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Poor George ! many a time have I held him in my arms when a bright - eyed boy ,
and never thought that one so fair and so noble would one day need my aid to
bear him to his grave . Wo ! to those who led him astray - the day of reckoning ...
Poor George ! many a time have I held him in my arms when a bright - eyed boy ,
and never thought that one so fair and so noble would one day need my aid to
bear him to his grave . Wo ! to those who led him astray - the day of reckoning ...
Page 93
While out hunting on another occasion , he fired at a bear , but the ball did not
take effect . The hunter and his game , on this occasion too , met . The bear laid
her paws upon him - drawing his hunting knise , he pointed it to the heart of the ...
While out hunting on another occasion , he fired at a bear , but the ball did not
take effect . The hunter and his game , on this occasion too , met . The bear laid
her paws upon him - drawing his hunting knise , he pointed it to the heart of the ...
Page 254
We have already endeavored to show that every species of government is not
fitted for every state of society ; that some nations cannot bear the freedom which
is necessary to the well - being of others ; and when a nation attempts to adopt a
...
We have already endeavored to show that every species of government is not
fitted for every state of society ; that some nations cannot bear the freedom which
is necessary to the well - being of others ; and when a nation attempts to adopt a
...
Page 275
And the prayers that arise for strength to bear the bereavement , may ascend as
acceptably to heaven from under a coarse , ill - cut garment , as from beneath the
more fashionable garb of woe . But I have passed by a part of the poem , which ...
And the prayers that arise for strength to bear the bereavement , may ascend as
acceptably to heaven from under a coarse , ill - cut garment , as from beneath the
more fashionable garb of woe . But I have passed by a part of the poem , which ...
Page 332
I can ' t bear to meet her . ... which the wild breeze weaves Amidst the faded race
of fallen leaves , Which now its breath bears down , now tosses high , Beats to
the earth , or wafts to middle sky ; Such , and so various , the precarious play Of ...
I can ' t bear to meet her . ... which the wild breeze weaves Amidst the faded race
of fallen leaves , Which now its breath bears down , now tosses high , Beats to
the earth , or wafts to middle sky ; Such , and so various , the precarious play Of ...
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Page 286 - I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow.
Page 325 - And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan...
Page 277 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Page 277 - THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own.
Page 408 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 311 - And wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass, Still shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa : Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Page 148 - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where Nature guides and Virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools : There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Page 303 - To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 274 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 366 - I cannot blame him : at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward.