...which the Poet lifts his eye " above this vifible " diurnal fphere," the Poems intided, Defpondency, the Lament, Winter , a Dirge, and the Invocation to Ruin, afford no lefs ftriking examples. Of the tender and the moral, fpecimens equally advantageous might be drawn...

...which the Poet lifts his eye " above this vifible " diurnal fphere," the Poems intitled, Defpondency, the Lament, Winter, a Dirge, and the Invocation to Ruin, afford no lefs ftriking examples. Of the tender and the moral, fpecimens equally advantageous might be drawn...

...which the Poet lifts his eye " above this vifible " diurnal fphere," the Poems intitled, Defpond£ncy, the Lament, Winter, a Dirge, and the Invocation to Ruin, afford no lefs linking examples. . Of the tender and the moral, fpecimens equally advantageous might be drawn...

...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, " Was light from Heaven." Vol. iii. p. 110. " I have already transgressed far beyond the bounds I had proposed to myself, on...

...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 Was light from heaven. There is another fragment, called a Vision, which belongs to a higher order of poetry. If Burns had...

...pulse's madd'ning play Wild send thee pleasure's devious way 5 Misled by Fancy's meteor ray, By passion driven ; But yet the light that led astray, Was light from heaven !"* " I have already transgressed beyond the bounds I had proposed to myself, on first committing this...

...pulse's maddening play, Wild, send thee Pleasureis devious way-, Misled by fancy's meteor-ray, By Passion driven ; But yet the light that led astray Was light...Winter, a. Dirge, and the Invocation to Ruin, afford no lesJ striking examples. Of the tender and the moral, specimens equally advantageous might be drawn...

...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 Was light...the Lament, Winter^ a Dirge, and the Invocation -to Ruini afford no less striking examples. Of the tender and the moral, specimens equally advantageous...

...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 Was light from heaven ! ' I taught thy manners-painting strains, The loves, the ways of simple swains, Till now, o'er all...

...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 ' Was light from heaven. ' I taught thy manners-painting strains, ' The loves, the ways of simple swains, ' Till now, o'er all...