Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, Volume 2William Magee, 1800 |
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... ne'er awake , Night , where dawn shall never wake , Till Future Life , future no more , To Light and joy the good restore , To light and joy unknown before . · Stranger , go ! Heaven be thy guide ! Quoth the Beadfman of Nith - fide ...
... ne'er awake , Night , where dawn shall never wake , Till Future Life , future no more , To Light and joy the good restore , To light and joy unknown before . · Stranger , go ! Heaven be thy guide ! Quoth the Beadfman of Nith - fide ...
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... ne'er ftretch'd to fave , Hands that took but never gave . Keeper of Mammon's iron cleft , Lo , there she goes , unpitied and unblest , goes , but not to realms of everlasting reft ! She ANTISTROPHE , Plunderer , of Armies , lift thine ...
... ne'er ftretch'd to fave , Hands that took but never gave . Keeper of Mammon's iron cleft , Lo , there she goes , unpitied and unblest , goes , but not to realms of everlasting reft ! She ANTISTROPHE , Plunderer , of Armies , lift thine ...
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... Ne'er to return .. O , H ********* ! the man ! the brother ! And art thou gone , and gone for ever ! And haft thou croft that unknown river , Life's dreary bound ! Like thee , where fhall I find another , The world around ! Go to your ...
... Ne'er to return .. O , H ********* ! the man ! the brother ! And art thou gone , and gone for ever ! And haft thou croft that unknown river , Life's dreary bound ! Like thee , where fhall I find another , The world around ! Go to your ...
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... 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 ]
... 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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... ne'er wad blink on mine ! God keep thee frae thy mother's faes , Or turn their hearts to thee : And where thou meet'ft thy mother's friend , Remember him for me ! O ! foon , to me , may fummer funs Nae mair light up the morn ! Nae mair ...
... ne'er wad blink on mine ! God keep thee frae thy mother's faes , Or turn their hearts to thee : And where thou meet'ft thy mother's friend , Remember him for me ! O ! foon , to me , may fummer funs Nae mair light up the morn ! Nae mair ...
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