The Genius, and Character of BurnsA. Hart, late Carey & Hart, 1854 - 222 pages |
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... showed him all the forms Of fairy light and wizard gloom , That only gifted poet views , -- The genii of the floods and storms , And martial shades from glory's tomb . " The Fata Morgana are obedient to the laws of perspective , and of ...
... showed him all the forms Of fairy light and wizard gloom , That only gifted poet views , -- The genii of the floods and storms , And martial shades from glory's tomb . " The Fata Morgana are obedient to the laws of perspective , and of ...
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... showed the whole world their dark spots by the very light of their genius ; and having died in what may almost be called their youth , there the dark spots still are , and men point to them with their fingers , to whose eyes there may ...
... showed the whole world their dark spots by the very light of their genius ; and having died in what may almost be called their youth , there the dark spots still are , and men point to them with their fingers , to whose eyes there may ...
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... showed no symptoms of humor — he was no droll -- dull even - from constitutional headaches , and heart- quakes , and mysteries not to be understood - no laughing face had he - the lovers of mirth saw none of its sparkles in his dark ...
... showed no symptoms of humor — he was no droll -- dull even - from constitutional headaches , and heart- quakes , and mysteries not to be understood - no laughing face had he - the lovers of mirth saw none of its sparkles in his dark ...
Page 141
... showed the air to Urbani , who was greatly pleased with it , and begged me to make soft verses for it ; but I had no idea of giving myself any trouble on the subject till the acci- dental recollection of that glorious struggle for ...
... showed the air to Urbani , who was greatly pleased with it , and begged me to make soft verses for it ; but I had no idea of giving myself any trouble on the subject till the acci- dental recollection of that glorious struggle for ...
Page 152
... showed a disposition which , however , was easily repressed , to throw out political remarks , of the same nature with those for which he had been reprehended . On finishing our walk , he passed some time with me at the inn , and I left ...
... showed a disposition which , however , was easily repressed , to throw out political remarks , of the same nature with those for which he had been reprehended . On finishing our walk , he passed some time with me at the inn , and I left ...
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Page 67 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls 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 124 - Then let us pray that come it may — As come it will for a...
Page 144 - Let him follow me! By Oppression's woes and pains! By your sons in servile chains! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free! •Lay the proud usurpers low ! Tyrants fall in every foe ! Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or die...
Page 34 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs...
Page 172 - Fare thee well! and if for ever, Still for ever, fare thee well: Even though unforgiving, never 'Gainst thee shall my heart rebel. Would that breast were bared before thee Where thy head so oft hath lain, While that placid sleep came o'er thee Which thou ne'er canst know again: Would that breast, by thee glanced over, Every inmost thought could show!
Page 189 - That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea stamp ; The man's the gowd for a
Page 16 - Thou ling'ring star, with less'ning ray, That lov'st to greet the early morn, Again thou usher'st in the day My Mary from my soul was torn. O 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?
Page 185 - ... this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 33 - And, oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle.
Page 128 - The bridegroom may forget the bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The monarch may forget the crown That on his head an hour has been ; The mother may forget the child That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, And a' that thou hast done for me !" LINES, SENT TO SIR JOHN WHITEFORD, OF WHITEFORD, BART.