 ... mortal, I have various sources of pleasure and enjoyment, which are, in a manner, peculiar to myself, or some here and there such other outof-the-way person. Such is the peculiar pleasure I take in the season of WINTER, more than the rest of the year....  The prose works of Robert Burns - Sida 20efter Robert Burns - 1816 - 705 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1709 - 578 sidor
...rest of the year. This, I believe, may be partly owing to my misfortunes giving my jpiad a roelaucholy cast : but there is something even in the •' Mighty tempest, and the hoary waste Abrupt and deep, ftretch'd o'er the butied e'arth," which raises the mind to a serious sublimity, favourable to every... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 520 sidor
...winter, more than the rest of the year. This, I believe, may be partly owing to my misfortunes giving giving my mind a melancholy cast ; but there is something...Mighty tempest, and the hoary waste " Abrupt and deep, stretched o'er the buried earth" — which raises the mind to a serious sublimity, favorable to every... | |
 | James Thomson - 1800 - 302 sidor
...gleams Deep musing, then he best exerts his song. ''. Even winter \\'ild to him is full of bliss. i The mighty tempest , and the hoary waste, Abrupt, and deep , stretch'd o'er the burled earth, ; Awake- to solemn thought. At night the skies, Disclos'd, and kindled, by refining frost,... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 344 sidor
...the tepid gleams Deep musing, then he best exerts his song. Even Winter wild to him is full of bliss. The mighty tempest, and the hoary waste, Abrupt, and deep, stretch'd o'er the buried earth, Awake to solemn thought. At night the skies, Disclos'd, and kindled, by refining frost, Pour every... | |
 | James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - 368 sidor
...the tepid gleams Deep musing, then he best exerts his song. Even Winter wild to him is full of bliss. The mighty tempest, and the hoary waste, Abrupt, and deep, stretch'd o'er the buried earth, Awake to solemn thought. At night the skies, Disclos'd, and kindled, by refining frost, Pour every... | |
 | James Thomson - 1802 - 320 sidor
...the tepid gleams Deep musing, then he best exerts his song. E'en Winter wild to him is full of bliss. The mighty tempest, and the hoary waste, Abrupt, and deep, stretch'd o'er the buried earth, Awake to solemn thought. At night the skies, Disclos'd, and kindled, by refining frost, Pour ev'ry... | |
 | William Patterson - 1804 - 350 sidor
...disastrous scenes produced by those elementary tumults, the admirers of nature feel something exalting in the " Mighty tempest, and the hoary waste " Abrupt and deep, stretch'd o'er the buried earth." That legitimate child of nature, the ingenious Burns, was always enraptured when walking in the sheltered... | |
 | James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 232 sidor
...tepid gleams Deep musing, then he best exerts his song. E'en Winter wild to him is full of bliss : 1325 The mighty tempest and the hoary waste, Abrupt and deep, stretch'd o'er the buried earth, Awake to solemn thought. At night the skies, Disclos'd and kindled by refining frost, Pours every lustre... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 sidor
...tepid gleams Deep musing , then he best exerts his song. Even Winter wild to him is full of bliss : The mighty tempest, and the hoary waste, Abrupt , and deep , stretch'd o'er the bwried earth Awake to solemn thought. At night the skies , Disclos'd and kindled by refining frost... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 506 sidor
...peculiar pleasure I take in the season of winter, more than the rest of the year. This I believe, may be be partly owing to my misfortunes giving my mind a...— which raises the mind to a serious sublimity, favorable to every thing great and noble. There is scarcely any earthly object gives me more — I... | |
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