The poetical works of Robert Fergusson, with biogr intr., notes and glossary by R. Ford1773 |
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... tears , how bitter was his regret over his tragic and untimely death , when , with uncovered head , he knelt and kissed the barren sod on his grave in the Canongate kirkyard , something undoubtedly will be done . Thus far , certainly ...
... tears , how bitter was his regret over his tragic and untimely death , when , with uncovered head , he knelt and kissed the barren sod on his grave in the Canongate kirkyard , something undoubtedly will be done . Thus far , certainly ...
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... tears , and besought her to chastise him . Surprised at a request so extraordinary , she enquired the cause of it , when he exclaimed , " O mother ! he that spareth the rod hateth the child ! " It forms " a noticeable illustration ...
... tears , and besought her to chastise him . Surprised at a request so extraordinary , she enquired the cause of it , when he exclaimed , " O mother ! he that spareth the rod hateth the child ! " It forms " a noticeable illustration ...
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... tear as well could be no longer delayed . ordered him from the room . youth was stung to the quick . as wear , and the crisis Indignantly his uncle The shy and sensitive He went forth , immedi- 66 ately packed up his little belongings ...
... tear as well could be no longer delayed . ordered him from the room . youth was stung to the quick . as wear , and the crisis Indignantly his uncle The shy and sensitive He went forth , immedi- 66 ately packed up his little belongings ...
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... tears . As regards his uncle's treatment , it may be , of course , that the matter - of - fact farmer and factor , discerning that his nephew was addicted to the silly practice , as he would esteem it , of writing poetry , and had ...
... tears . As regards his uncle's treatment , it may be , of course , that the matter - of - fact farmer and factor , discerning that his nephew was addicted to the silly practice , as he would esteem it , of writing poetry , and had ...
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... tears - she was then nearly ninety - and rising to her feet , she said with emphasis , “ No , sir , it is most untrue . I see Mr. Robert before me at this moment at the close of 1773 , and I remember clearly the dear boy's delight as he ...
... tears - she was then nearly ninety - and rising to her feet , she said with emphasis , “ No , sir , it is most untrue . I see Mr. Robert before me at this moment at the close of 1773 , and I remember clearly the dear boy's delight as he ...
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Página 151 - 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?
Página 213 - Where be your gibes now ? your gambols ? your songs ? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar ? Not one now, to mock your own grinning?
Página 14 - 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.
Página 12 - Gude faith, he mauna fa' that! For a' that, an' a' that, Their dignities an' a' that, The pith o' sense, an' pride o' worth. Are higher rank than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth. Shall bear the gree, an' a' that. For a
Página xi - CURSE on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd, And yet can starve the author of the pleasure ! O thou, my elder brother in misfortune, By far my elder brother in the Muses...
Página 191 - 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.
Página 9 - HAPPY the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling.
Página 13 - While he draws breath, Till his four quarters are bedeckit Wi' gude Braid Claith. On Sabbath-days the barber spark, Whan he has done wi...
Página xlix - 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.
Página 59 - Had met wi' sic respect frae me. Mind ye what Sam,' the lying loun ! Has in his Dictionar laid down ? That aits in England are a feast To cow an' horse, an' sican beast, While in Scots ground this growth was common To gust the gab o