 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 460 pagina’s
...forest, Telling o'er his little joys : Hapless bird ! a prey the surest, To each pirate of the skies. Dearly bought, the hidden treasure, Finer feelings...sweetest pleasure, Thrill the deepest notes of woe. A verse A verse composed and repeated by BURNS, to the Masttr of the house, on taking leave at a flace... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pagina’s
...Telling o'er his little joys : Hapless hird ! a prey the surest To each pirate of the skies. Pearly bought the hidden treasure Finer feelings can bestow...vibrate sweetest pleasure, Thrill the deepest notes of wee. POEM ON LIFE. ADDRESSED TO COLONEL DE PETSTER, DUMFRIES. honor'd Colonel, deep I feel Yonr int'rest... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 pagina’s
...forest, Telling o'er his little joys; Hapless bird ! a prey the surest To each pirate of the skies. Dearly bought the hidden treasure, Finer feelings...sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe. FAREWELL TO AYRSHIRE, SCENES of woe and scenes of pleasure, Scenes that former thoughts renew, Scenes... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1822 - 440 pagina’s
...forest, Telling o'er his little joys : Hapless bird ! a prey the surest, To each pirate of the skies. Dearly bought the hidden treasure, Finer feelings...sweetest pleasure, Thrill the deepest notes of woe. Jl VERSE composed and repeated by llurnt to the Master of the House, on taking leave, at a Place in... | |
 | 1822 - 500 pagina’s
...from these sources, is effectually damped by the anguish of knowing the evils which afflict society. " Dearly bought the hidden treasure Finer feelings can...that vibrate sweetest pleasure, « Thrill the deepest tones of woe." Our sympathies are excited in proportion to the virtue and innocence of the person who... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1826 - 272 pagina’s
...forest, Telling o'er his little joys; Hapless bir(l ! a prey the surest, 'rO each pirate ofthe skies. Dearly bought the hidden treasure, Finer feelings...vibrate sweetest pleasure, Thrill the deepest notes of wo. VERSES. On seeing a wounded Han limp by me, wliich a fellow hadjttstshot at. INHUMAN man ! curse... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1828 - 492 pagina’s
...experience, how correct was the presentiment that dictated these lines of a brother poet : — > " Dearly bought, the hidden treasure, Finer feelings...sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe." Burns. Nearly four years from this event Mr. Good remained a widower. His professional occupations,... | |
 | Peter Leicester - 1831 - 314 pagina’s
...his party away, and . by a private path soon placed them beyond the risk of danger. CHAPTER XII. " Dearly bought, the hidden treasure Finer feelings...sweetest pleasure Thrill the deepest notes of woe." No sooner had De Bourgh bestowed his young companion in safety, than, without waiting for the poor... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 pagina’s
...forest, Telling o'er his little joys ; Hapless bird ! a prey the surest. To each pirate of the skies. Dearly bought the hidden treasure, Finer feelings...vibrate sweetest pleasure, Thrill the deepest notes of wo. 1 VERSE computed and repeated by Burnt to the Matter of the House, on taking leave at a Place in... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pagina’s
...little joys ; Hapless bird ! a prey the surest, To each pirate of the skies. Dearly bought the bidden treasure, Finer feelings can bestow ; Chords that...vibrate sweetest pleasure, Thrill the deepest notes of wo. A VERSE crmposed and repeated by Burnt to The Marter of the House, on taking- leave at a Place... | |
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Thou hast also known too well ! Fairest flower, behold the lily, Blooming in the sunny ray : Let the blast sweep o'er the valley, See it prostrate on the clay. Hear the wood-lark charm the forest, Telling o'er his little joys ; Hapless bird ! a prey the... 
