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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... scarce either walk , breathe , or see . For his flock , by this time , he's in heavy alarm , And he bendeth his course straight unto the Kaim ; The storm it continues , and still does increase , O'erwhelming our shepherd with doubt and ...
... scarce either walk , breathe , or see . For his flock , by this time , he's in heavy alarm , And he bendeth his course straight unto the Kaim ; The storm it continues , and still does increase , O'erwhelming our shepherd with doubt and ...
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... scarce think a moment was flown . The jessamine smelleth so sweet , Το With the honey suckle seeming to vie , crop them I do not think meet , Their treasures I leave to the bee . Next , I will repair to the wild , And nature's bold ...
... scarce think a moment was flown . The jessamine smelleth so sweet , Το With the honey suckle seeming to vie , crop them I do not think meet , Their treasures I leave to the bee . Next , I will repair to the wild , And nature's bold ...
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... had our brave intrepid band , The heavens their canopy , their bed the sand , While o'er their heads portentous thunders roll , And vivid lightning flash from pole to pole , The rain in copious torrents doth descend , That scarce 70.
... had our brave intrepid band , The heavens their canopy , their bed the sand , While o'er their heads portentous thunders roll , And vivid lightning flash from pole to pole , The rain in copious torrents doth descend , That scarce 70.
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... scarce their powder could the brave defend ; O ! think all you whom fortune safe does shield , The hardships , perils , dangers , of the field ! What anxious thought possesses every heart ! What manly firmness every soul exerts ! All ...
... scarce their powder could the brave defend ; O ! think all you whom fortune safe does shield , The hardships , perils , dangers , of the field ! What anxious thought possesses every heart ! What manly firmness every soul exerts ! All ...
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... Scarce he whispers aye or no . While you yourself a brother songster , Altho❜ your numbers sweetly sound , Patiently must knuckle under , By stern poverty kept down . MORAL . He clapped his wings , and with shrill 100.
... Scarce he whispers aye or no . While you yourself a brother songster , Altho❜ your numbers sweetly sound , Patiently must knuckle under , By stern poverty kept down . MORAL . He clapped his wings , and with shrill 100.
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Стр. 282 - Others of less note followed the infamous example. On their combined evidence several of the conspirators were seized, condemned, and executed. Among these, the most distinguished were Russell and Sidney. Both died with the intrepidity of men who had resolved to hazard their lives in the field, in order to break the fetters of slavery, and rescue themselves and their fellow-subjects from an ignominious despotism.