The Works of William Drummond, of Hawthornden: Consisting of Those which Were Formerly Printed, and Those which Were Design'd for the Press. Now Published from the Author's Original Copies.. |
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... Name by which our Author pafs'd frequently in bis Writings , and among his Comrads , as his Friend the Earl of Stirling by that of Alexis . There are alfo made publick fome Verfes made in Commendation of our Author , by the incomparably ...
... Name by which our Author pafs'd frequently in bis Writings , and among his Comrads , as his Friend the Earl of Stirling by that of Alexis . There are alfo made publick fome Verfes made in Commendation of our Author , by the incomparably ...
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... Name of Drummond ; which , for Antiquity , Honour , Honefty and Loyalty , is inferior to no Family in the Nation . His Mother was Sufanna Fowler , Daughter to Sir William Fowler Secre- tary to Queen Anne ; fhe was a Woman of excellent ...
... Name of Drummond ; which , for Antiquity , Honour , Honefty and Loyalty , is inferior to no Family in the Nation . His Mother was Sufanna Fowler , Daughter to Sir William Fowler Secre- tary to Queen Anne ; fhe was a Woman of excellent ...
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... Name , and this seems to have been one of the Reasons he had for wri- ting his Hiftory , which also is pretty evident from his own Dedication of it to John Earl of Perth . He begins his Hiftory with the Life and Reign of King James I ...
... Name , and this seems to have been one of the Reasons he had for wri- ting his Hiftory , which also is pretty evident from his own Dedication of it to John Earl of Perth . He begins his Hiftory with the Life and Reign of King James I ...
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... Name , And his fair Soul to Heaven hath ta'en her Flight , For lafting Sun - fhine leaving this weak Light ! The Glory then of Grampian Swains is gone : Let Fields and Flocks his Lofs for ever moan . Burst forth my Soul in Sorrows ...
... Name , And his fair Soul to Heaven hath ta'en her Flight , For lafting Sun - fhine leaving this weak Light ! The Glory then of Grampian Swains is gone : Let Fields and Flocks his Lofs for ever moan . Burst forth my Soul in Sorrows ...
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... Name , And gawdy Ganges Nymphs in fad Defpair , To rend their Vails and tear their golden Hair , Blew Doris and her Daughters were fo taken With Grief , that they all Songs have fince forfaken ; The Dryade in his Cave that clofely ...
... Name , And gawdy Ganges Nymphs in fad Defpair , To rend their Vails and tear their golden Hair , Blew Doris and her Daughters were fo taken With Grief , that they all Songs have fince forfaken ; The Dryade in his Cave that clofely ...
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Page 26 - ... flowers ; To rocks, to springs, to rills, from leafy bowers Thou thy Creator's goodness dost declare, And what dear gifts on thee He did not spare, A stain to human sense in sin that lowers. What soul can be so sick which by thy songs...
Page 12 - My thoughts hold mortal strife; I do detest my life, And with lamenting cries Peace to my soul to bring Oft call that prince which here doth monarchize — But he, grim grinning King, Who caitiffs scorns, and doth the blest surpri.se, Late having deck'd with beauty's rose his tomb, Disdains to crop a weed, and will not come.
Page 169 - For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
Page 22 - A treasury which bankrupt time devours, A knowledge than grave ignorance more blind, A vain delight our equals to command, A style of greatness...
Page 26 - Nor mov'd at glory's breath, Which shadow-like on wings of time doth glide ; So malice to disarm, And conquer hasty wrath, As to do good to those that work your harm : To hatch no base desires, Or gold or land to gain, Well...
Page 5 - I estranged live, Contented more with what your shades me give, Than if I had what Thetis doth embrace ; What snaky eye, grown jealous of my...
Page 9 - This Life, which seems so fair, Is like a bubble blown up in the air By sporting children's breath, Who chase it everywhere And strive who can most motion it bequeath. And though it...
Page 222 - He heth consumed a whole night in lying looking to his great toe, about which he hath seen Tartars and Turks, Romans and Carthaginians, feight in his imagination.
Page 8 - Most blest abid'st above the sphere of spheres; If heavenly laws, alas ! have not thee bound From looking to this globe that all upbears, If ruth and pity there above be found, O deign to lend a look unto those tears.