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Page 9 - Why, so can I ; or so can any man : But will they come, when you do call for them ? Glend.
Page 102 - What ails thee, Young One? what? Why pull so at thy cord? Is it not well with thee ? well both for bed and board ? Thy plot of grass is soft, and green as grass can be ; Rest, little Young One, rest ; what is't that aileth...
Page 102 - No other sheep were near, the Lamb was all alone, And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone ; With one knee on the grass did the little Maiden kneel, While to that mountain Lamb she gave its evening meal.
Page 89 - THERE is not in the wide world a valley so sweet, As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet ; Oh ! the last rays of feeling and life must depart, Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart.
Page 37 - Doctor, no physicking. We are, as I already told you, a machine made to live. We are organized for that purpose, and such is our nature. Do not counteract the living principle. Let it alone — leave it the liberty of defending itself — it will do better than your drugs.
Page 23 - Hassall, he proclaims That water's full Of curious brutes, with curious names, In every pool. Now you will see That this must be A most important matter ; For it's clear there's meat as well as drink In plain cold water.
Page 99 - Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Though they may gang a kennin' wrang, To step aside is human: One point must still be greatly dark, The moving why they do it; And just as lamely can ye mark How far perhaps they rue it.
Page 4 - Nature of verdure and flowers has bereft you, Yet still are you dearer than Albion's plain. England ! thy beauties are tame and domestic To one who has roved o'er the mountains afar : Oh for the crags that are wild and majestic, The steep frowning glories of dark Loch na Garr ! TO ROMANCE.
Page 102 - THE dew was falling fast, the stars began to blink ; I heard a voice; it said, "Drink, pretty creature, drink!' And, looking o'er the hedge, before me I espied A snow-white mountain lamb with a maiden at its side.
Page 22 - Pseon, so the powers of health Command) .to praise your crystal element : The chief ingredient in heaven's various works : Whose flexile genius sparkles in the gem, Grows firm in oak, and fugitive in wine ; The vehicle, the source, of nutriment And life, to all that vegetate or live.