The Oxford Book of Eighteenth Century VerseDavid Nichol Smith Clarendon Press, 1971 - 727 pages |
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Page 564
... Hour after hour delightfully allot To studies then familiar , since forgot , And cultivate a taste for ancient song , Catching its ardour as I mus'd along ; Nor seldom , as propitious heav'n might send , What once I valued and could ...
... Hour after hour delightfully allot To studies then familiar , since forgot , And cultivate a taste for ancient song , Catching its ardour as I mus'd along ; Nor seldom , as propitious heav'n might send , What once I valued and could ...
Page 656
... hour approaches Tam maun ride ; That hour , o ' night's black arch the key - stane , That dreary hour he mounts his beast in ; And sic a night he taks the road in , As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in . The wind blew as ' twad blawn its ...
... hour approaches Tam maun ride ; That hour , o ' night's black arch the key - stane , That dreary hour he mounts his beast in ; And sic a night he taks the road in , As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in . The wind blew as ' twad blawn its ...
Page 662
... hour that passes O ; What signifies the life o ' man , An ' ' twere na for the lasses O. The warly race may riches chase , An ' riches still may fly them O ; An ' tho ' at last they catch them fast , Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them O ...
... hour that passes O ; What signifies the life o ' man , An ' ' twere na for the lasses O. The warly race may riches chase , An ' riches still may fly them O ; An ' tho ' at last they catch them fast , Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them O ...
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