The Waes O’ War : Or The Upshot Of The History O’ Will And Jean. In Four Parts (Hector MacNeill Poems)
PART I.Oh! that folk wad weel consider What it is to tyne a--name,What this warld is a' thegither, If bereft o' honest ...
PART I.Oh! that folk wad weel consider What it is to tyne a--name,What this warld is a' thegither, If bereft o' honest ...
Blest by the song! (a bard, though humble, cries),That moves by Pity's power th' infuriate breast;Lures Mercy beaming from her ...
Ah! winding Forth! --- smooth wandering tide!O' Strevlin's peerless plain the pride;How pleas'd alang thy verdant side, Whar floweries spring,The muse ...
When shall the woes of War and Discord cease!When shall the morn of Harmony arise!When shall the dawn of Concord, ...
O Welcome simply soothing treasure!In midst o' pain my lanely pleasure!Tutor'd by thee, and whispering leisure, I quit the thrang,And, wrapt ...
Wha was ance like Willie Gairlace, Wha in neeboring town or farm?Beauty's bloom shone in his fair face, Deadly strength was in ...
"Smeirg a loisgeadh a thiompan ria."PART I.Still'd is the tempest's blust'ring roar; Hoarse dash the billows of the sea;--But who on ...
The night blew cauld thro' snaw and sleet, Loud rair'd the blast wi' deaf'ning din;A voice cam' sad, yet mournfu' sweet; "Unbar ...
"Sine Cerere et Baccho friget Venus."In spite of all that poets tell us(For poets are but lying fellows)Of Cupid's flames, ...
M. Another year to banish gloom, And still my friend retains his bloom!-- Still laughs and jokes, and tells his tale; Eats heartily : ...
Remov'd thank God! from fierce contentions;Unknown to parties or Conventions;Alike averse to rage and folly,And foe to gloomy melancholy;Amid confusion, war, ...
You're now, Eliza, fix'd for life;In other words, you're now -- a wife;And let me whisper in your ear,A wife, ...
Dear honest hearted, canty Charlie!To whom I'd trust baith late and earlie;Accept, in token o' regard,Frae rhyming Mac, your friend ...
Tost rudely round this whirling sphere,Estrang'd from all he valued dear;Shut out from beauty's bright'ning ray;The social night, the tranquil ...
See! rob'd in new beauties, young May cheers the lawn! Ye virgins! how charming her air!Haste! cull her fresh flow'rets dew-dropping ...
Oh! tell me, bonie young lassie!Oh tell me how for to woo!Oh tell me, bonie sweet lassie!Oh tell me how ...
TUNE--_"Bonnie Dundee."_ "Oh, saw ye my wee thing? saw ye my ain thing? Saw ye my true love, down on yon lee? Cross'd ...
I.J. Hark! -- hark! the sound of battle! Warning thrice, the cannon's rattle! Fast o'er plain and mountain brattle Scotia's thousands brave!A. Never! -- ...
When discord first, with hate infuriate, hurl'dTheir baneful influence o'er a suffering world;Broke the firm bands of kindred joys asunder,And ...
TUNE--_"Clunie's Reel."_ "Oh, dinna think, bonnie lassie, I 'm gaun to leave thee! Dinna think, bonnie lassie, I 'm gaun to leave ...
Come under my plaidie, the nicht's gaun to fa';Come in frae the cauld blast, the drift and the snaw;Come under ...
"Whare hae ye been a' day, My boy, Tammy? Whare hae ye been a' day, My boy, Tammy?" "I 've been by burn and ...
'Hech! lass, but ye're canty and vogie!Wow! but your e'en look pauky and roguie!What war ye doing, Kate, down in ...
This warld is a lottery, as ilk ane may ken;There are prizes for women as weel as for men:But as ...
How varied lies the chequer'd scene!-- Dunmait capt with snow;While humbler smiles, in vernal green, The sun-clad vale below:Gay spring her cheering ...
When many hearts were gay,Careless of aught but play,Poor Flora slipt away Sadd'ning to Mora.Loose flow'd her yellow hair,Quick heav'd her ...
O! Say, lovely Nan! can you lie in a hammock?When the mountain-waves rage, can you swing in a hammock?As the ...
'Saw ye my wee thing? saw ye mine ain thing?Saw ye my true love down on yon lea?Cross'd she the ...
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