History of the Burgh of Canongate: With Notices of the Abbey and Palace of Holyrood |
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Page 82 - No sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay, " No storied urn nor animated bust ; " This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way, To pour her sorrows o'er the Poet's dust ADDITIONAL STANZAS. She mourns, sweet tuneful youth, thy hapless fate ; Tho...
Page 82 - Gentlemen, I am sorry to be told that the remains of Robert Fergusson, the so justly celebrated poet, a man whose talents for ages to come will do honor to our Caledonian name, lie in your church-yard among the ignoble dead, unnoticed and unknown. ' Some memorial to direct the steps of the lovers of Scottish song, when they wish to shed a tear over the
Page 174 - Behold how good a thing it is, And how becoming well, Together such as brethren are, In unity to dwell.
Page 78 - ... in which we have been deprived of so great a number of eminent members. The first whom I shall mention is Principal Lee : — John Lee, late Principal of the University of Edinburgh, was one of the most remarkable and estimable men of his time. His intellectual qualities were of a high order ; his attainments and acquisitions of knowledge were of the most varied and extensive kind. On almost all subjects he was admirably well informed, and in some departments he was unquestionably the most learned...
Page 151 - Now gin a lown should ha'e his clase In thread-bare autumn o' their days, St Mary, brokers' guardian saint, Will satisfy ilk ail and want; For mony a hungry writer, there Dives down at night, wi' cleading bare, And quickly rises to the view A gentleman, perfyte and new.
Page 33 - Thou livedest at thy wish ; thy good old age In wealth and honours took thee off the stage. Thine aged corps interred here now lie, Thy virtues great forbid your name to die. Go happy soul ! and in thy last repose, Vanquish thou death, and all its fatal blows : , Thy fragrant fame shall thus eternal be, Unto thy country and posterity.
Page 143 - Majesty on the happy re-establishment of his health; and I have the satisfaction of informing you that his Majesty was pleased to receive the same in the most gracious manner.
Page 90 - June 1815, aged 27 years. Over the grave of its Founder the Trustees of the Fettes Endowment...
Page 213 - On his return. Sir Richard presented to the parish church of St. Albans a brazen font bearing a magniloquent inscription, to the effect that though previously designed for the baptism only of the children of kings, it now, in gratitude for its rescue from the fire which consumed Edinburgh and Leith, performed the same service for the meanest of the English. This font, which was doubtless abstracted from Holyrood, is no longer known to exist, and there seems no reason to doubt that the lectern, which...
Page 88 - Compositions shall outlast monumental Registers, and with melodious Notes through future Ages perpetuate his Fame, 'till Time shall sink into Eternity. His Taste for moral Harmony appeared through all his Conduct. He was a most loving Husband, an affectionate Father, Friend, and Companion.