Contributions to HerographyE. Darrow, 1850 - 101 էջ |
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... exciting cause of that morbid melancholy that rendered gloomy his whole after life , and tinged with a sombre hue the fierce fire of his genius . Precocious in his intellect and sympa- thetic in his disposition , Robert felt deeply for ...
... exciting cause of that morbid melancholy that rendered gloomy his whole after life , and tinged with a sombre hue the fierce fire of his genius . Precocious in his intellect and sympa- thetic in his disposition , Robert felt deeply for ...
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... therefore made arrangements with that view , and in 1786 his first volume made its appearance . It was greeted with universal applause , and excited wonder as well as admiration . Here was a plowman making THE PARNASSIAN PLOWMAN . 15.
... therefore made arrangements with that view , and in 1786 his first volume made its appearance . It was greeted with universal applause , and excited wonder as well as admiration . Here was a plowman making THE PARNASSIAN PLOWMAN . 15.
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... excited , and the admiring literati of Edinburgh were impatient to see him removed to that Athens of Scotland . Dr. Black- lock , particularly , encouraged him to come thither and republish a large edition of his poems , which were ...
... excited , and the admiring literati of Edinburgh were impatient to see him removed to that Athens of Scotland . Dr. Black- lock , particularly , encouraged him to come thither and republish a large edition of his poems , which were ...
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... excited the highest wonder , both in his own times and in all subse- quent ages , and yet who has been , we fear , never fully appreciated — and with evident reason , for it is next to im possible for most men to prize , at its true ...
... excited the highest wonder , both in his own times and in all subse- quent ages , and yet who has been , we fear , never fully appreciated — and with evident reason , for it is next to im possible for most men to prize , at its true ...
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... exciting converse with spirits of the mighty dead . It is every where present , prevading the universal heart of man . It will be found a constituent of every soul , affording conclusive proof that our noble , God - born nature , never ...
... exciting converse with spirits of the mighty dead . It is every where present , prevading the universal heart of man . It will be found a constituent of every soul , affording conclusive proof that our noble , God - born nature , never ...
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Էջ 14 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, and fondly broods with miser care ; time but the impression deeper makes, as streams their channels deeper wear.
Էջ 13 - Mary ! dear departed shade ! Where is thy place of blissful rest-? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid ? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast...
Էջ 53 - To suffer woes which hope thinks infinite ; To forgive wrongs darker than death or night ; To defy power which seems omnipotent ; To love and bear ; to hope till hope creates From its own wreck the thing it contemplates...
Էջ 32 - Oh, fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long, Know how sublime a thing it is To suffer and be strong.
Էջ 19 - Faith, he maunna fa' that! For a' that, and a' that; Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may,— As come it will for a' that,— That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a
Էջ 12 - Ye banks and braes and streams around The castle o' Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, Your waters never drumlie ! There simmer first unfauld her robes, And there the langest tarry ; For there I took the last fareweel O
Էջ 12 - And mouldering now in silent dust That heart that lo'ed me dearly ! But still within my bosom's core Shall live my Highland Mary.
Էջ 14 - She was a form of life and light, That, seen, became a part of sight...
Էջ 13 - Eternity will not efface Those records dear of transports past ; Thy image at our last embrace ; Ah, little thought we 'twas our last ) Ayr gurgling kiss'd his pebbled shore, O'erhung with wild woods thick'ning green : The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar, Twined amorous round the raptured scene.
Էջ 19 - Our toils obscure an' 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 grey, an' a that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine; A Man's a Man for a