Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, Volume 2William Magee, 1800 |
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Page 56
... lovely form Evanishing amid the ftorm.- . Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride ;. That hour , o ' night's black arch the key - ftane ,. That dreary hour he mounts his beast in ; And fic a night he taks the ...
... lovely form Evanishing amid the ftorm.- . Nae man can tether time or tide ; The hour approaches Tam maun ride ;. That hour , o ' night's black arch the key - ftane ,. That dreary hour he mounts his beast in ; And fic a night he taks the ...
Page 70
... lovely Flower , Chilly fhrink in fleety fhower ! Never Boreas ' hoary path , Never Eurus ' pois'nous breath , Never baleful ftellar lights , Taint thee with untimely blights ! Never , never reptile thief Riot on thy virgin leaf ! Nor ...
... lovely Flower , Chilly fhrink in fleety fhower ! Never Boreas ' hoary path , Never Eurus ' pois'nous breath , Never baleful ftellar lights , Taint thee with untimely blights ! Never , never reptile thief Riot on thy virgin leaf ! Nor ...
Page 72
... how bootless to admire , When fated to defpair ! Yet in thy prefence , lovely Fair , To hope may be forgiven ; For fure ' twere impious to defpair So much in fight of Heaven . On reading , in a newspaper , the death of [ 72 ] Song.
... how bootless to admire , When fated to defpair ! Yet in thy prefence , lovely Fair , To hope may be forgiven ; For fure ' twere impious to defpair So much in fight of Heaven . On reading , in a newspaper , the death of [ 72 ] Song.
Page 82
... lovely form ; And gane , alafs ! the fheltering tree , Should fhield thee frae the storm . May HE who gives the rain to pour , And wings the blast to`blaw , Protect thee frae the driving fhower , The bitter froft and fnaw . May HE , the ...
... lovely form ; And gane , alafs ! the fheltering tree , Should fhield thee frae the storm . May HE who gives the rain to pour , And wings the blast to`blaw , Protect thee frae the driving fhower , The bitter froft and fnaw . May HE , the ...
Page 83
... , in the blast , Unfheltered and forlorn . Bleft be thy bloom , thou lovely gem , Unfcathed by ruffian hand ! And from thee many a parent ftem Arife to deck our land .. THE WHISTLE , BALLAD . AS the authentic Profe history [ 83 ]
... , in the blast , Unfheltered and forlorn . Bleft be thy bloom , thou lovely gem , Unfcathed by ruffian hand ! And from thee many a parent ftem Arife to deck our land .. THE WHISTLE , BALLAD . AS the authentic Profe history [ 83 ]
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