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... arms of Sir William Wallace in 1296 ; so if this authority is to be credited the poet died between that period and the date of his son's document . Among his countrymen Thomas is celebrated as a prophet no less than a poet . The pro ...
... arms of Sir William Wallace in 1296 ; so if this authority is to be credited the poet died between that period and the date of his son's document . Among his countrymen Thomas is celebrated as a prophet no less than a poet . The pro ...
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... arms Randolff , Earl of Moray , and the Lord James Douglas , but also for the beauty of its style , which is not inferior to that of his contemporary , Chaucer . - Henry's History of Great Britain . story . Many of these the poet has ...
... arms Randolff , Earl of Moray , and the Lord James Douglas , but also for the beauty of its style , which is not inferior to that of his contemporary , Chaucer . - Henry's History of Great Britain . story . Many of these the poet has ...
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... arms , and at the same time had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him . In 1541 the poet produced " Kittie's Confes- sion , " written in ridicule of auricular confes- sion . The year following he lost his prince and pupil , who ...
... arms , and at the same time had the honour of knighthood conferred upon him . In 1541 the poet produced " Kittie's Confes- sion , " written in ridicule of auricular confes- sion . The year following he lost his prince and pupil , who ...
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... arms was , however , one of the trio of great Scottish singers of the sixteenth century , and his place and power as a poet has been described with much exactness in " Marmion : ” — " In the glances of his eye , A penetrating , keen and ...
... arms was , however , one of the trio of great Scottish singers of the sixteenth century , and his place and power as a poet has been described with much exactness in " Marmion : ” — " In the glances of his eye , A penetrating , keen and ...
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... arms stretches . Just as a bird within the nest That cannot fly , yet constant trying , Its weak wings on its tender breast Beats with the vain desire of flying . Thou , wary mind , thyself preparing To live at peace , from all ...
... arms stretches . Just as a bird within the nest That cannot fly , yet constant trying , Its weak wings on its tender breast Beats with the vain desire of flying . Thou , wary mind , thyself preparing To live at peace , from all ...
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Page 142 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied GOD ! The rolling year Is full of Thee. Forth in the pleasing Spring Thy beauty walks, Thy tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart, is joy.
Page 339 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays : Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear; While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Page 339 - And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide; But chiefly, in their hearts with grace divine preside.
Page 339 - Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme: How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed; How He Who bore in Heaven the second name Had not on earth whereon to lay His head; How His first followers and servants sped; The precepts sage they wrote to many a land; How he, who lone in Patmos banished, Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand, And heard great Bab'lon's doom pronounced by Heaven's command. Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays; Hope 'springs...
Page 354 - 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' that. For a
Page 142 - And every sense, and every heart is joy; Then comes thy glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then thy sun Shoots full perfection through the swelling year...
Page 340 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ! Or like the snow-fall in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever ; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place : Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride ; That hour, o...
Page 339 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare; .Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let us worship God !* he says, with solemn air.
Page 449 - O woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
Page 439 - Wild is thy lay, and loud, Far in the downy cloud; Love gives it energy, love gave it birth. Where, on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth.