The poetical works of John KennedyJ. Kennedy, 1818 |
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... poor , far from the reach of bliss , With nothing to support me , but foul scraps Exacted from the exile fiends , condemn'd , And sent for punishment to fast with me Beyond the confines of the sulphurous hills . And there I might have ...
... poor , far from the reach of bliss , With nothing to support me , but foul scraps Exacted from the exile fiends , condemn'd , And sent for punishment to fast with me Beyond the confines of the sulphurous hills . And there I might have ...
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... poor . Reduc'd from wealth , Significance and power , into a state Scarce credible by man . Instead of laws On justice found , and faithful orators Attacking vice with patriotic front ; There nothing reigns but rapine and deceit ...
... poor . Reduc'd from wealth , Significance and power , into a state Scarce credible by man . Instead of laws On justice found , and faithful orators Attacking vice with patriotic front ; There nothing reigns but rapine and deceit ...
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... poor negro slave immur'd Below the hatches ; fed like a culprit , And landed on a foreign shore , to dig , And struggle out a miserable life , Hopeless and sad . How the black mortal wriths . Beneath the avaricious white ? O how He ...
... poor negro slave immur'd Below the hatches ; fed like a culprit , And landed on a foreign shore , to dig , And struggle out a miserable life , Hopeless and sad . How the black mortal wriths . Beneath the avaricious white ? O how He ...
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... poor heart so deep . " But see the land , that sent such monstrous fiends Against the Inca , now ingulph'd in want , And press'd beneath a bigot's ponderous weight ; With indignation , spreading o'er their heads ; Rebellion , wresting ...
... poor heart so deep . " But see the land , that sent such monstrous fiends Against the Inca , now ingulph'd in want , And press'd beneath a bigot's ponderous weight ; With indignation , spreading o'er their heads ; Rebellion , wresting ...
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... poor natives of Hibernia . Fierce in war , yet noble , generous kind . Great in the circle of the brave , and warm In friendship's cause ; by me emaciated , And reduc'd into proverbial rags ! Albion too , tho ' foremost in the world ...
... poor natives of Hibernia . Fierce in war , yet noble , generous kind . Great in the circle of the brave , and warm In friendship's cause ; by me emaciated , And reduc'd into proverbial rags ! Albion too , tho ' foremost in the world ...
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Page 52 - Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking; Dream of battled fields no more, Days of danger, nights of waking. In our isle's enchanted hall, Hands unseen thy couch are strewing; Fairy strains of music fall, Every sense in slumber dewing. Soldier, rest! thy warfare o'er, Dream of fighting fields no more: Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking, Morn of toil, nor night of waking.
Page 140 - Twere long to tell, and sad to trace, Each step from splendour to disgrace; Enough — no foreign foe could quell Thy soul, till from itself it fell ; Yes ! Self-abasement paved the way To villain-bonds and despot sway.
Page 64 - Britain has shrunk from the sound. Let plunder's vile thirst the invaders inflame, Let slaves for their wages be bold, Shall valour the harvest of avarice...
Page 139 - ... he may do with impunity all the mischief he pleases, if he be not afterwards called to account for it by the Pacha. It is well known, that in Turkey every superior has a right to delegate his authority to an inferior ; and this authority extends both to property and life. For a few purses, a Janissary may become a petty Aga, and this Aga may, at his good pleasure, either take away your life, or permit you to redeem it. Thus executioners are multiplied in every town of Judea. The only thing ever...
Page 140 - Here, when we were admitted into a court, with all our horses and camels, the vast portals were again closed, and a party of the most corpulent friars we had ever seen from the warmest cloisters of Spain and of Italy waddled round us, and heartily welcomed our arrival. ' From the court of the convent we were next...
Page 139 - It is alfo faid, that though the inhabitants of each province worked as near their own. abode as they could, yet, either by the length of their journey or the difference of climate, almoft...
Page 61 - Oh, if there be, on this earthly sphere, A boon, an offering, Heaven holds dear, 'Tis the last libation Liberty draws From the heart that bleeds and breaks in her cause."
Page 140 - Tier's is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb— Expression's last receding ray...
Page 142 - ... unfortunate victims, who had been sacrificed a few days before, at some of the late festivals.
Page 107 - ... WORKS OF JOHN KENNEDY, KILMARNOCK. [12-mo.] " Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss." POPE. " Wink hard, and say the CHIEL has done his best." BURNS. Ayr : Printed for D. MACARTER & Co., for the AUTHOR, and Sold by JOHN STEWART, Kilmarnock. 1818. Contains an Address to the Burnsianian Society, Royal Ayrshire Militia, on its first meeting to celebrate the Anniversary of ROBERT BURNS, the Ayrshire Bard, in the Hammerman's Tavern, Perth. " To BURNS'S mem'ry make one bumper flow, With all the...