The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh: Essays critical and imaginativeW. Blackwood, 1857 |
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... seems to have been considered by him , assured that his poetry could not fail to produce the same passion in the hearts of other men from which it boiled over in his own . Out of himself , and beyond his own nearest and dearest concerns ...
... seems to have been considered by him , assured that his poetry could not fail to produce the same passion in the hearts of other men from which it boiled over in his own . Out of himself , and beyond his own nearest and dearest concerns ...
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... seems as if his muse were loth to admit almost any thought , feeling , image , drawn from any other region than his native district - the hearth- stone of his father's hut - the still or troubled chamber of his own generous and ...
... seems as if his muse were loth to admit almost any thought , feeling , image , drawn from any other region than his native district - the hearth- stone of his father's hut - the still or troubled chamber of his own generous and ...
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... grows obsolete ; and at the same passage you hear the child sobbing at the knee of her grandame whose old eyes are somewhat dimmer than usual with a haze that seems almost to be of tears THE GENIUS AND CHARACTER OF BURNS . 5.
... grows obsolete ; and at the same passage you hear the child sobbing at the knee of her grandame whose old eyes are somewhat dimmer than usual with a haze that seems almost to be of tears THE GENIUS AND CHARACTER OF BURNS . 5.
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John Wilson James Frederick Ferrier. with a haze that seems almost to be of tears . Therefore , the poetry of Burns will continue to charm , as long as Nith flows , Criffel is green , and the bonny blue of the sky of Scotland meets with ...
John Wilson James Frederick Ferrier. with a haze that seems almost to be of tears . Therefore , the poetry of Burns will continue to charm , as long as Nith flows , Criffel is green , and the bonny blue of the sky of Scotland meets with ...
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... seem'd to muse , some seem'd to dare , With feature stern . My heart did glowing transport feel , To see a race heroic wheel , And brandish round the deep - dyed steel In sturdy blows ; While back recoiling seem'd to reel Their Southron ...
... seem'd to muse , some seem'd to dare , With feature stern . My heart did glowing transport feel , To see a race heroic wheel , And brandish round the deep - dyed steel In sturdy blows ; While back recoiling seem'd to reel Their Southron ...
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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