Poems in Two Volumes: Containing Gertrude of Wyoming and Miscellaneous Pieces, Volumes 1-2Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1810 |
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... mountains half - way down Would echo flagelet from some romantic town . III . Then , where of Indian hills the daylight takes His leave , how might you the flamingo see Disporting like a meteor on the lakes- And playful squirrel on his ...
... mountains half - way down Would echo flagelet from some romantic town . III . Then , where of Indian hills the daylight takes His leave , how might you the flamingo see Disporting like a meteor on the lakes- And playful squirrel on his ...
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... mountain bay , Thy lone sepulchral cairn upon the moor , And distant isles that hear the loud Corbrechtan roar ! 2 VI . Alas ! poor Caledonia's mountaineer , That want's stern edict e'er , and feudal grief , Had forc'd him from a home ...
... mountain bay , Thy lone sepulchral cairn upon the moor , And distant isles that hear the loud Corbrechtan roar ! 2 VI . Alas ! poor Caledonia's mountaineer , That want's stern edict e'er , and feudal grief , Had forc'd him from a home ...
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... mountain roe . XXVI . Adieu ! sweet scion of the rising sun ! " But should affliction's storms thy blossom mock , Then come again - my own adopted one ! ' And I will graft thee on a noble stock : ' The crocodile , the condor of the rock ...
... mountain roe . XXVI . Adieu ! sweet scion of the rising sun ! " But should affliction's storms thy blossom mock , Then come again - my own adopted one ! ' And I will graft thee on a noble stock : ' The crocodile , the condor of the rock ...
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... 'd , whose trained eye was keen As eagle of the wilderness , to scan His path , by mountain , swamp , or deep ravine , Or ken far friendly huts on good savannas green . VOL . I. C XXVIII . Old Albert saw him from the valley's side- 25.
... 'd , whose trained eye was keen As eagle of the wilderness , to scan His path , by mountain , swamp , or deep ravine , Or ken far friendly huts on good savannas green . VOL . I. C XXVIII . Old Albert saw him from the valley's side- 25.
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... adverse eastern path , Which saw Aurora's hills th ' horizon crown ; There was the river heard , in bed of wrath , ( A precipice of foam from mountains brown , ) Like tumults heard from some far distant town ; But 30.
... adverse eastern path , Which saw Aurora's hills th ' horizon crown ; There was the river heard , in bed of wrath , ( A precipice of foam from mountains brown , ) Like tumults heard from some far distant town ; But 30.
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Albert's amidst ARGYLESHIRE arms Athunree bark battle bawn behold beneath bird bleeding blood bosom Bourgo bow'r Brandt breath brothers burst calumet chief Christian Connocht Moran's cried Culloden dark dear death deer desolate dream eagle enemies England Erin Erin go bragh ev'n eyes father's fire flow'r GERTRUDE OF WYOMING Gertrude's Glenara grief hand heard heart heav'n Highland hills Indian Innisfail Ireland Irish isles kindred knew lady land light Lochiel lonely look'd loud lov'd LOVE LIES BLEEDING morn mountain never night O'Connor's child o'er pale peace plume pow'r Prince psaltery roar rock round rush'd savannas Scotland second sight seem'd seers shore Sir John Johnson sire song soul spirit Stanza 23 star storm stormy tempests blow stranger sweet sword tears thee THOMAS CAMPBELL thou Travels tree tribe Twas Verse vision Waldegrave's wampum warrior weep wild woods wrath
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Page 27 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave...
Page 26 - YE Mariners of England That guard our native seas, Whose flag has braved, a thousand years, The battle and the breeze — Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe ! And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow, — While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 6 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 43 - I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father.' The boat has left a stormy land, A stormy sea before her, When, oh ! too strong for human hand, The tempest gathered o'er her.
Page 16 - But its bridle is- red with the sign of despair. Weep Albin ! to death and captivity led ! Oh weep ! but thy tears cannot number the dead : For a merciless sword on Culloden shall wave, Culloden ! that reeks with the blood of the brave.
Page 55 - By the wolf-scaring faggot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw; And thrice ere the morning I dreamt it again.
Page 19 - For the red eye of battle is shut in despair. Say, mounts he the ocean-wave, banished, forlorn, Like a limb from his country cast bleeding and torn...
Page 14 - LOCHIEL ! Lochiel, beware of the day When the Lowlands shall meet thee in battle array ! For a field of the dead rushes red on my sight, And the clans of Culloden are scattered in fight...
Page 40 - I'm the chief of Ulva's isle, And this Lord Ullin's daughter. — And fast before her father's men Three days we've fled together, For should he find us in the glen, My blood would stain the heather. His horsemen hard behind us ride ; Should they our...
Page 130 - That in ancient times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Big-bone licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elks, buffaloes, and other animals which had been created for the use of the Indians...