The Leading Poets of Scotland: From Early TimesSimpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Company, 1891 - 314 страници |
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... became a pupil in the academy of Ayr . A period of bad health induced him to forego the regular prosecution of learning , and having quitted the academy , he accepted employment as an assistant gardener on the estate of Sir Hew ...
... became a pupil in the academy of Ayr . A period of bad health induced him to forego the regular prosecution of learning , and having quitted the academy , he accepted employment as an assistant gardener on the estate of Sir Hew ...
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... became private tutor in the family of a Mr. Anderson , farnier , of Crosscleugh , Selkirkshire , where he frequently met James Hogg [ q.v. ] the Ettrick Shepherd . His friends endeavoured to persuade him to join the Church of Scotland ...
... became private tutor in the family of a Mr. Anderson , farnier , of Crosscleugh , Selkirkshire , where he frequently met James Hogg [ q.v. ] the Ettrick Shepherd . His friends endeavoured to persuade him to join the Church of Scotland ...
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... became peculiarly irritable ; he fancied that his poetic gifts had not been fully appreciated , and this feeling became so deeply rooted in his mind that he decided on leaving the land " which he deemed had not sufficiently estimated ...
... became peculiarly irritable ; he fancied that his poetic gifts had not been fully appreciated , and this feeling became so deeply rooted in his mind that he decided on leaving the land " which he deemed had not sufficiently estimated ...
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... became one of the staff of " Blackwood's Magazine , " to which he continued till his death to contribute political and other articles on a great variety of subjects with unflagging industry and variety of resource . Among these were ...
... became one of the staff of " Blackwood's Magazine , " to which he continued till his death to contribute political and other articles on a great variety of subjects with unflagging industry and variety of resource . Among these were ...
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... became intolerable , and in December 1863 he married again . But by this time his constitution was seriously shaken , and on the 4th August , 1865 , he died at Blackhills , near Elgin , whither he had gone in the hope of recruiting his ...
... became intolerable , and in December 1863 he married again . But by this time his constitution was seriously shaken , and on the 4th August , 1865 , he died at Blackhills , near Elgin , whither he had gone in the hope of recruiting his ...
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Страница 117 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Страница 271 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whispered, " Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Страница 105 - 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...
Страница 103 - But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad cam' o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek...
Страница 107 - ... bosom sunward spread, Thou lifts thy unassuming head In humble guise ; But now the share uptears thy bed, And low thou lies ! Such is the fate of artless maid, Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! By love's simplicity betray'd, And guileless trust, Till she, like thee, all soil'd is laid Low i
Страница 271 - mong Graemes of the Netherby clan ; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran : There was racing and chasing on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see.
Страница 275 - But, present, still though now unseen, When brightly shines the prosperous day! Be thoughts of Thee a cloudy screen, To temper the deceitful ray. And O, when stoops on Judah's path In shade and storm the frequent night. Be Thou, long-suffering, slow to wrath, A burning and a shining light!
Страница 270 - O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broad-sword he weapons had none, He rode all unarm'd, and he rode all alone.
Страница 104 - 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 !
Страница 115 - I'm the chief of Ulva's isle, And this Lord Ullin's daughter. — And fast before her father's men Three days we've fled together, For should he find us in the glen, My blood would stain the heather. His horsemen hard behind us ride ; Should they our steps discover...