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Page 78
... Flora Macdonald : She conveys the Adventurer in disguise to Sky : She is carried Prisoner to England : Her Conversation with the Sovereign : Dismissal , and return to Sky . Marriage , and Emigration . Reflections on the Character of the ...
... Flora Macdonald : She conveys the Adventurer in disguise to Sky : She is carried Prisoner to England : Her Conversation with the Sovereign : Dismissal , and return to Sky . Marriage , and Emigration . Reflections on the Character of the ...
Page 88
... clamours here in safety rest ; In female tasks consume the lingering hours , And wake the plaintive lute , or form unwithering flow'rs . * The guest was Miss FLORA MACDONALD Now from the shore with speed a stranger came , 88.
... clamours here in safety rest ; In female tasks consume the lingering hours , And wake the plaintive lute , or form unwithering flow'rs . * The guest was Miss FLORA MACDONALD Now from the shore with speed a stranger came , 88.
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... FLORA then , with fortitude serene , And tranquil courage in her modest mien , The viands and the generous wine conveys , And o'er the rocks , as heedless wandering , strays , Bids her attendant maid the shells explore , The lessening ...
... FLORA then , with fortitude serene , And tranquil courage in her modest mien , The viands and the generous wine conveys , And o'er the rocks , as heedless wandering , strays , Bids her attendant maid the shells explore , The lessening ...
Page 93
... FLORA long had vow'd his plighted truth * : In childhood's paths together they had stray'd , Together life's gay morning views survey'd , Together that plain path of duty trod , That leads thro ' Nature's love to love of God ; And now ...
... FLORA long had vow'd his plighted truth * : In childhood's paths together they had stray'd , Together life's gay morning views survey'd , Together that plain path of duty trod , That leads thro ' Nature's love to love of God ; And now ...
Page 94
... FLORA all his grief , And find in social sympathy relief . But why should words endeavour to explain What eloquence herself would speak in vain , - The pangs that rent the hopeless Lover's breast , When all the fatal truth appear'd ...
... FLORA all his grief , And find in social sympathy relief . But why should words endeavour to explain What eloquence herself would speak in vain , - The pangs that rent the hopeless Lover's breast , When all the fatal truth appear'd ...
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artless bard beams beauty blast blest bloom bosom breast breath bright brow charms cheer Chief CLAN cries crown'd dark dear death deck deck'd disarming act drest eyes fair faithful fancy FARQUHAR fatal fate Fingalian FLORA FLORA MACDONALD foes Fort Augustus Gaelic Genius gentle Glendoe Glenmoriston gloom glow grace Grampian mountains grove haunts heart Highland Laddie Highlanders humble isle kind KINGSBURGH lady light Loch Laggan lofty lonely lov'd lyre maid mind MOOME mountains mournful Muse native Nature's nymph o'er OSSIAN peace pensive plain pleas'd pleasure poem pow'r PRINCE race RALPH ABERCROMBY rocks round sacred scene shades shine shore skies smile soft song soothe sorrow soul South Uist spread storm strain strath stream swains sweet tears tender thee thou thro toils tow'rs trace truth Twas vale virtues wandering weary wild wind wont youth
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Page 55 - And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses. These thoughts may startle well, but not astound The virtuous mind, that ever walks attended By a strong siding champion, Conscience.
Page 259 - That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse, So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd Urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud.
Page 405 - O WHERE, tell me where, is your Highland laddie gone? O where, tell me where, is your Highland laddie gone...
Page 29 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...
Page 407 - A bonnet, with a lofty plume! the gallant badge of War; And a plaid across the manly breast that yet shall wear a Star! Suppose, ah'! suppose that some cruel, cruel, wound Should pierce your Highland Laddie; and all your hopes confound!
Page 276 - O fountain Arethuse, and thou honoured flood, Smooth-sliding Mincius, crowned with vocal reeds, That strain I heard was of a higher mood ! But now my oat proceeds, And listens to the Herald of the Sea That came in Neptune's plea.
Page 406 - O what, tell me what, does your Highland laddie wear ? O what, tell me what, does your Highland laddie wear ? " " A bonnet with a lofty plume, the gallant badge of war; And a plaid across the manly breast, that yet shall wear a star.
Page 40 - WHERE yonder ridgy mountains bound the scene, The narrow opening glens that intervene Still shelter, in some lowly nook obscure One poorer than the rest — where all are poor ; Some widowed matron, hopeless of relief, Who to her secret breast confines her grief; Dejected sighs the wintry night away, And lonely muses all the summer day : Her gallant sons, who, smit with honour's charms, Pursued the phantom Fame through war's alarms, Return no more; stretched on...
Page 234 - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence ? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key ; As if our hands, our sides, voices...
Page 407 - But I will hope to see him yet, in Scotland's bonny bounds; But I will hope to see him yet, in Scotland's bonny bounds. His native land of liberty shall nurse his glorious wounds, While wide, through all our Highland hills, his warlike name resounds.