Poems and BalladsW. Blackwood, 1876 - 228 pàgines |
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Baal's ballad bard beam beauty bird Blairquhan blazing bless bliss blow Boece bonnie brae brave breathe breeze bright castle cloud cottar Crichton cried dear death deeds doth Douglas Drochill Drummond Castle E'en Earl Edinburgh EDINBURGH CASTLE fair fame fills fled friends gainst gentle gleam glen gloom grace grief Hambleton hath heart Heaven Hector Boece here's a health hill honour hope John Hunter John Skene kindly King James knight lass lassie Loch Awe lord Maclellan's Macwhurter maid maiden mighty mind mountain Muse ne'er never noble o'er Patrick Gray PEEBLESSHIRE Pentland Hills praise proud Ravensdean Robert Burns Robert Fergusson Scot Scotia's Scotland Scottish SHANTER shines Sir Patrick Sir Ulrick smile song soon soul St Martin's-in-the-Fields stream strive sweet thee There's thine thou thought tower trees true truth twill VIII Whilst
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Pàgina 215 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Pàgina 226 - 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.
Pàgina v - Tu nihil invita dices faciesve Minerva ; 385 Id tibi judicium est, ea mens ; si quid tamen olim Scripseris, in Maeci descendat judicis aures Et patris et nostras, nonumque prematur in annum : Membranis intus positis delere licebit, Quod non edideris ; nescit vox missa reverti.
Pàgina vi - Tis hard to say if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill ; But of the two less dangerous is th' offence To tire our patience than mislead our sense : Some few in that, but numbers err in this; Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss ; A fool might once himself alone expose ; Now one in verse makes many more in prose.
Pàgina 59 - This mighty earl, for the pleasure of the place, and the salubrity of the air, designed here a noble recess and retirement from worldly business ; but was prevented by his unfortunate and inexorable death three years after, anno 1581...
Pàgina 47 - GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHORITY OF HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MASTER OF THE ROLLS.
Pàgina 107 - March 28M, 1859. The Royal College of Surgeons of England have placed this tablet over the grave of Hunter to record their admiration of his genius as a gifted interpreter of the Divine power and wisdom that works in the laws of organic life, and their grateful veneration for his services to mankind as the Father of scientific surgery.
Pàgina 1 - The | Life and Acts | Of | The Most Victorious Conqueror | Robert Bruce, | King of Scotland.
Pàgina 225 - Thereafter the said managers, in consideration of the laudable and disinterested motion of Mr. Burns, and the propriety of his request, did and hereby do unanimously grant power and liberty to the said Robert Burns, to erect a headstone at the grave of the said Robert Fergusson, and to keep up and preserve the same to his memory in all time coIning.
Pàgina 48 - With greit triumph and sic honour and gloir, Semdill wes sene in Scotland sic befoir. At that mariage, tak tent and I sail tell, So greit ane wounder on ane nycht befell. Efter supper with mony torchis licht...