The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on his writings, Zväzok 21800 |
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Strana 18
... equal return of affection . August . There is certainly some connexion between love , and music , and poetry ; and therefore , I have always thought a fine touch of nature , that passage in a modern love composition . " As toward her ...
... equal return of affection . August . There is certainly some connexion between love , and music , and poetry ; and therefore , I have always thought a fine touch of nature , that passage in a modern love composition . " As toward her ...
Strana 33
... countryman to have lodged , I recollect ( for even then I was a rhymer ) that my heart glowed with a wish to be able to make a song on him in some measure equal to his merits . VOL . II . D No. No. IX . To MRS . STEWART , OF STAIR ( 33 )
... countryman to have lodged , I recollect ( for even then I was a rhymer ) that my heart glowed with a wish to be able to make a song on him in some measure equal to his merits . VOL . II . D No. No. IX . To MRS . STEWART , OF STAIR ( 33 )
Strana 37
... reading the poems ; at last , however , I have finished that pleas- ing perusal . Many instances have I seen of nature's force and beneficence , exerted under numerous numerous and formidable disadvantages ; but none equal to that ( 37 )
... reading the poems ; at last , however , I have finished that pleas- ing perusal . Many instances have I seen of nature's force and beneficence , exerted under numerous numerous and formidable disadvantages ; but none equal to that ( 37 )
Strana 38
Robert Burns. numerous and formidable disadvantages ; but none equal to that , with which you have been kind enough to present me . There is a pathos and de- licacy in his serious poems ; a vein of wit and humour in those of a more ...
Robert Burns. numerous and formidable disadvantages ; but none equal to that , with which you have been kind enough to present me . There is a pathos and de- licacy in his serious poems ; a vein of wit and humour in those of a more ...
Strana 89
... equal to your Vision , and Cotter's Saturday Night . In these are united fine imagery , natural and pathetic description , with sublimity of language and thought . It is evident that you already possess a great variety of expression and ...
... equal to your Vision , and Cotter's Saturday Night . In these are united fine imagery , natural and pathetic description , with sublimity of language and thought . It is evident that you already possess a great variety of expression and ...
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The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, Criticism ..., Zväzok 2 Robert Burns Úplné zobrazenie - 1819 |
The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, Criticism ..., Zväzok 2 Robert Burns Úplné zobrazenie - 1819 |
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Strana 22 - There is scarcely any earthly object gives me more — I do not know if I should call it pleasure — but something which exalts me, something which enraptures me — than to walk in the sheltered side of a wood, or high plantation, in a cloudy winter day, and hear the stormy wind howling among the trees, and raving over the plain. It is my best season for devotion: my mind is wrapt up in a kind of enthusiasm to Him, who, in the pompous language of the Hebrew bard, ' walks on the wings of the wind.
Strana 293 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.
Strana 200 - Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, And fill it in a silver tassie; That I may drink before I go A service to my bonnie lassie...
Strana 316 - Thy spirit, Independence, let me share ; ' " Lord of the Lion-heart and eagle eye ! " Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, " Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky...
Strana 6 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law...
Strana 136 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Strana 209 - I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and, passing from one thought to another, surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Strana 209 - Bagdat in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and, passing from one thought to another, surely...
Strana 210 - I never hear the loud solitary whistle of the curlew in a summer noon, or the wild mixing cadence of a troop of gray plover in an autumnal morning, without feeling an elevation of soul like the enthusiasm of devotion or poetry.
Strana 278 - Mary! dear departed shade! Where is thy place of blissful rest? Seest thou thy lover lowly laid? Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast?