Dramas Translations, and Occasional Poems. By Barbarina Lady Dacre.[i.e. Barbarina Brand] In Two Volumes |
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TO MR. YOUNG,
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TO MR. YOUNG,
ON HIS READING TAM O' SHANTER WITH PECULIAR SPIRIT.
The same rude winds wi' mighty sweep
Upheave the waters of the deep,
To dash them on ilk jutting steep
Their fury meets,
And cozie 'mang low flowrets creep,
Stealing their sweets.
Upheave the waters of the deep,
To dash them on ilk jutting steep
Their fury meets,
And cozie 'mang low flowrets creep,
Stealing their sweets.
And suns that rear the forest's pride,
To bear upo' the subject tide
Britannia's thunders far and wide,
Wi' milder ray
Will glint adown the copse-wood side
On ilka spray.
To bear upo' the subject tide
Britannia's thunders far and wide,
Wi' milder ray
Will glint adown the copse-wood side
On ilka spray.
So thou wi' learn'd and tunefu' tongue
Wilt pour, mellifluous, full, and strong,
Great Shakspeare's bold, creative song
Wi' master skill,
Resistless to the listening throng
Thou sway'st at will:
Wilt pour, mellifluous, full, and strong,
Great Shakspeare's bold, creative song
Wi' master skill,
Resistless to the listening throng
Thou sway'st at will:
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And Tam o' Shanter, roaring fou,
By thee embodied to our view,
The rustic bard wad own sae true
He scant could tell,
Wha 'twas the living picture drew,
Thou, or himsel!
By thee embodied to our view,
The rustic bard wad own sae true
He scant could tell,
Wha 'twas the living picture drew,
Thou, or himsel!
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