland , the Scottish muse was not only neglected , but any commerce with her was deemed disgraceful . She indignantly stretched her wing , and fled the ungrateful country , and in her ...
xviii. oldal
... Scottish poesy was complete , and in that state it remained , till Allan Ramsay arose from the lower class of the people , to restore the Scottish language , and to vindicate the honours of Scottish Song . It was from this source alone ...
... Scottish poesy was complete , and in that state it remained , till Allan Ramsay arose from the lower class of the people , to restore the Scottish language , and to vindicate the honours of Scottish Song . It was from this source alone ...
xix. oldal
... Scottish dialect ; and in the Gentle Shepherd he has succeeded in both . Na- ture had denied him the sublimity that elevates the mind , or the pathos that melts it into sorrow , but she had endowed him with an acuteness of obser- vation ...
... Scottish dialect ; and in the Gentle Shepherd he has succeeded in both . Na- ture had denied him the sublimity that elevates the mind , or the pathos that melts it into sorrow , but she had endowed him with an acuteness of obser- vation ...
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aften Alexander Runciman ALEXIS amang AMYNTAS Auld baith bard bauld beauty blaw blithe bonny Braid Claith braw breeze Browster Burns busk canna canty cauld cauler cheerful chiel CORYDON cottar cou'd DAMON David Steuart dowie e'er Eclogue Edina's Edinburgh fair fancy FLORELLUS fouk frae gales genius GEORDIE glowr green groves gude hail hame hath heart ilka lads loun lyre maun mind mirth mony morn mourn Muse nae mair Naiads ne'er never night numbers o'er owre plain poem poet poortith Reekie reign ROBERT FERGUSSON round scenes Scotland Scottish shade shepherd shore shou'd sigh siller Simmer sing smiles song sorrow spring strains streams swain sweet thee thir thou TIMANTHES tongue trow Twas virtue voice wame weel ween weet wing wirrikow wou'd youthful
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15. 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?
94. 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.
xi. 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.
89. oldal - HAPPY the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling.
123. oldal - Tho' age her sair-dow'd front wi' runcles wave ; Yet frae the russet lap the spindle plays ; Her e'enin stent reels she as weel's the lave. On some feast-day the wee things, buskit braw, Shall heeze her heart up wi...
123. oldal - O mock na this, my friends ! but rather mourn, Ye in life's brawest spring wi' reason clear ; Wi' eild our idle fancies a' return, And dim our dolefu' days wi' bairnly fear ; The mind's ay cradled whan the grave is near.
130. oldal - This bell o' mine's a trick, A wily piece o' politic, A cunnin' snare, To trap fouk in a cloven stick, Ere they're aware. " As lang's my dautit bell hings there, A...
170. oldal - Yarrow braes, Arcadian herds wad tyne their lays, To hear the mair melodious sounds That live on our poetic grounds. Come, Fancy ! come, and let us tread The simmer's flow'ry velvet bed, And a...
93. oldal - Wi' gude Braid Claith. On Sabbath-days the barber spark, Whan he has done wi' scrapin wark, Wi' siller broachie in his sark, Gangs trigly, faith ! Or to the Meadow, or the Park, In gude Braid Claith. Weel might ye trow, to see them there, That they to shave your haffits bare, Or curl and sleek a pickle hair, Wad be right laith, Whan pacing wi' a gawsy air In gude Braid Claith.
59. oldal - When you censure the age, Be cautious and sage, Lest the courtiers offended, should be ; If you mention vice or bribe, 'Tis so pat to all the tribe, Each cries — That was levelld at me.