FAREWELL, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies, Now gay with the bright setting sun ; Farewell loves and friendships, ye dear tender ties — Our race of existence is run ! Thou grim king of terrors, thou life's gloomy foe! Go frighten the coward... The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2701809Full view - About this book
| Robert Burns - 1800 - 520 pages
...the wounded and dying of tie victorious army art supposed to join in the following, SONG OF DEATH. Farewell, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies, Now gay with the broad setting sun ; Farewell, loves and friendships ; ye dear, tender ties, Our race of existence is... | |
| Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...tu frontem : subrideat altera virgo : Alterius risu frons magis ista placet. The Death of the Brave. Farewell, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies, Now gay with the bright setting sun ; Farewell, loves and friendships, ye dear tender ties ; Our race of existence is... | |
| Great Britain - 1803 - 390 pages
...evening — Ihe wounded and dying of the victorious qTmy, are supposed to join in the fallowing Song : FAREWELL, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies Now gay with the bright setting sun ; Farewell love and friendship, ye dear tender ties, • Our race of existence is... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1803 - 572 pages
...Among them, we observe a composition which has both poetic and patriotic merit: ' SONG OF DTATH. ' Farewell, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies, Now gay wilh the broad setting sun ; Farewell, loves and friendships ; ye dear, tender ties, Our race of existence... | |
| David Irving - English poetry - 1804 - 524 pages
...sung by the wounded and dying of a victorious army. It was composed during the late war with France. Farewell, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies Now gay with the bright setting sun ; Farewell, loves and friendships, ye dear tender tics, Our race of existence is... | |
| France - 1904 - 518 pages
...evening — (lie wounded and dying of the victorious army, are supposed to join in the following Song : FAREWELL, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies Now gay with the bright setting sun ; Farewell love and friendship, ye dear tender ties, Our race of existence is run... | |
| Robert Burns - 1806 - 506 pages
...— the wounded and dying of the victorious Army are supposed to join in the following SONG OF DEATH. Farewell thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies, Now gay with the broad setting sun ; Farewell, loves and friendships ; ye dear, tender ties, Our race of existence is... | |
| Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1809 - 458 pages
...strong and nervous sort, however, is undoubtedly the address of Robert Bruce to his army at Bannockburn, beginning : " Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled." The...however, of such vigour and emphasis scattered through nis whole works, as are sure to make themselves and their author remembered ; for instance, that noble... | |
| 1809 - 914 pages
...strong and nervous sort, however, is undoubtedly the address of Robert Bruce to his army at Bannockburn, beginning : " Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled." The...bright-setting sun," is to us less pleasing. There arc specimens, however, of such vigour and emphasis scattered through his whole works, as are sure... | |
| English literature - 1809 - 530 pages
...sort, however, is S 3 Undoubtedly undoubtedly the address of Robert Bruce to his army at Bannockburn, beginning, ' Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled.' The...Farewell, thou fair day, thou green earth and ye skies, is to us less pleasing. There are specimens, however, of such vigour and emphasis scattered through... | |
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