The Book of Scottish Poems: Ancient and ModernJohn Ross Edinburgh Publishing Company, 1878 - 760 sider |
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Side 35
... worthy wane like to come along with me , you are welcome to such fare as I can give you . " 66 ' Right glad , " said the king , " and a thousand thanks for your offer . " " Don't thank me too soon , " said the collier , All the ...
... worthy wane like to come along with me , you are welcome to such fare as I can give you . " 66 ' Right glad , " said the king , " and a thousand thanks for your offer . " " Don't thank me too soon , " said the collier , All the ...
Side 39
... worthy to see Wymond , but let him seek him himself , if there be such a one . " So saying , he returned to the royal hall . The porter undid the gate , and told the collier to search for Wymond himself . He in- quired at several ushers ...
... worthy to see Wymond , but let him seek him himself , if there be such a one . " So saying , he returned to the royal hall . The porter undid the gate , and told the collier to search for Wymond himself . He in- quired at several ushers ...
Side 44
... worthy was , That of his price and his bounty , In far lands renowned was he . of them I think this book to ma ; 5 Now God give grace that I may swa Treat it , and bring it till ending , That I say nought but soothfast thing ! THE VALUE ...
... worthy was , That of his price and his bounty , In far lands renowned was he . of them I think this book to ma ; 5 Now God give grace that I may swa Treat it , and bring it till ending , That I say nought but soothfast thing ! THE VALUE ...
Side 46
... Worthy , and of great wasselagis , ' For we have three great advantages . The first is , that we have the right ; And for the right aye God will fight . The tother is , that they coming are , For lippening 3 of their great power To seek ...
... Worthy , and of great wasselagis , ' For we have three great advantages . The first is , that we have the right ; And for the right aye God will fight . The tother is , that they coming are , For lippening 3 of their great power To seek ...
Side 47
... worthy were and wight , 7 . Do many worthy to wasselage : 8 They fought as they were in a rage . For when the Scottish archery Saw their faes sae sturdily Stand into battle them again ; 9 With all their might and all their main They ...
... worthy were and wight , 7 . Do many worthy to wasselage : 8 They fought as they were in a rage . For when the Scottish archery Saw their faes sae sturdily Stand into battle them again ; 9 With all their might and all their main They ...
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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...