Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, Volume 2William Magee, 1800 |
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... but a day at moft , Sprung from night , in darknefs loft ; Hope not funshine every hour , Fear not clouds will always lour . Y As Youth and Love with sprightly dance ,, Beneath thy A 3 POEMS , WRITTEN in Friar's-Carfe Hermitage PAGE.
... but a day at moft , Sprung from night , in darknefs loft ; Hope not funshine every hour , Fear not clouds will always lour . Y As Youth and Love with sprightly dance ,, Beneath thy A 3 POEMS , WRITTEN in Friar's-Carfe Hermitage PAGE.
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... , For Matthew was a true man . If thou haft wit , and fun and fire , And ne'er gude wine did fear , man This was thy billie , dam , and fire , For Matthew was a queer man . If ony whiggish whingin fot , To blame poor Matthew [ 16 ]
... , For Matthew was a true man . If thou haft wit , and fun and fire , And ne'er gude wine did fear , man This was thy billie , dam , and fire , For Matthew was a queer man . If ony whiggish whingin fot , To blame poor Matthew [ 16 ]
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... fear ! Already one ftrong hold of hope is loft , Glencairn , the truly noble , lies in duft ; ( Fled , like the fun eclips'd at noon appears , And left us darkling in a world of tears :) O ! hear my ardent , grateful , felfifh prayer ...
... fear ! Already one ftrong hold of hope is loft , Glencairn , the truly noble , lies in duft ; ( Fled , like the fun eclips'd at noon appears , And left us darkling in a world of tears :) O ! hear my ardent , grateful , felfifh prayer ...
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... , Had na been fhot this mony a Simmer , They gaed fic dints ; And fome , thro ' fear , had bits o ' timmer Inftead o ' flints . About a mile from Dumfries . The fiege of Bellife . Ithers , ( for Need maks mony a fen , [ 28 ]
... , Had na been fhot this mony a Simmer , They gaed fic dints ; And fome , thro ' fear , had bits o ' timmer Inftead o ' flints . About a mile from Dumfries . The fiege of Bellife . Ithers , ( for Need maks mony a fen , [ 28 ]
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... fear ! It fennil fails , or far or near , That mony a score Are keen o ' trades which Nature ne'er Ordain'd them for . Ae fallow there , puir filly cawf Held out his gun as't been a staff , Turn'd back his head , tho ' haff - and - haff ...
... fear ! It fennil fails , or far or near , That mony a score Are keen o ' trades which Nature ne'er Ordain'd them for . Ae fallow there , puir filly cawf Held out his gun as't been a staff , Turn'd back his head , tho ' haff - and - haff ...
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