The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh: Essays critical and imaginativeW. Blackwood, 1857 |
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... lines affect us ! Often , too often , as we hear him singing , we think that we see him suffering ! " Most musical , most melancholy , " he often is , even in his merri- ment ! In him , alas ! the transports of inspiration are but too ...
... lines affect us ! Often , too often , as we hear him singing , we think that we see him suffering ! " Most musical , most melancholy , " he often is , even in his merri- ment ! In him , alas ! the transports of inspiration are but too ...
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... lines occur— ' Syne to the Leglen wood , when it was late , To make a silent and a safe retreat . ' I chose a fine summer Sunday , the only day my line of life allowed , and walked half - a - dozen miles to pay my respects to the Leglen ...
... lines occur— ' Syne to the Leglen wood , when it was late , To make a silent and a safe retreat . ' I chose a fine summer Sunday , the only day my line of life allowed , and walked half - a - dozen miles to pay my respects to the Leglen ...
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... lines like these to his " Address to Mary in Heaven ! " It was the anniversary of the day on which he heard of her death - that to him was the day on which she died . He did not keep it as a day of mourning - for he was happy in as good ...
... lines like these to his " Address to Mary in Heaven ! " It was the anniversary of the day on which he heard of her death - that to him was the day on which she died . He did not keep it as a day of mourning - for he was happy in as good ...
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... lines quoted suffice to set aside that assertion ; but it is true that his love of nature was always linked with some vehement passion , or some sweet affection for living creatures , and that it was for the sake of the humanity she ...
... lines quoted suffice to set aside that assertion ; but it is true that his love of nature was always linked with some vehement passion , or some sweet affection for living creatures , and that it was for the sake of the humanity she ...
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... lines on the Fall of Fyers : " And viewless echo's ear astonished rends . " In the " Brigs of Ayr " there is one beautiful , and one magnifi- cent passage of this kind . " All before their sight , A fairy train appear'd in order bright ...
... lines on the Fall of Fyers : " And viewless echo's ear astonished rends . " In the " Brigs of Ayr " there is one beautiful , and one magnifi- cent passage of this kind . " All before their sight , A fairy train appear'd in order bright ...
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Page 125 - And all their echoes, mourn. The willows and the hazel copses green Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays. As killing as the canker...
Page 339 - Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
Page 119 - For a' that, and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that, The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth, Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that — That sense and worth o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that. For a' that, and a' that, It's coming yet, for a
Page 137 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's king and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand or freeman fa', Let him follow me!
Page 339 - A wicked whisper came, and made My heart as dry as dust. I closed my lids, and kept them close, And the balls like pulses beat ; For the sky and the sea, and the sea and the sky Lay like a load on my weary eye, And the dead were at my feet.
Page 340 - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Page 308 - Thou too, hoar Mount! with thy sky-pointing peaks, Oft from whose feet the avalanche, unheard, Shoots downward, glittering through the pure serene Into the depth of clouds, that veil thy breast— Thou too again, stupendous Mountain! thou That as I raise my head, awhile bowed low In adoration, upward from thy base Slow...
Page 15 - Ye banks and braes and streams around The castle o' Montgomery, Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, Your waters never drumlie ! There simmer first unfauld her robes, And there the langest tarry ; For there I took the last fareweel O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie ; For dear to me as light and life Was my...
Page 336 - Upon the slimy sea! About, about, in reel and rout, The death-fires danced at night: The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue, and white. And some in dreams assured were Of. the Spirit that plagued us so; Nine fathom deep he had followed us From the land of mist and snow.
Page 32 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise, They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim ; Perhaps ' Dundee's' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive