Abbotsford Series of the Scottish Poets,George Eyre-Todd W. Hodge & Company, 1896 |
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... poem " The Judgement of Paris , " in which the classic story was made , parablewise , to shadow forth an ethical lesson . His chief prose work was his great Essay on Truth . " This was considered perhaps the most masterly treatise of ...
... poem " The Judgement of Paris , " in which the classic story was made , parablewise , to shadow forth an ethical lesson . His chief prose work was his great Essay on Truth . " This was considered perhaps the most masterly treatise of ...
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... poem " The Minstrel . " The first part of the poem , which is also the best , was mostly written in 1768. It appeared ... poems were printed by Chalmers in his colossal edition of the poets . The best modern edition is probably that in ...
... poem " The Minstrel . " The first part of the poem , which is also the best , was mostly written in 1768. It appeared ... poems were printed by Chalmers in his colossal edition of the poets . The best modern edition is probably that in ...
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... poem , " The Confessional , retired for a time to France . A little later he was settled as priest at Auchin- halrig in his native ... poems is his " Battle of Bangor . " This comic ALEXANDer geddES . 13 ALEXANDER Geddes, Lewie Gordon,
... poem , " The Confessional , retired for a time to France . A little later he was settled as priest at Auchin- halrig in his native ... poems is his " Battle of Bangor . " This comic ALEXANDer geddES . 13 ALEXANDER Geddes, Lewie Gordon,
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... poem of nine cantos is modelled on Pope's " Rape of the Lock , " or rather the Lutrin of Despreaux , and celebrates with spirit a notorious disturbance of the time , the attempt of Dr. Warren , Bishop of the diocese , to turn out ...
... poem of nine cantos is modelled on Pope's " Rape of the Lock , " or rather the Lutrin of Despreaux , and celebrates with spirit a notorious disturbance of the time , the attempt of Dr. Warren , Bishop of the diocese , to turn out ...
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George Eyre-Todd. Fingal , an Ancient Epic Poem , in six books , with other lesser poems . This he followed in the next year with Temora , an Epic Poem , in eight books , with other poems . Of the tremendous literary controversy to which ...
George Eyre-Todd. Fingal , an Ancient Epic Poem , in six books , with other lesser poems . This he followed in the next year with Temora , an Epic Poem , in eight books , with other poems . Of the tremendous literary controversy to which ...
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Página 231 - Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a" that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A Man's a Man for a
Página 173 - Whare sits our sulky sullen dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. This truth fand honest Tam o...
Página 230 - It is the wish'd, the trysted hour! Those smiles and glances let me see, That make the miser's treasure poor: How...
Página 3 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war...
Página 185 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care, And " Let us worship God !
Página 185 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs...
Página 216 - Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides, And winds by the cot where my Mary resides; How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave, As gathering sweet flow'rets she stems thy clear wave.
Página 224 - There wild woods grow, and rivers row, And mony a hill between ; But day and night my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. I see her in the dewy flowers, I see her sweet and fair : I hear her in the tunefu' birds, I hear her charm the air : There's not a bonnie flower that springs By fountain, shaw, or green, There's not a bonnie bird that sings But minds me o
Página 231 - That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! 44S For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a
Página 179 - And hotch'd and blew wi' might and main; Till first ae caper, syne anither, Tam tint his reason a' thegither, And roars out: "Weel done, Cutty-sark!" And in an instant all was dark; And scarcely had he Maggie rallied, When out the hellish legion sallied. As bees bizz out wi' angry fyke, When plundering herds assail their byke: As open pussie's mortal foes, When, pop!