The Book of Scottish Poems: Ancient and ModernJohn Ross Edinburgh Publishing Company, 1878 - 760 страница |
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... death of Alexander III . , is attested by his reputed prophecy of that event ; and that he was dead before 1299 , is established by the fact of his son's dispos- ing of the family estate in that year . His celebrity as a prophet and a ...
... death of Alexander III . , is attested by his reputed prophecy of that event ; and that he was dead before 1299 , is established by the fact of his son's dispos- ing of the family estate in that year . His celebrity as a prophet and a ...
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... death , almost as quoted from Bower's Continuation of Fordun's Chronicle . The " honest but credulous " archbishop , by " the pro- phecies extant in Scottish rhyme , " from which he quotes , refers to a collection , entitled " The whole ...
... death , almost as quoted from Bower's Continuation of Fordun's Chronicle . The " honest but credulous " archbishop , by " the pro- phecies extant in Scottish rhyme , " from which he quotes , refers to a collection , entitled " The whole ...
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... death of Thomas . But the principal difficulty lies in the manner in which the names , Ercel- doune and Kendale , are coupled . War- ton , in referring to the matter , remarks , that they are written as if they were names of romances ...
... death of Thomas . But the principal difficulty lies in the manner in which the names , Ercel- doune and Kendale , are coupled . War- ton , in referring to the matter , remarks , that they are written as if they were names of romances ...
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... death at the time of Tristrem's birth , and having con- signed her child to the care of Rohand , along with a ring well known to King Mark , his uncle , she expires . ' THE writer , or reciter , relates that being | his chamber , and to ...
... death at the time of Tristrem's birth , and having con- signed her child to the care of Rohand , along with a ring well known to King Mark , his uncle , she expires . ' THE writer , or reciter , relates that being | his chamber , and to ...
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... death , and rushing to the castle where his body is laid out in state , she throws herself down beside his body and expires . TRISTREM'S BIRTH . I. I was at [ Erceldoune : ] With Tomas spak Y thare ; Ther herd Y rede in roune , Who ...
... death , and rushing to the castle where his body is laid out in state , she throws herself down beside his body and expires . TRISTREM'S BIRTH . I. I was at [ Erceldoune : ] With Tomas spak Y thare ; Ther herd Y rede in roune , Who ...
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Allan Ramsay appeared auld baith beauty birks of Aberfeldy blaw bonnie braes busk cauld court Dame dear death delight dread Edinburgh edition fair fame father flowers frae friar Gavin Douglas grace green gude hame hand hast hear heard heart heaven honour ilka James king lady land lassie literary live Lord lordis mair maist maun meikle mind mony muse ne'er never night nought o'er pain poems poet poetical poetry published queen quoth Robin Gray Saint Serf Scotland Scots Scottish Scottish literature sing song soon sorrow soul stream sweet Syne thee thing thir Thomas the Rhymer thou thought Timor mortis conturbat tion took Tristrem trow unto weel Whilk wife wind withouten wonder young youth
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Страница 440 - The impetuous song, and say from whom you rage. His praise, ye brooks, attune, ye trembling rills ; And let me catch it as I muse along. Ye headlong torrents, rapid and profound ; Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale ; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound his stupendous praise whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall.
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Страница 519 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown...
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Страница 441 - There let the shepherd's flute, the virgin's lay, The prompting seraph, and the poet's lyre, Still sing the God of Seasons, as they roll.
Страница 439 - And every sense, and every heart, is joy. Then comes thy glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then thy sun Shoots full perfection through the swelling year...
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