 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pages
...expansion to the lessons of the tutelary muse. " I saw thy pulses maddening play, " Wild send thee pleasure's devious way, " Misled by fancy's meteor...the light that led astray, " Was light from Heaven." Vol. iii. p. 110. " I have already transgressed far beyond the bounds I had proposed to myself, on... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...simplicity and beautiful poetry, wit ; h these lines: " I saw thy pulse's madd'ning play Wild send thee pleasure's devious way; Misled by Fancy's meteor ray,...light that led astray, Was light from heaven .'"* " I have already transgressed beyond the bounds I had proposed to myself, on first committing this sketch... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...saw thy pulse's maddening play Wild send thee pleasure's devious way, Misled by fancy's meteor-ray, By passion driven; But yet the light that led astray...extends; And some, the pride of Coila's plains, Become thy friends. ' Thou canst not learn, nor can I show, To paint with Thomson's landscape-glow; Or wake... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...But yet the light that led astray ' Was light from heaven. * I taught thy mannersrpainting strains, r The loves, the ways of simple swains, ' Till now,...' And some, the pride of Coila's plains, ' Become thy friends. * Thou canst not learn, nor can I show, * To paint with Thomson's landscape glow} ' Or... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...fancy's meteor-ray, By passion clriv'n ; But yet the light that led astray Was light from heav'n ! . * I taught thy manners-painting strains The loves, the...extends; And some, the pride of Coila's plains, Become thy friends. ' Thou canst cot learn, nor can I show, To paint with Thomson's landscape-glow ; Or wake... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...thee how to pour in song, ' To sooth thy flame. " I saw thy pulse's maddening play, ' Wild send thee pleasure's devious way, ' Misled by fancy's meteor...' And some, the pride of Coila's plains, ' Become thy friends. i * Thou canst not learn, nor can I show, ' To paint with Thomson's landscape-glow ; '... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 270 pages
...taught thee how to pour in song, To soothe thy flame. ' I saw thy pulse's maddening play, Wild send thee pleasure's devious way, Misled by fancy's meteor ray,...extends ; And some, the pride of Coila's plains, Become thy friends. ' Thou canst not learn, nor can I show, To paint with Thomson's landscape-glow; Or wake... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...taught thee how to pour in song, To soothe thy flame. ' I saw thy pulse's maddening play, Wild send thee pleasure's devious way, Misled by fancy's meteor ray,...domains Thy fame extends ; And some, the pride of Coilas plains, Become thy friends. ' Thou canst not learn, nor can I show, To paint with Thomson's... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 pages
...taught thee how to ponr in song, To soothe thy flame. ' I saw thy pulse's maddening play, Wild send thee pleasure's devious way, Misled by fancy's meteor ray,...extends ; And some, the pride of Coila's plains, Become thy friends, ' Thou canst not learn, nor can I show, To paint with Thomson's landscape-glow ; Or wake... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...thee how to pour in song, To soothe thy flame. ' I saw thy pulse's maddening play, Wild, scud thee Pleasure's devious way, Misled by Fancy's meteor ray,...extends ; And some, the pride of Coila's plains, Become thy friends. ' Thou canst not learn, nor can I show, To paint with Thomson's landscape glow ; Or wake... | |
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Keen-shivering shot thy nerves along, Those accents, grateful to thy tongue, Th' adored Name, I taught thee how to pour in song, To soothe thy flame. 'I saw thy pulse's maddening play Wild send thee pleasure's devious way, Misled by fancy's meteor ray,... 
