The Poetical Works of Hector Macneill, Volumen2L. Nichols & Company, 1802 |
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Términos y frases comunes
amang the hether auld beautiful black ee bloom bonie bonny boy Tammy brae braw breast busk ca'd canna canty Carse of Stirling castle cauld charm cheer cheer'd chiel court dear lassie e'en Eirin O s'dhu fair fause flew fond Forth's frae gloom glow gowd gowden green Gutcher heart highland laddie hinny Hist ilka JAMAICA Johnie joys King's Park kirk laddie loo'd luve luve's Mally Aiken mammy mang Mary bawn maun mild mither mohatel na dousku morn muse naithing numbers o'er onie owre plaidy pleas'd PLEYDELL Poems POPISH raptur'd s'dhu ma rūn saft SAMUEL CAMPBELL sang Scotia's Scottish shore sigh sigh'd smile snaw sober stane Stirling Strevlina's sweet tear thegither THREE MILE RIVER tion tocher tree walth warm weel ween Whan Whar whase wind ye'll ne'er young
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Página 152 - The fig-tree ; not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between...
Página 43 - I'll creep in beside ye, I thocht ye'd been aulder than threescore and twa.' She crap in ayont him, aside the stane wa'. Where Johnnie was list'ning, and heard her tell a'; The day was appointed : his proud heart it dunted, And strack 'gainst his side as if bursting in twa.
Página 41 - Come in frae the cauld blast, the drift, and the snaw; Come under my plaidie, and sit down beside me, There's-room in't, dear lassie, believe me, for twa.
Página 42 - The haill o' his pack he has now on his back ; He's thretty, and I am but three-score and twa. Be frank now and kindly — I'll busk ye aye finely ; To kirk or to market there few gang sae braw ; A bien house to 'bide in, a chaise for to ride in, And flunkies to 'tend ye as aft as ye ca'.
Página 66 - I listen — poor fool ! and I greet ; Yet how sweet are the tears as they fa' ! Dear lassie, he cries wi...
Página 151 - The piemento tree grows spontaneously, and in great abundance, in many parts of Jamaica, but more particularly on hilly situations near the sea, on the northern side of that island; where they form the most delicious groves that can possibly be imagined; filling the air with fragrance, and giving reality, though in a very distant part of the globe, to our great poet's...
Página 67 - He ends wi' a kiss and a smile — Wae's me! can I tak' it amiss? My laddie's unpractised in guile, He's free aye to daut and to ki.ss! Ye lasses wha lo'e to torment Your wooers wi...
Página 151 - ... where they form the most delicious groves that can possibly be imagined; filling the air with fragrance, and giving reality, though in a very distant part of the globe, to our great poet's description of those balmy gales., which convey to the delighted voyager " Sabean odours from the spicy shore " Of Araby the blest. '' Cheer'd with the grateful smell, Old Ocean smiles...
Página 42 - His cheek's like the new rose, his brow's like the snaw! Dear Marion, let that flee stick fast to the wa', Your Jock's but a gowk, and has naething ava; The hale o' his pack he has now on his back; He's thretty, and I am but threescore and twa.
Página 85 - She's been my comfort a' my days : — My father's death brought mony waes ! — I canna leave my mammy.' ' We'll tak her hame and mak her fain, My ain kind-hearted lammie ! We'll pie her meat, we'll gie her claise-. We'll be her comfort a