Poems on Various Subjects: But Chiefly Moral and Descriptive, with Songs, and Copious NotesPrinted at the Dumfries & Galloway courier office, 1822 - Всего страниц: 283 |
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... command your approbation , they will at the least excite your sympathy ; and as I have done my endeavour to please , I will be much disappointed , should I be so unfortunate as not to meet with the appro- bation of my subscribers , a ...
... command your approbation , they will at the least excite your sympathy ; and as I have done my endeavour to please , I will be much disappointed , should I be so unfortunate as not to meet with the appro- bation of my subscribers , a ...
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... command , As it shows wisdom , prudence , and skill . Their vict'ries , which dazzling appear , Their skill and their courage display ; But , alas ! they cost many a tear , For they swept countless millions away . Their laws by each ...
... command , As it shows wisdom , prudence , and skill . Their vict'ries , which dazzling appear , Their skill and their courage display ; But , alas ! they cost many a tear , For they swept countless millions away . Their laws by each ...
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... command , In choosing such a place to make his stand , Where British prowess could itself exert , And every corps have room to play its part , Evening's dark curtain veils the face of day , Our piquets placed , our army's in array ...
... command , In choosing such a place to make his stand , Where British prowess could itself exert , And every corps have room to play its part , Evening's dark curtain veils the face of day , Our piquets placed , our army's in array ...
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... commands ; As walls of brass , our sons sustain the shock , Make them recoil as waves from Ailsa rock . The sun , as if in sorrow , hid his face , To see such carnage ' mong the human race ; But when our heroes did exert their might ...
... commands ; As walls of brass , our sons sustain the shock , Make them recoil as waves from Ailsa rock . The sun , as if in sorrow , hid his face , To see such carnage ' mong the human race ; But when our heroes did exert their might ...
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... command , He was emphatic stiled , the Chief's right hand . On yonder field , once furrow'd by the plough , The virtuous Ponsonby is lying low ; Too soon , alas ! he found a soldier's grave , Too soon our hero perish'd with the brave ...
... command , He was emphatic stiled , the Chief's right hand . On yonder field , once furrow'd by the plough , The virtuous Ponsonby is lying low ; Too soon , alas ! he found a soldier's grave , Too soon our hero perish'd with the brave ...
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admire Andrew Meikle appear banks battle BATTLE OF WATERLOO beauties bestow bold bonnie bosom bout brave breast British Britons brow Cæsar Carron cheeks cheer Closeburn command corn Criffel cuirassiers Dalveen dark dear display dost doth down-how dreadful Duke Dumfries e'er endeavour EPISTLE fair faithful fame field flow Fortune frae gallant grand chain grave happy heart Heaven heroes Highland laddies honour Isle king land of cakes Lavalette live Lord Lord Exmouth lowland Scot mankind Meikle mind mirth MOORLAND moral mourn Muse Nature's ne'er nigh night nought numbers o'er passions peace plain plough poem praise Prince repair Roman legion sage scarce scene Scots shepherd shore skill smile Solitude song soul stern storm straits of Dover subdue sure sweet tears thee There's thou thought true tyrants unto virtue Waterloo wish yonder yore younker
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