Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect, Volume 2William Magee, 1800 |
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... round , Saws of experience , fage and found . Say , man's true , genuine eítimate , The grand criterion of his fate , Is not , art thou high or low ? Did thy fortune ebb or flow Did many talents gild thy fpan ? Or frugal Nature [ 6 ]
... round , Saws of experience , fage and found . Say , man's true , genuine eítimate , The grand criterion of his fate , Is not , art thou high or low ? Did thy fortune ebb or flow Did many talents gild thy fpan ? Or frugal Nature [ 6 ]
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... autumn winds Wave o'er the yellow corn ! And in the narrow houfe o ' death Let winter round me rave ; And the next flowers , that deck the fpring Bloom on my peaceful grave . ΤΟ RG OF FESQ . LATE crippled of an arm [ 20 ]
... autumn winds Wave o'er the yellow corn ! And in the narrow houfe o ' death Let winter round me rave ; And the next flowers , that deck the fpring Bloom on my peaceful grave . ΤΟ RG OF FESQ . LATE crippled of an arm [ 20 ]
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... round , To fee them daiker thro ' the town ! Lad , lafs and wean - wives , black and brown , Wi ' age grown grey , Cam , fidging fain , to gi'e their boon O ' praife that day . E'en blithe to fee them trigly dreft , Auld EPPS was there ...
... round , To fee them daiker thro ' the town ! Lad , lafs and wean - wives , black and brown , Wi ' age grown grey , Cam , fidging fain , to gi'e their boon O ' praife that day . E'en blithe to fee them trigly dreft , Auld EPPS was there ...
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... round in Popish rhimes Did pray and graen ; But customs vary wi ' the times , At Hallowe'en . Rang'd ' round a bleezing ingle fide ,. Where nowther cauld nor hunger bide , The farmer's house , wi ' fecret pride , Will a ' conveen ; For ...
... round in Popish rhimes Did pray and graen ; But customs vary wi ' the times , At Hallowe'en . Rang'd ' round a bleezing ingle fide ,. Where nowther cauld nor hunger bide , The farmer's house , wi ' fecret pride , Will a ' conveen ; For ...
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... round Our Efkdale laffies fay they're bound . -Ye'd need to be a wylie loon , Like ye're ain lays , Or , trowth , I dread they will ye drown Wi " fowth o ' praise . Lang may ye fing , weel may ye phraze , Ha'e rowth and plenty a ' ye'r ...
... round Our Efkdale laffies fay they're bound . -Ye'd need to be a wylie loon , Like ye're ain lays , Or , trowth , I dread they will ye drown Wi " fowth o ' praise . Lang may ye fing , weel may ye phraze , Ha'e rowth and plenty a ' ye'r ...
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