Contributions to HerographyE. Darrow, 1850 - 101 էջ |
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Erastus Darrow. CONTENTS . THE PARNASSIAN PLOWMAN , THE TUB - TENANT , THE LIGHTNING KING , THE WORLD CHAMPION , 5 33 € 5 79 THE PARNASSIAN PLOWMAN NINETY years ago , an infant's piteous.
Erastus Darrow. CONTENTS . THE PARNASSIAN PLOWMAN , THE TUB - TENANT , THE LIGHTNING KING , THE WORLD CHAMPION , 5 33 € 5 79 THE PARNASSIAN PLOWMAN NINETY years ago , an infant's piteous.
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... king o ' men for a ' that . Ye see yon birkie , ca'd a lord , Wha struts and stares and a ' that ; Though hundreds worship at his word , He's but a coof for a ' that ; For a ' that and a ' that , His ribbon , star , and a ' that , The ...
... king o ' men for a ' that . Ye see yon birkie , ca'd a lord , Wha struts and stares and a ' that ; Though hundreds worship at his word , He's but a coof for a ' that ; For a ' that and a ' that , His ribbon , star , and a ' that , The ...
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... king stood revealed , the hero was acknow- ledged ; and men's prejudices , however stiff - necked , must bend with a bow of reverence to intellectual greatness . Yet , though every where a welcome guest , a certain sus- picious ...
... king stood revealed , the hero was acknow- ledged ; and men's prejudices , however stiff - necked , must bend with a bow of reverence to intellectual greatness . Yet , though every where a welcome guest , a certain sus- picious ...
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... misrepresentations ? Be it then con- fessed with pain , that Robert Burns , a heaven - anointed bard , one of the mental kings of earth , was weakened in the sinews of his soul , by the seducing embrace THE PARNASSIAN PLOWMAN . 31.
... misrepresentations ? Be it then con- fessed with pain , that Robert Burns , a heaven - anointed bard , one of the mental kings of earth , was weakened in the sinews of his soul , by the seducing embrace THE PARNASSIAN PLOWMAN . 31.
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... king of Macedonia could do aught for the beggar of Sinope . Mark the grandeur of the reply ! The wise old man was willing to teach the proud young prince an unlearned lesson . Slowly raising his head , he mildly requested the wondering ...
... king of Macedonia could do aught for the beggar of Sinope . Mark the grandeur of the reply ! The wise old man was willing to teach the proud young prince an unlearned lesson . Slowly raising his head , he mildly requested the wondering ...
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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