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... night assembly , CLVII . TO MR . CUNNINGHAM . 466 7th July 1796. Account of his illness and of bis poverty - anticipation of bis Death , CLVIII . TO MRS . BURNS . - Sea - bathing affords little relief , · Last farewell , CLIX . TO MRS ...
... night assembly , CLVII . TO MR . CUNNINGHAM . 466 7th July 1796. Account of his illness and of bis poverty - anticipation of bis Death , CLVIII . TO MRS . BURNS . - Sea - bathing affords little relief , · Last farewell , CLIX . TO MRS ...
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... Night is addressed . ) Ayrshire , 1786 . SIR , I WAS with Wilson , my printer , t'other day , and settled all our by - gone matters between us . After I had paid him all demands , I made him the offer of the second edition , on the ...
... Night is addressed . ) Ayrshire , 1786 . SIR , I WAS with Wilson , my printer , t'other day , and settled all our by - gone matters between us . After I had paid him all demands , I made him the offer of the second edition , on the ...
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... night ; " and if you had one , I suppose there would also be " bribes to your old secretary . " It seems you are resolved to make hay while the sun shines , and avoid if possible the fate of poor Fergusson , * * * * Quærenda pecunia pri ...
... night ; " and if you had one , I suppose there would also be " bribes to your old secretary . " It seems you are resolved to make hay while the sun shines , and avoid if possible the fate of poor Fergusson , * * * * Quærenda pecunia pri ...
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... Lord Eglintoun told me he had sent for six copies for himself , as he wished to give five of them in presents . Some of the poems you have added in this last edition I edition are very beautiful , particularly the Winter Night ( 88 )
... Lord Eglintoun told me he had sent for six copies for himself , as he wished to give five of them in presents . Some of the poems you have added in this last edition I edition are very beautiful , particularly the Winter Night ( 88 )
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... Night . In these are united fine imagery , natural and pathetic description , with sublimity of language and thought . It is evident that you already possess a great variety of expression and command of the English language , you ought ...
... Night . In these are united fine imagery , natural and pathetic description , with sublimity of language and thought . It is evident that you already possess a great variety of expression and command of the English language , you ought ...
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Side 22 - There is scarcely any earthly object gives me more — I do not know if I should call it pleasure — but something which exalts me, something which enraptures me — than to walk in the sheltered side of a wood, or high plantation, in a cloudy winter day, and hear the stormy wind howling among the trees, and raving over the plain. It is my best season for devotion: my mind is wrapt up in a kind of enthusiasm to Him, who, in the pompous language of the Hebrew bard, ' walks on the wings of the wind.
Side 293 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Side 200 - Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie; That I may drink before I go A service to my bonnie lassie...
Side 316 - Thy spirit, Independence, let me share ; ' " Lord of the Lion-heart and eagle eye ! " Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, " Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky...
Side 6 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Side 136 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Side 209 - I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and, passing from one thought to another, surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Side 209 - Bagdat in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and, passing from one thought to another, surely...
Side 210 - I never hear the loud solitary whistle of the curlew in a summer noon, or the wild mixing cadence of a troop of gray plover in an autumnal morning, without feeling an elevation of soul like the enthusiasm of devotion or poetry.
Side 278 - 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?