The Poetical Works of Hector Macneill, Esq, Volume 2T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1801 - English poetry |
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... light ! * Edinburgh castle , though distant 35 miles from Stir- ling , is seen from the castle hill in a favourable day . + Ben Lomond , the highest of the Grampian moun- tains that bound the Carse of Stirling to the north - west ...
... light ! * Edinburgh castle , though distant 35 miles from Stir- ling , is seen from the castle hill in a favourable day . + Ben Lomond , the highest of the Grampian moun- tains that bound the Carse of Stirling to the north - west ...
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... light ! — * James III . murdered in the village of Bannockburn , after the battle fought with his rebellious nobles , under the command of the Duke of Rothsay , his own son . He was buried near the remains of his queen , in the abbey ...
... light ! — * James III . murdered in the village of Bannockburn , after the battle fought with his rebellious nobles , under the command of the Duke of Rothsay , his own son . He was buried near the remains of his queen , in the abbey ...
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... - Names , that the brave will lang revere Wi ' valour's sigh ! -Dear to the Muse ! -but doubly dear To Liberty ! ' * Vide the war of Caros , and the beautiful poem Comala . Thus , ( blind to prudence ' warning light ) 30.
... - Names , that the brave will lang revere Wi ' valour's sigh ! -Dear to the Muse ! -but doubly dear To Liberty ! ' * Vide the war of Caros , and the beautiful poem Comala . Thus , ( blind to prudence ' warning light ) 30.
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Hector Macneill. Thus , ( blind to prudence ' warning light ) Aft sigh'd and sang the pensive wight ! - Reckless , alas ! o ' fortune's blight , Or warldly blame He'd muse , and dream , till dark midnight , Then daunder hame ! Ye ...
Hector Macneill. Thus , ( blind to prudence ' warning light ) Aft sigh'd and sang the pensive wight ! - Reckless , alas ! o ' fortune's blight , Or warldly blame He'd muse , and dream , till dark midnight , Then daunder hame ! Ye ...
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... lights to throw out the consonants , to produce a concourse of vowels , to soften the sound , and pro- mote the flow of those harsher terms which less easily combine in versification . It abounds in terms and phrases connected with ...
... lights to throw out the consonants , to produce a concourse of vowels , to soften the sound , and pro- mote the flow of those harsher terms which less easily combine in versification . It abounds in terms and phrases connected with ...
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amang the hether auld beautiful Beltan bloom bonie boy Tammy brae braw breast busk ca'd canna canty Carlo Gesualdo Carse of Stirling castle cauld charm cheer cheer'd chiel court dear lassie directs by Longman e'en Edwards's Hist Eirin O s'dhu fair fause flew Forth's frae Gaelic gloom glow gowd gowden green Gutcher heart highland laddie hinny ilka Jamaica Johnie joys King's Park kirk laddie lassie loo'd luve luve's Mally Aiken mammy Mary bawn maun mild mither mohátel na dousku morn muse naithing numbers o'er onie owre plaidy plain pleas'd PLEYDELL POEMS raptur'd Robert Southey s'dhu ma rūn saft sang Scottish shore sigh'd smile snaw stane Stirling Strevlina's sweet tear thegither thrang THREE MILE RIVER tocher tower tree walth warm weel ween Whan Whar whase wind ye'll ne'er young
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Page 67 - Guard your treasures wi' lock, bar, and door, While here in my arms I lock mine!" He ends wi' a kiss and a smile — Wae's me! can I tak' it amiss? My laddie's unpractised in guile, He's free aye to daut and to ki.ss! Ye lasses wha lo'e to torment Your wooers wi...
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Page 66 - I listen — poor fool ! and I greet ; Yet how sweet are the tears as they fa' ! Dear lassie, he cries wi...
Page 41 - ... night's gaun to fa'; Come in frae the cauld blast, the drift, and the snaw: Come under my plaidie, and sit down beside me, There's room in't, dear lassie, believe me, for twa.
Page 43 - I'll creep in beside ye, I thocht ye'd been aulder than threescore and twa.' She crap in ayont him, aside the stane wa'. Where Johnnie was list'ning, and heard her tell a'; The day was appointed : his proud heart it dunted, And strack 'gainst his side as if bursting in twa.
Page 83 - Whar hae ye been a' day, My boy Tammy ? I've been by burn and flow'ry brae, Meadow green and mountain gray, Courting o' this young thing Just come frae her mammy.
Page 42 - I'll hap ye frae every cauld blast that can blaw: Oh, come under my plaidie, and sit down beside me! There's room in't, dear lassie, believe me, for twa." "Gae 'wa wi' your plaidie, auld Donald, gae 'wa! I fearna the cauld blast, the drift, nor the snaw: Gae 'wa wi' your plaidie; I'll no sit beside ye, Ye may be my gutcher; auld Donald, gae 'wa.
Page 85 - She's been my comfort a' my days :— My father's death brought mony waes— I canna leave my mammy.' ' We'll tak her hame and mak her fain, My ain kind-hearted Lammie ! We'll gie her meat, we'll gie her claise. We'll be her comfort a