The Book of Scottish Poems: Ancient and ModernJohn Ross Edinburgh Publishing Company, 1878 - 760 sider |
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Side 62
... face . Of riches he kept no proper thing ; Gave as he wan like Alexander the king . In time of peace meek as a maid was he , When war approached , the right Hector was he . To Scottismen a great credence he gave , But knowing enemies ...
... face . Of riches he kept no proper thing ; Gave as he wan like Alexander the king . In time of peace meek as a maid was he , When war approached , the right Hector was he . To Scottismen a great credence he gave , But knowing enemies ...
Side 64
... face : When conryet1 the hot sign coloryk , Into the Ram , whilk had his rowmys ryk , He chosen had his place and his mansion , In Capricorn , the sign of the Lion : Gentle ( Jupiter ) with his mild ordinance , Both herb and tree ...
... face : When conryet1 the hot sign coloryk , Into the Ram , whilk had his rowmys ryk , He chosen had his place and his mansion , In Capricorn , the sign of the Lion : Gentle ( Jupiter ) with his mild ordinance , Both herb and tree ...
Side 82
... face , as white as any snawe , She turned has , and forth her wayis went ; But tho begun mine axis and torment , To seen her part , and follow I no might , Methought the day was turned into night . 1 Prune . XLIX . Then said I thus ...
... face , as white as any snawe , She turned has , and forth her wayis went ; But tho begun mine axis and torment , To seen her part , and follow I no might , Methought the day was turned into night . 1 Prune . XLIX . Then said I thus ...
Side 85
... : XXI . And in a chair of estate beside , With wingis bright , all plumèd , but his face , I Grudge , or revolt against . 2 Sooth , truth . 3 For driven . 4 Mates . Thus clothed was the goddess of delight . Ye know THE KING'S QUAIR . 85.
... : XXI . And in a chair of estate beside , With wingis bright , all plumèd , but his face , I Grudge , or revolt against . 2 Sooth , truth . 3 For driven . 4 Mates . Thus clothed was the goddess of delight . Ye know THE KING'S QUAIR . 85.
Side 87
... face Towardis me , full pleasantly conveyed , And unto me right in this wise she said : XXXII . Young man , the cause of all thine inward sorrow Is not unknowen to my deity ; And thy request both now and eke to forowe , When thou first ...
... face Towardis me , full pleasantly conveyed , And unto me right in this wise she said : XXXII . Young man , the cause of all thine inward sorrow Is not unknowen to my deity ; And thy request both now and eke to forowe , When thou first ...
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Side 441 - From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression.
Side 689 - A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind!
Side 440 - The impetuous song, and say from whom you rage. His praise, ye brooks, attune, ye trembling rills ; And let me catch it as I muse along. Ye headlong torrents, rapid and profound ; Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale ; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound his stupendous praise whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall.
Side 440 - Great Source of day, best image here below Of thy Creator, ever pouring wide, From world to world, the vital ocean round, On Nature write with every beam his praise.
Side 606 - How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below, Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow; There oft as mild Evening weeps over the lea, The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me.
Side 519 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown...
Side 366 - The Evergreen. Being a Collection of Scots Poems, Wrote by the Ingenious before 1600.
Side 441 - There let the shepherd's flute, the virgin's lay, The prompting seraph, and the poet's lyre, Still sing the God of Seasons, as they roll.
Side 439 - And every sense, and every heart, is joy. Then comes thy glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then thy sun Shoots full perfection through the swelling year...
Side 446 - A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky...