The Poems of William Dunbar, Volume 3Society, 1893 |
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The Poems of William Dunbar, Volume 4 William Dunbar,Emeritus Professor of Geography John Small,Walter Gregor No preview available - 2015 |
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Page 182 - Nee, si plura velim, tu dare deneges. Contracto melius parva cupidine Vectigalia porrigam, Quam si Mygdoniis regnum Alyattei Campis continuem. Multa petentibus Desunt multa. Bene est, cui Deus obtulit Parca, quod satis est, manu.
Page 169 - The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel, But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledged comrade.
Page 172 - Och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justified by honour; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent. The fear o...
Page 168 - Beware Of entrance to a quarrel ; but, being in, Bear 't that the opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice : Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
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Page 307 - Aura feret geminusque Pollux. XXX. EXEOI monumentum aere perennius Regalique situ pyramidum altius, Quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens Possit diruere aut innumerabilis Annorum series et fuga temporum. Non omnis moriar, multaque pars mei Vitabit Libitinam : usque ego postera Crescam laude recens dum Capitolium Scandet cum tacita virgine pontifex.
Page 164 - Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy: For the apparel oft proclaims the man...
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Page 273 - The sesoun priketh every gentil herte, And maketh him out of his sleepe sterte, And seith, 'Arys, and do thin observance'.
Page 372 - Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O : Her 'prentice han' she try'd on man, An