The Works of Robert Fergusson: To which is Prefixed, a Sketch of the Author's LifeS.A. & H. Oddy, 1807 - 364 páginas |
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... thou art good and gracious ! than Mr Ro- " bert , from the closet , in a hollow tone of " voice , re - echoed his words . The landlord 66 being much agitated by this secret assistant , " did not venture to proceed farther , till he ...
... thou art good and gracious ! than Mr Ro- " bert , from the closet , in a hollow tone of " voice , re - echoed his words . The landlord 66 being much agitated by this secret assistant , " did not venture to proceed farther , till he ...
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... thou wont to wear ? A settled gloom their place supplies : The vacant gaze , the frantic stare— Now the sole language of those eyes . Ah ! in that sad and gloomy hour , When reason left her wonted seat , Why could not friendship's ...
... thou wont to wear ? A settled gloom their place supplies : The vacant gaze , the frantic stare— Now the sole language of those eyes . Ah ! in that sad and gloomy hour , When reason left her wonted seat , Why could not friendship's ...
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... thou art a Friend . What tho ' the grave Forbids thy dust to look on mine , and mark The sympathies which bind man's soul to man In earthly union ? Still my heart can claim A kindred to the throbbing pulse of thine.- I love thee in that ...
... thou art a Friend . What tho ' the grave Forbids thy dust to look on mine , and mark The sympathies which bind man's soul to man In earthly union ? Still my heart can claim A kindred to the throbbing pulse of thine.- I love thee in that ...
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... Thou canst enrobe me ' midst the great , With all the crimson pomp of state , Where Luxury invites his guests To pall them with his lavish feasts . What cave so dark , what gloom so drear , So black with horror , dead with fear , But thou ...
... Thou canst enrobe me ' midst the great , With all the crimson pomp of state , Where Luxury invites his guests To pall them with his lavish feasts . What cave so dark , what gloom so drear , So black with horror , dead with fear , But thou ...
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... thou this lesson canst impart , Mankind but die to live again . Depriv'd of thee must banners fall : But where a living Hope is found , The legions shout at danger's call , And victors are triumphant crown'd . Come then , bright Hope ...
... thou this lesson canst impart , Mankind but die to live again . Depriv'd of thee must banners fall : But where a living Hope is found , The legions shout at danger's call , And victors are triumphant crown'd . Come then , bright Hope ...
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Página 116 - 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 250 - Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain: 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 288 - And dim our dolefu' days wi' bairnly fear ; The mind's aye cradled when the grave is near. Yet thrift, industrious, bides her latest days, 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...
Página 247 - 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 66 - 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 198 - 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 313 - I'd been there, How I wad trimm'd the bill o' fare ! For ne'er sic surly wight as he 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
Página 132 - O great god Pan, to thee Thus do we sing ! Thou that keep'st us chaste and free As the young spring ; Ever be thy honour spoke, From that place the Morn is broke To that place Day doth unyoke...
Página 243 - HAPPY the man who, void of cares and strife, In silken or in leathern purse retains A Splendid Shilling.
Página 288 - 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.