The College Album [afterw.] The Glasgow University Album. 1828,36,54,69,74. [the Issues for 1869 and 1874 are Separately Entitled The Old College, and New College].various publishers, 1836 |
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... brave and proud , Land of the free ! Enthroned on the cliff of the dark highland mountain , The spirit of Scotland reigns fearless and free , While her tartan folds wave over blue lake and fountain SCOTTISH NATIONAL MELODY,
... brave and proud , Land of the free ! Enthroned on the cliff of the dark highland mountain , The spirit of Scotland reigns fearless and free , While her tartan folds wave over blue lake and fountain SCOTTISH NATIONAL MELODY,
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... . In the hands of her father ' s foes — away from Douglas - away from all around whom her heart entwined — how dark and lowering seemed her destiny ! She commended herself to that Heaven who is the protector of the innocent.
... . In the hands of her father ' s foes — away from Douglas - away from all around whom her heart entwined — how dark and lowering seemed her destiny ! She commended herself to that Heaven who is the protector of the innocent.
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... dark cloud may for awhile seem gone , But honour ' s orb , bright in its heavenly way , Still shines as glorious as ... darkness and the light appear ' d ; That heav ' n is still , and the firm mind is cheer ' d . THE IRISH RECTOR ...
... dark cloud may for awhile seem gone , But honour ' s orb , bright in its heavenly way , Still shines as glorious as ... darkness and the light appear ' d ; That heav ' n is still , and the firm mind is cheer ' d . THE IRISH RECTOR ...
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... darkness of the night , they were concealed from her view . They appeared to be quarreling . The loneliness of the place , her perilous situation , and the late hour , caused a strange feeling to come over her , and her whole frame ...
... darkness of the night , they were concealed from her view . They appeared to be quarreling . The loneliness of the place , her perilous situation , and the late hour , caused a strange feeling to come over her , and her whole frame ...
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... dark. ;. and. sae. lang. as. the. Government allows the Big Beggarman , as they ca ' him , to preach sedition to them , and gie them hints to murder honest folks , by tellin ' them to put a death ' s head and cross banes aboon our doors .
... dark. ;. and. sae. lang. as. the. Government allows the Big Beggarman , as they ca ' him , to preach sedition to them , and gie them hints to murder honest folks , by tellin ' them to put a death ' s head and cross banes aboon our doors .
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Page 125 - Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines, How silently! Around thee and above Deep is the air and dark, substantial, black, An ebon mass: methinks thou piercest it, As with a wedge! But when I look again, It is thine own calm home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity! 0 dread and silent Mount! I gazed upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish from my thought : entranced in prayer 1 worshipped the Invisible alone.
Page 106 - Above me are the Alps, The palaces of Nature, whose vast walls Have pinnacled in clouds their snowy scalps, And throned Eternity in icy halls Of cold sublimity, where forms and falls The avalanche — the thunderbolt of snow ! All that expands the spirit, yet appals, Gather around these summits, as to show How Earth may pierce to Heaven, yet leave vain man below, LXIII.
Page 122 - The sky is changed ! — and such a change ! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder ! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!
Page 103 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 4 - Time rolls his ceaseless course. The race of yore, Who danced our infancy upon their knee, And told our marvelling boyhood legends store, Of their strange ventures happ'd by land or sea, How are they blotted from the things that be...
Page 93 - They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.
Page 119 - What water) of the still unfrozen spring, In the loose marsh or solitary lake, Where the fresh fountain from the bottom boils. These check his fearful steps; and down he sinks Beneath the shelter of the shapeless drift, Thinking o'er all the bitterness of death, Mix'd with the tender anguish Nature shoots Thro' the wrung bosom of the dying Man, His wife, his children, and his friends unseen. In vain for him th...
Page 2 - Caesar, and Denmark, and Rome, and the world. When kings of the nations in council assemble, The frown of my brow makes their proud hearts to quake ; The flash of mine eye makes the bravest to tremble, The sound of my war song makes armies to shake.
Page 122 - The unconquerable lightning struggles through, Ragged and fierce, or in red whirling balls, And fires the mountains with redoubled rage. Black from the stroke, above, the...
Page 129 - BO revered should die—- Calm Resignation clasps a Saviour's cross, And mourns, but does not murmur at the loss. 'Twas there her meek and lowly soul was taught To seek the heavenly crown his blood had bought 'Twas thence, in mercy, beamed the welcome ray, Which cheered with hope the aged pilgrim's way. This mouldering dust shall here repoee in peace, Till that great day, when time itself shall cease.