The Poetical Works of Robert Anderson: Author of "Cumberland Ballads", &c, Том 2B. Scott, 1820 - 278 страници |
Между кориците на книгата
Резултати 1 - 5 от 19.
Страница 12
... By Europeans torn from friends and home , Exil'd for ever for thy luxuries ; Weak votary to pleasure , pride , or pow'r , Hence , laugh with folly in the noisy town ! July , 1803 . MAN WAS NOT MADE TO MOURN . " " Tis 12 MISCELLANIES .
... By Europeans torn from friends and home , Exil'd for ever for thy luxuries ; Weak votary to pleasure , pride , or pow'r , Hence , laugh with folly in the noisy town ! July , 1803 . MAN WAS NOT MADE TO MOURN . " " Tis 12 MISCELLANIES .
Страница 15
... his board , And numbers wait his call ; That wealth is giv'n him but in trust , Tho ' he at puirtith spurn ; The man wha puir dares to be just , Hath little cause to mourn ! " The pow'r wha rules yon rising orb , And MISCELLANIES . 15.
... his board , And numbers wait his call ; That wealth is giv'n him but in trust , Tho ' he at puirtith spurn ; The man wha puir dares to be just , Hath little cause to mourn ! " The pow'r wha rules yon rising orb , And MISCELLANIES . 15.
Страница 16
... pow'r wha rules yon rising orb , And sits abuin the sky , Hath giv'n to man an angel form , But wills that he shall die : Then what avails all earthly bliss , Since we to dust return ? A better world there is than this , And why should ...
... pow'r wha rules yon rising orb , And sits abuin the sky , Hath giv'n to man an angel form , But wills that he shall die : Then what avails all earthly bliss , Since we to dust return ? A better world there is than this , And why should ...
Страница 28
... Tastes not more sweets than doth the wretch low born , Who nestles in his straw . Then since ' tis thus , That not ev'n honors , pow'r , or pride of birth , Yea , all the wealth Golconda's mountains yield , Can 28 MISCELLANIES .
... Tastes not more sweets than doth the wretch low born , Who nestles in his straw . Then since ' tis thus , That not ev'n honors , pow'r , or pride of birth , Yea , all the wealth Golconda's mountains yield , Can 28 MISCELLANIES .
Страница 32
... d for monie a wight , An ' schem❜d to mak his sorrows light : While I hae pow'r R. A. to write , Be this my plan , The lave to help , but ne'er to slight Puir luckless man ! O'er thee , in youth , and now in age 32 MISCELLANIES .
... d for monie a wight , An ' schem❜d to mak his sorrows light : While I hae pow'r R. A. to write , Be this my plan , The lave to help , but ne'er to slight Puir luckless man ! O'er thee , in youth , and now in age 32 MISCELLANIES .
Често срещани думи и фрази
amang auld blast blest Bolton le Moors bosom bow'r Brampton breast Buckabank Carel Carlisle CORBY CASTLE cottage cou'd CRAZY JANE dear deil delight e'en e'er ev'n ev'ry fadder fellows roun Torkin flow'r frae fwok Graham happy heame heart Heav'n hour John Joseph joys Jwohnny lasses leyke life's London lov'd luik mair Mary Maryport meade monie mourn Muse ne'er neist Newcastle nobbet o'er onie owre peace peer Penrith pity pleasure poor pow'r pride proud Red Robin Sailors scorn Scotby seem'd shou'd sigh sing smile Solr soon sorrow suin sweet tear teyme thee theer Thomas thou thro Tom Linton TUNE Twas twee vale varra warl Warwick Bridge weel weep weyfe Whitehaven Wigton wild Workington wou'd Wully yence youth Zeila
Популярни откъси
Страница 38 - The learn'd is happy nature to explore, The fool is happy that he knows no more ; The rich is happy in the plenty given, The poor contents him with the care of Heaven.
Страница 38 - tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk'd up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow.
Страница 66 - True generosity rises above the ordinary rules of social conduct, and flows with much too full a stream to be comprehended within the precise marks of formal precepts. It is a vigorous principle in the soul, which opens and expands all her virtues far beyond those which are only the forced and unnatural productions of a timid obedience.
Страница 123 - you've gotten a wrang pig by t' lug, for I canna write." Then a fellow leyke a lobster, aw leac'd and feather'd, ax'd me. " Watty, wull te 'list ? thou's owther be a general or a gomoral.
Страница 168 - That's a bluid meer," says aul Breakshe, " she was gitten by Shrimp, an out o' Madam Wagtail ; she wan t' King's plate at Dongkister, tudder year." — " Wan the deevil !" says yen lull him, " tou means t' breydle at Kingmuir, mill !" — " Here's a naig ! nobbet just nwotish his een ! he can see thro' a nine-inch waw. Fuils tell o' fortifications ; what he hes a breest leyke a fiftiflcation.
Страница 177 - Fairer than any flow'r that blows, Was Lucy Gray, of Allendale. Pensive at eve, down by the burn, Where oft the maid they us'd to hail, The shepherds now are heard to mourn, For Lucy Gray, of Allendale. With her to join the sportive dance, Far have I stray'd o'er hill and vale, Then pleas'd, each rustic stole a glance At Lucy Gray, of Allendale.
Страница 121 - I's be maister mysel j' Sae we buss'd, and I tuik a last luik at the fell. ' On I whussel'd and wonder'd — my bundle I flung Owre my shou'der, when Cwoley he efter me sprung, And howl'd, silly fellow ! and fawn'd at my fit, As if to say, Watty, we. munnet part yet! • • Vol. II. R At Card I stuid wi' a strae i' my mouth, And they tuik me, nae doubt, for a promisin youth.
Страница 134 - Twas aw about Cummerlan fwok and feyne pleaces, And, if I can think on't, ye's hear how it ran. Yer buik-larn'd wise gentry, that's seen monie counties, May preach and palaver, and brag as they will O...
Страница 149 - Coddle me, Cuddy;' A threesome then caper'd Scotch Reels; Peter Weir cleek'd up auld Mary Dalton, Leyke a cock roun a hen neist he steals; Jwohn. Bell yelp'd out