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... Wi ' wild , unequal , wand'ring step I meet him on the dewy hill . And when the lark , tween light and dark , Blythe waukens by the daisy's side , And mounts and sings on flittering wings , A woe - worn ghaist I hameward glide .
... Wi ' wild , unequal , wand'ring step I meet him on the dewy hill . And when the lark , tween light and dark , Blythe waukens by the daisy's side , And mounts and sings on flittering wings , A woe - worn ghaist I hameward glide .
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God keep thee frae thy mother's faes , Or turn their hearts to thee ; And where thou meet'st thy mother's friend , Remember him for me ! O soon , to me , may summer suns Nae mair light up the morn ! Nae mair , to me , the autumn winds ...
God keep thee frae thy mother's faes , Or turn their hearts to thee ; And where thou meet'st thy mother's friend , Remember him for me ! O soon , to me , may summer suns Nae mair light up the morn ! Nae mair , to me , the autumn winds ...
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It is the practice of the young men of Dumfries to meet in the streets during the hours of remission from labour , and by these means I had an opportunity of witnessing the general solicitude of all ranks and of al ; ages .
It is the practice of the young men of Dumfries to meet in the streets during the hours of remission from labour , and by these means I had an opportunity of witnessing the general solicitude of all ranks and of al ; ages .
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... once a year they meet , by appointment , to play at chess ; one of them makes a move , and the other says , I will consider how to answer you next year . This being done , a public notary commits to writing the situation of the game ...
... once a year they meet , by appointment , to play at chess ; one of them makes a move , and the other says , I will consider how to answer you next year . This being done , a public notary commits to writing the situation of the game ...
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In ev'ry mouth his fame we meet , Well known , and well believed ; - I have not heard of any feat Thy cloudy king achieved . The somewhat sarcastic insinuation with which these fine stanzas conclude has the effect of throw- ing the ...
In ev'ry mouth his fame we meet , Well known , and well believed ; - I have not heard of any feat Thy cloudy king achieved . The somewhat sarcastic insinuation with which these fine stanzas conclude has the effect of throw- ing the ...
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| Title | Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 2 Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Nathan Drake |
| Author | Nathan Drake |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2008 |
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