The Poems of Robert FergussonJ. Fairbairn [and others], 1821 - 229 oldal |
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xiv. oldal
... look- ed up , and with a voice of authority cried out , " Great Jupiter , snuff the moon , " a black cloud almost entirely darkening the moon , he started up , and with great vehemence of tone and gesticulation exclaimed , " Thou stupid ...
... look- ed up , and with a voice of authority cried out , " Great Jupiter , snuff the moon , " a black cloud almost entirely darkening the moon , he started up , and with great vehemence of tone and gesticulation exclaimed , " Thou stupid ...
xix. oldal
... look upon it , we feel a conviction that the whole is as much the growth of Scotland , as the rose of her rocks , or the thistle of her mountains . It is general Nature modified by the peculiar habits of the pastoral hills and valleys ...
... look upon it , we feel a conviction that the whole is as much the growth of Scotland , as the rose of her rocks , or the thistle of her mountains . It is general Nature modified by the peculiar habits of the pastoral hills and valleys ...
xx. oldal
... look for proofs of that genius which has been so highly and so justly celebrated ; and when we pass from the one to the other , we feel that we are re- moving from a dull and uninteresting clime , where all is cold and barren , to the ...
... look for proofs of that genius which has been so highly and so justly celebrated ; and when we pass from the one to the other , we feel that we are re- moving from a dull and uninteresting clime , where all is cold and barren , to the ...
xxiii. oldal
... look for in vain in Burns . In this comparative view of these noble poems , it is only justice to Fergusson to call to mind , that Burns had from infancy witnessed the scenes he paints , and was himself an important personage in the ...
... look for in vain in Burns . In this comparative view of these noble poems , it is only justice to Fergusson to call to mind , that Burns had from infancy witnessed the scenes he paints , and was himself an important personage in the ...
xxx. oldal
... look with respect to a Gibbet , On the Author's intention of going to Sea , Extempore Epigram , Lines addressed to R. F. by Mr Woods , The Vanity of Human Wishes , 202 ib . ib . 203 204 POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS . PASTORAL I. MORNING ...
... look with respect to a Gibbet , On the Author's intention of going to Sea , Extempore Epigram , Lines addressed to R. F. by Mr Woods , The Vanity of Human Wishes , 202 ib . ib . 203 204 POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS . PASTORAL I. MORNING ...
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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.