The Border Magazine, Volume 1John Rennison, 1833 - English literature |
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... frae tap to tae ; nor had I time to say , losh preserve me , till out comes an auld canker'd carlin ' frae the doonermaist house o ' the close , wi ' the dowp o ' a cannel in her haund , wha nae sooner saw me than she darted to the ...
... frae tap to tae ; nor had I time to say , losh preserve me , till out comes an auld canker'd carlin ' frae the doonermaist house o ' the close , wi ' the dowp o ' a cannel in her haund , wha nae sooner saw me than she darted to the ...
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... frae denner , and twa or three o ' the baker's baps , that ye might squeeze into a nutshell . NESTOR . Sirrah , I anticipated a portion of that fowl to - night - Did you add no other provocation ? DABBLE . I dinna weel ken what ye ca ...
... frae denner , and twa or three o ' the baker's baps , that ye might squeeze into a nutshell . NESTOR . Sirrah , I anticipated a portion of that fowl to - night - Did you add no other provocation ? DABBLE . I dinna weel ken what ye ca ...
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... frae the gloamin's chilly gale , The star o ' eve shall mark our joy , but shall not tell our tale- Our simple tale o ' tender love , that tauld sae aft has been To my bonnie bonnie lassie in the wild glen sae green . O ! I would wander ...
... frae the gloamin's chilly gale , The star o ' eve shall mark our joy , but shall not tell our tale- Our simple tale o ' tender love , that tauld sae aft has been To my bonnie bonnie lassie in the wild glen sae green . O ! I would wander ...
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... frae his storms when they blaw , When the gladsome days o ' youth are flown awa ' . They say that wisdom cam wi ' manhood's riper years , But naething did they tell o ' its sorrows and tears ; Oh ! I'd gie a ' the wit , gin ony wit be ...
... frae his storms when they blaw , When the gladsome days o ' youth are flown awa ' . They say that wisdom cam wi ' manhood's riper years , But naething did they tell o ' its sorrows and tears ; Oh ! I'd gie a ' the wit , gin ony wit be ...
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... frae me ! When the acclamations which followed this song had subsided , we began to perceive symptoms of what Blackwood calls " civilation " among our companions . One was mounted on one leg on his chair drinking the health of the ...
... frae me ! When the acclamations which followed this song had subsided , we began to perceive symptoms of what Blackwood calls " civilation " among our companions . One was mounted on one leg on his chair drinking the health of the ...
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Page 299 - Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint: She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven: Porphyro grew faint: She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint.
Page 50 - Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven, If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty, and a mystery, and create G In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Page 51 - I am the daughter of Earth and Water, And the nursling of the Sky ; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores, I change, but I cannot die.
Page 52 - Rather admire; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 159 - But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between. But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Page 52 - To ask or search I blame thee not ; for Heaven Is as the Book of God before thee set, Wherein to read his wondrous works...
Page 299 - Of fruits, and flowers, and bunches of knot-grass, And diamonded with panes of quaint device, Innumerable of stains and splendid dyes, As are the tiger-moth's deep-damask'd wings; And in the midst, 'mong thousand heraldries, And twilight saints, and dim emblazonings, A shielded scutcheon blush'd with blood of queens and kings.
Page 62 - To make a government requires no great prudence. Settle the seat of power, teach obedience, and the work is done. To give freedom is still more easy. It is not necessary to guide ; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a free government, that is, to temper together these opposite elements of liberty and restraint in one consistent work, requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind.
Page 50 - Then stirs the feeling infinite, so felt In solitude, where we are least alone; A truth, which through our being then doth melt, And purifies from self: it is a tone, The soul and source of music, which makes known Eternal harmony, and sheds a charm Like to the fabled...
Page 299 - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.