The Book of Gems: Pomfret to BloomfieldSamuel Carter Hall Saunders and Otley, 1837 - English poetry |
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... weel , when thou coud'st hardly gang , Or lisp out words , I choos'd ye frae the thrang Of a ' the bairns , and led thee by the hand , To Thou smiling by my side , -I took delight Aft to the tansy know or rashy strand ; 56 RAMSAY .
... weel , when thou coud'st hardly gang , Or lisp out words , I choos'd ye frae the thrang Of a ' the bairns , and led thee by the hand , To Thou smiling by my side , -I took delight Aft to the tansy know or rashy strand ; 56 RAMSAY .
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... frae the coast , The ship that bears his a ' like to be lost ? Like to be carried by some rever's hand Far frae his wishes to some distant land . PATIE . Ne'er quarrel fate , whilst it wi ' me remains To raise thee up , or still attend ...
... frae the coast , The ship that bears his a ' like to be lost ? Like to be carried by some rever's hand Far frae his wishes to some distant land . PATIE . Ne'er quarrel fate , whilst it wi ' me remains To raise thee up , or still attend ...
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... frae thee , delightfu ' maid , For thee I'd soon leave these inferior things To sic as hae the patience to be kings.— Wherefore that tear ? believe , and calm thy mind . PEGGY . I greet for joy , to hear my words sae kind ; When hopes ...
... frae thee , delightfu ' maid , For thee I'd soon leave these inferior things To sic as hae the patience to be kings.— Wherefore that tear ? believe , and calm thy mind . PEGGY . I greet for joy , to hear my words sae kind ; When hopes ...
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... frae my ee , Unken'd by my gudeman , who soundly sleeps by me . Young Jamie loo'd me weel , and sought me for his bride But saving ae crown piece , he'd naething else beside . To make the crown a pound , my Jamie gaed to sea ; And the ...
... frae my ee , Unken'd by my gudeman , who soundly sleeps by me . Young Jamie loo'd me weel , and sought me for his bride But saving ae crown piece , he'd naething else beside . To make the crown a pound , my Jamie gaed to sea ; And the ...
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... frae my ee , Unken'd by my gudeman , who soundly sleeps by me . Young Jamie loo'd me weel , and sought me for his bride But saving ae crown piece , he'd naething else beside . To make the crown a pound , my Jamie gaed to sea ; And the ...
... frae my ee , Unken'd by my gudeman , who soundly sleeps by me . Young Jamie loo'd me weel , and sought me for his bride But saving ae crown piece , he'd naething else beside . To make the crown a pound , my Jamie gaed to sea ; And the ...
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Page 76 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied GOD ! The rolling year Is full of Thee. Forth in the pleasing Spring Thy beauty walks, Thy tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart, is joy.
Page 77 - When even at last the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey; there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around, Sustaining all yon orbs, and all their suns; From seeming evil still educing good, And better thence again, and better still, In infinite progression.
Page 14 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 213 - Unskilful he to note the card Of prudent lore, Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, And whelm him o'er ! Such fate to suffering worth is...
Page 168 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 212 - Thou's met me in an evil hour; For I maun crush amang the stoure Thy slender stem: To spare thee now is past my pow'r, Thou bonnie gem. Alas! it's no thy neebor sweet, The bonnie lark, companion meet, Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet, Wi' spreckl'd breast, When upward-springing, blythe to greet The purpling east.
Page 120 - A stranger yet to pain! I feel the gales that from ye blow, A momentary bliss bestow, As waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they seem to soothe, And, redolent of joy and youth, To breathe a second spring.
Page 100 - Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
Page 33 - tis madness to defer ; Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 126 - To fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring Each opening sweet of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove: But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love.