The Poetical Works of David Macbeth Moir, Volume 1W. Blackwood and sons, 1852 |
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Pagina xxix
... Robert Chambers , with his usual curious ingenuity , " that songs appear all the more acceptable to the popular mouth when they are a little daft - like ? Honest Captain Gray always joins me in this idea . A kind of rant , or ' drant ...
... Robert Chambers , with his usual curious ingenuity , " that songs appear all the more acceptable to the popular mouth when they are a little daft - like ? Honest Captain Gray always joins me in this idea . A kind of rant , or ' drant ...
Pagina lxxi
... Elizabeth , our eldest child , has the same birthday as our youngest one : both daughters , and exactly half a generation between . " 21st October . " Robert Chambers has been residing in Musselburgh during the summer , MEMOIR lxxi.
... Elizabeth , our eldest child , has the same birthday as our youngest one : both daughters , and exactly half a generation between . " 21st October . " Robert Chambers has been residing in Musselburgh during the summer , MEMOIR lxxi.
Pagina lxxviii
... Robert Chambers , were among the speakers . The distin- guished guests of the evening were proposed ; and Delta , who was present , was enthusiastically called upon to reply . " I do believe , " he said , after the usual courtesies of ...
... Robert Chambers , were among the speakers . The distin- guished guests of the evening were proposed ; and Delta , who was present , was enthusiastically called upon to reply . " I do believe , " he said , after the usual courtesies of ...
Pagina xcvi
... Robert Chambers , Mr Wilson , and other members , taking part in it . The supposed Roman origin of the present old bridge at Musselburgh was specially discussed ; the general opinion being that there was no evidence in its character or ...
... Robert Chambers , Mr Wilson , and other members , taking part in it . The supposed Roman origin of the present old bridge at Musselburgh was specially discussed ; the general opinion being that there was no evidence in its character or ...
Pagina cxvii
... Robert Chambers ; Mr Gordon , of the Church of Scotland's Education Committee ; Mr Hugh Miller ; Dr James Simson ; and other eminent men of the city and neighbourhood . And there , in the quiet churchyard of Inveresk , sleeps the dust ...
... Robert Chambers ; Mr Gordon , of the Church of Scotland's Education Committee ; Mr Hugh Miller ; Dr James Simson ; and other eminent men of the city and neighbourhood . And there , in the quiet churchyard of Inveresk , sleeps the dust ...
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amid ancient battle of Roslin beauty beneath birds Blackwood Blackwood's Magazine bloom blossoms blue Borthwick Castle boughs breath breeze bright Burns calm Casa Wappy Castle clouds dark David DAVID MACBETH MOIR death decay delight Delta desolate dreams Earl earth Edinburgh Ednam fair feel flowers Galt gaze genius green grey hath heart Heaven hills hope hour hues Inveresk Kelburn Castle Life's light literary lone Lord Macnish Mansie mind Moir Moir's morning mourn Musselburgh nature never night o'er Papingo pass'd poems poet poetry Robert Chambers rock rose Roslin round ruins scene Scotland Scott Scottish seem'd Seton silent Sir Walter Scott smile song sorrow soul spirit Spiritual music spring star stream summer sweet thee thine things Thomas the Rhymer thou wert thought tion tomb tree twas twere twilight verse Weep wild wind wing young
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Pagina 51 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Pagina 127 - Oh that I had wings like a dove ! for then would I flee away, and be at rest.
Pagina 51 - Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. 20 Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the Lord, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat.
Pagina 16 - CASA WAPPY. And hast thou sought thy heavenly home, Our fond, dear boy — The realms where sorrow dare not come, Where life is joy? Pure at thy death as at thy birth, Thy spirit caught no taint from earth ; Even by its bliss, we mete our...
Pagina 63 - Weep not for Her ! Weep not for her ! — Her span was like the sky, Whose thousand stars shine beautiful and bright ; Like flowers that know not what it is to die ; Like...
Pagina 18 - Do what I may, go where I will, Thou meet'st my sight; There dost thou glide before me still— A form of light! I feel thy breath upon my cheek— I see thee smile, I hear thee speak— Till, oh ! my heart is like to break, Casa Wappy! Methinks thou smil'st before me now, With glance of stealth; The hair thrown back from thy full brow In buoyant health: I see thine eyes' deep violet light, Thy dimpled cheek carnationed bright, Thy clasping arms so round and white, Casa Wappy!
Pagina 19 - We mourn for thee when blind, blank night The chamber fills ; We pine for thee when morn's first light Reddens the hills ; The sun, the moon, the stars, the sea, All...
Pagina 21 - Farewell, then, — for a while, farewell, — Pride of my heart ! It cannot be that long we dwell, Thus torn apart. Time's shadows like the shuttle flee ; And dark howe'er life's night may be, Beyond the...
Pagina 153 - Grey ruin's golden crown, That lendest melancholy grace To haunts of old renown ; Thou mantlest o'er the battlement, By strife or storm decayed ; And fillest up each envious rent Time's canker-tooth hath made.
Pagina 64 - Weep not for her ! — It was not hers to feel The miseries that corrode amassing years, 'Gainst dreams of baffled bliss the heart to steel, To wander sad down age's vale of tears, As whirl the...