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The Caledonian Muse: A Chronological Selection of Scottish Poetry from the ... - Page 152
edited by - 1821 - 232 pages
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Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1791 - 510 pages
...or forgot, And buried 'midft the wreck of tilings which were; There lie imcrr'd the more illuftrious dead. The wind is up : hark how it howls ! Methinks, Till now, I never heard a found Ib dreary : [bird Doors creak, and windows dap, and night's foul Rook'd in the fpire fcreams...
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The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 13

James Anderson - 1793 - 396 pages
...work Of names once fam'd, now dubious or forgot; And buried, midst the wrecks of things that were, There lie interr'd the more illustrious dead. The...never heard a sound so dreary '. Doors creak, and windovts clap, and night's foul bird, Rock'd in the tow'r, screams loud ! the gloomy aibles, Black...
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Roach's Beauties of the Modern Poets of Great Britain: Carefully Selected ...

James Roach - 1792 - 284 pages
...or forgot, d buried 'midfl the wreck of things which were } There lie interr'd the mofl illuflrious dead. The wind is up : hark how it howls ! methinks, Till now, I never heard a found fo dreary': Doors creak, and windows clap, and night's foul bird Rook'd in the fpire fereams...
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The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 13

James Anderson - 1793 - 412 pages
...work Of names once fam'd, now dubious or forgot; And buried, midst the wrecks of things that were, There lie interr'd the more illustrious dead. The...— Hark how it howls ! methinks Till now I never heaid a sound so dreary ! Doors creak, and windows clap, a.id night's foul bird, .Rock'd in the tow'r,...
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Poems, Moral, Elegant and Pathetic: Vis. Essay on Man

1796 - 246 pages
...or forgot, And buried 'midft the wreck of things which were: There lie interr'd the more illuftrious dead. The wind is up : hark ! how it howls! methinks, Till now, I never heard a found fo dread! Doors creak, and windowsclap, and night's foul bird, Rook'd in the fpire, fcreamsloud...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry, Selected for ...

Vicesimus Knox - 1796 - 574 pages
...or forgot, And buried 'midftthcwrcck of things which were : There lie interr'd the more illuilrious dead. The wind is up : hark ! how it howls ! Methinks, Till now, I never heard a found fo dreary : [bird r _ _v Doors creak, and windows clap, and night's foul In fomc thick wood ha»e...
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry ...

1800 - 322 pages
...work Of names once fam'd, now dubious or forgot, And buried 'midst the wreck of things which were) There lie interr'd the more illustrious dead. The wind is up: hark! how it howls! Methiuks, Till now, I never heard a sound so dreary ! Doors creek, and w indows clap, and n ight's...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Blair: Containing The Grave, Etc., to which is ...

Robert Blair - 1802 - 160 pages
...illustrious dead. VARIATIONS. Methinks I know thee, &c. Of those that liv'd some hundred years ago ; Where lie interr'd the more illustrious dead. The wind is...I never heard a sound so dreary : Doors creak, and windows clap, and night's foul bird, Rook'd in the spire, screams loud : the gloomy ailes Black-plaster'd,...
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The grave, a poem. To which are added An elegy in a country church-yard, by ...

Robert Blair - 1804 - 132 pages
...work Of names once fam'd, now dubious or forgot; And, buried 'midst the wreck of things that were, There lie interr'd the more illustrious dead. The...never heard a sound so dreary ; Doors creak., and windows clap, and night's foul bird Rook'd in the spire screams loud : the gloomy ailes Black plairter'd,...
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The History of Scotland: From the Union of the Crowns on the ..., Volume 4

Malcolm Laing - 1804 - 558 pages
...tpavefkr at" tempts the ford: Hark that shriek ! he dies;" i. 133. a part is taken from Blair's Grave. " The wind is up, hark how it howls ! methinks " Till now I never heard a sound more dreary : " Doors creak and windows clap." A part, omitted in the copy sent to Gray 37, was inserted...
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