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... Thou sat as lang as thou had siller ; That every naig was ca'd a shoe on , The Smith and thee gat roarin ' fou on ; That at the Lord's house , even on Sunday , Thou drank wi ' Kirkton Jean till Monday . She prophesied that late or soon Thou ...
... Thou sat as lang as thou had siller ; That every naig was ca'd a shoe on , The Smith and thee gat roarin ' fou on ; That at the Lord's house , even on Sunday , Thou drank wi ' Kirkton Jean till Monday . She prophesied that late or soon Thou ...
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... Thou know'st that Thou hast formed me With passions wild and strong ; And list ning to their witching voice Has often led me wrong . Where human weakness has come short , Or frailty stepped aside , Do Thou , ALL - GOOD - for such Thou ...
... Thou know'st that Thou hast formed me With passions wild and strong ; And list ning to their witching voice Has often led me wrong . Where human weakness has come short , Or frailty stepped aside , Do Thou , ALL - GOOD - for such Thou ...
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... Thou great Being ! what Thou art Surpasses me to know ; Yet sure I am , that known to Thee Are all Thy works below . Thy creature here before Thee stands , All wretched and distrest ; Yet sure those ills that wring my soul Obey Thy high ...
... Thou great Being ! what Thou art Surpasses me to know ; Yet sure I am , that known to Thee Are all Thy works below . Thy creature here before Thee stands , All wretched and distrest ; Yet sure those ills that wring my soul Obey Thy high ...
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... Thou wha gies us each guid gift ! Gie me o ' wit and sense a lift , Then turn me , if Thou please , adrift Through Scotland wide ; Wi ' cits nor lairds I wadna shift In a ' their pride ! Were this the charter of our state , " On 42 LIFE OF.
... Thou wha gies us each guid gift ! Gie me o ' wit and sense a lift , Then turn me , if Thou please , adrift Through Scotland wide ; Wi ' cits nor lairds I wadna shift In a ' their pride ! Were this the charter of our state , " On 42 LIFE OF.
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... thou great unknown Power ! —thou Almighty God ! who hast lighted up reason in my breast , and blessed me with immortality ! -I have frequently wandered from that order and regularity necessary for the perfection of thy works , yet thou ...
... thou great unknown Power ! —thou Almighty God ! who hast lighted up reason in my breast , and blessed me with immortality ! -I have frequently wandered from that order and regularity necessary for the perfection of thy works , yet thou ...
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Page 179 - 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' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Was my...
Page 132 - 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 179 - The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow and lock'd embrace Our parting was f u...
Page 78 - Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man ; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
Page 133 - O'erhung with wild woods, thickening, green, The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar, Twin'd amorous round the raptured scene. " The flowers sprang wanton to be prest, The birds sang love on every spray, Till too, too soon, the glowing west Proclaim'd the speed of winged day! " Still o'er these scenes my mem'ry wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Page 218 - God hath taken care of all our good, and if " godliness be profitable to all things, and hath the promise of the life that now is, and that which is to come...
Page 82 - Wallace's undaunted heart; Who dared to nobly stem tyrannic pride, Or nobly die, the second glorious part, (The patriot's God, peculiarly thou art, His friend, inspirer, guardian, and reward !) O, never, never, Scotia's realm desert , But still the patriot, and the patriot bard, In bright succession raise, her ornament and guard ! DISDAIN RETURNED.
Page 54 - Is there a man whose judgment clear, Can others teach the course to steer, Yet runs, himself, life's mad career, Wild as the wave; Here pause — and, thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave.
Page 33 - O YE, whose cheek the tear of pity stains, Draw near with pious rev'rence, and attend ! Here lie the loving husband's dear remains, The tender father, and the gen'rous friend. The pitying heart that felt for human woe ; The dauntless heart that fear'd no human pride ; The friend of man, to vice alone a foe ; " For ev'n his failings lean'd to virtue's side.