#Scots
See! Winter comes, to rule the va… Sullen, and sad; with all his risi… Vapours, and Clouds, and Storms:… These, that exalt the Soul to sol… And heavenly musing. Welcome kind…
In lowly dale, fast by a river’s s… With woody hill o’er hill encompas… A most enchanting wizard did abide… Than whom a fiend more fell is now… It was, I ween, a lovely spot of…
When now no more th’ alternate twi… And Cancer reddens with the solar… Short is the doubtful empire of th… And soon, observant of approaching… The meek-eyed Morn appears, mothe…
He’s not the happy man, to whom is… A plenteous fortune by indulgent… Whose gilded roofs on shining colu… And painted walls enchant the gaze… Whose table flows with hospitable…
If those who live in shepherd’s bo… Press not the rich and stately bed… The new-mown hay and breathing flo… A softer couch beneath them spread… If those who sit at shepherd’s boa…
Moist, bright, and green, the land… Full swell the woods; their every… Mix’d in wild concert, with the wa… Increased, the distant bleatings o… And hollow lows responsive from th…
Thir. Say, tell me true, what is the dol… That Corydon is not the man he wa… Your cheerful presence used to lig… And from the plains to banish gloo…
When Britain first, at Heaven’s c… Arose from out the azure main; This was the charter of the land, And guardian angels sung this stra… “Rule, Britannia, rule the waves;
When last we parted, thou wert you… How beautiful let fond remembrance… Alas! since then old time has stol… Full thirty years, leaving my temp… So has it perished like a thing of…
The western sun withdrawn the shor… And humid evening, gliding o’er th… In her chill progress, to the grou… The vapours throws. Where creepin… Where marshes stagnate, and where…
My trembling muse your honour does… That it’s a bold attempt most humb… If you’ll encourage her young fagg… She’ll upwards soar and mount Par… If little things with great may be…
Hail! Power Divine, who by thy so… From the dark empty space, Made the broad sea and solid land Smile with a heavenly grace. Made the high mountain and firm ro…
DAVID. What means yon apparition in the s… Thirsis, that dazzles every shephe… I slumbering was when from yon glo… Came gliding music heavenly, sweet…
When my breast labours with oppres… And o’er my cheek descends the fal… While all my warring passions are… Oh! let me listen to the words of… Raptures deep-felt his doctrine di…
Beauty deserves the homage of the… Shall mine, rebellious, the dear t… No; while my breast respires the v… Wholly I am devoted to the fair. Beauty I’ll sing in my sublimest…