The Poems of Allan Ramsay, Volume 1A. Allardice, 1814 |
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Page 31
... grace my song with the sweetness of their voices , con over my Pasto- ral , and smile at my innocent merry tale . Thus shielded by the Brave and Fair , My foes may envy , but despair , That I have expressed my thoughts in my native ...
... grace my song with the sweetness of their voices , con over my Pasto- ral , and smile at my innocent merry tale . Thus shielded by the Brave and Fair , My foes may envy , but despair , That I have expressed my thoughts in my native ...
Page 32
... grace to the poetry , and become their place as well as the Doric dialect of Theocritus , so much admired by the best judges . When I mention that tongue , I bewail my own little knowledge of it , since I meet with so many words and ...
... grace to the poetry , and become their place as well as the Doric dialect of Theocritus , so much admired by the best judges . When I mention that tongue , I bewail my own little knowledge of it , since I meet with so many words and ...
Page 38
... grace , But stifly held with bit and curb , Keeps heavy trot , though equal pace . But who takes nature for his rule , Shall by her generous bounty shine ; His easy muse revels at will , And strikes new wonders every line . Keep then ...
... grace , But stifly held with bit and curb , Keeps heavy trot , though equal pace . But who takes nature for his rule , Shall by her generous bounty shine ; His easy muse revels at will , And strikes new wonders every line . Keep then ...
Page 65
... Grace was giving an enter . tainment , and Patrick being denied entry by the servants , he either from a cunning view of the lucky consequence , or in a passion , did what's described . 109 Bothwell Brig , upon Clyde , where the famous ...
... Grace was giving an enter . tainment , and Patrick being denied entry by the servants , he either from a cunning view of the lucky consequence , or in a passion , did what's described . 109 Bothwell Brig , upon Clyde , where the famous ...
Page 102
... grace , Quoth she , gars me gang duddy ; Our nibour Pate sin break o ' day ' s Been thumping at his study . An ' it be true that some fouk says , Ye'll girn yet in a woody ; ' Syne wi ' her nails she rave his face , Made a ' his black ...
... grace , Quoth she , gars me gang duddy ; Our nibour Pate sin break o ' day ' s Been thumping at his study . An ' it be true that some fouk says , Ye'll girn yet in a woody ; ' Syne wi ' her nails she rave his face , Made a ' his black ...
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