The modern Scottish minstrel; or, The songs of Scotland of the past half century, with memoirs of the poets, and specimens in English verse of modern Gaelic bards, by C. Rogers, Volume 3Charles Rogers 1856 |
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Pagina viii
... appeared the emancipator of Scot- tish song in the form of a ploughman , stirring the deepest feelings of all classes with songs that may be justly styled the best of all national popular songs , and for ever settling the claims of a ...
... appeared the emancipator of Scot- tish song in the form of a ploughman , stirring the deepest feelings of all classes with songs that may be justly styled the best of all national popular songs , and for ever settling the claims of a ...
Pagina 2
... appearance and habits of the poet had left an indelible impression on his mind . In his fifteenth year , Allan had the misfortune to lose his father , who had sunk to the grave under the pressure of poverty and misfortune ; he thus ...
... appearance and habits of the poet had left an indelible impression on his mind . In his fifteenth year , Allan had the misfortune to lose his father , who had sunk to the grave under the pressure of poverty and misfortune ; he thus ...
Pagina 3
... appearance in the street . Passing his own door , he knocked at that of the house from the window of which his young admirer was anxiously gazing on his stalwart figure . As the lady of the house had not made Scott's acquaintance , she ...
... appearance in the street . Passing his own door , he knocked at that of the house from the window of which his young admirer was anxiously gazing on his stalwart figure . As the lady of the house had not made Scott's acquaintance , she ...
Pagina 6
... appeared in the winter of that year , under his editorial superintendence , obtained an excellent reception . From 1829 to 1833 , he produced for " Murray's Family Library " his most esteemed prose work , " The Lives of the Most Eminent ...
... appeared in the winter of that year , under his editorial superintendence , obtained an excellent reception . From 1829 to 1833 , he produced for " Murray's Family Library " his most esteemed prose work , " The Lives of the Most Eminent ...
Pagina 20
... appeared in the London Magazine , new edit . , No. xxx . was addressed to Mrs Pagan of Curriestanes , the poet's sister , who , it may be remarked , possessed a large share of the family talent . She died on the 5th February 1854 , and ...
... appeared in the London Magazine , new edit . , No. xxx . was addressed to Mrs Pagan of Curriestanes , the poet's sister , who , it may be remarked , possessed a large share of the family talent . She died on the 5th February 1854 , and ...
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Pagina 246 - Beauty embodied to- oar sight, A type of heaven. So dear to us thou wert, thou art Even less thine own self than a part Of mine and of thy mother's heart, Casa Wappy! Thy bright, brief day knew no decline — 'Twas cloudless joy ; Sunrise and night alone were thine.
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Pagina 183 - From the lone shieling of the misty island Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas — Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides: Fair these broad meads, &c.
Pagina 233 - The luve o' life's young day ! The fire that's blawn on Beltane e'en May weel be black gin Yule; But blacker fa' awaits the heart Where first fond luve grows cule. 0 dear, dear Jeanie Morrison, The thochts o" bygane years Still fling their shadows ower my path And blind my een wi...
Pagina 75 - Behave yourseP before folk, Behave yoursel' before folk ; Nor heat my cheeks wi' your mad freaks, But aye be douce before folk. Ye tell me that my lips are sweet, Sic tales, I doubt, are a
Pagina 257 - Twas a dream of those ages of darkness and blood, When the minister's home was the mountain and wood ; When in Wellwood's dark valley the standard of Zion, All bloody and torn 'mong the heather was lying.