The Poems of Allan Ramsay Author:George Chalmers General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1800 Original Publisher: Printed for T. Cadell Jun. and W. Davies, Strand Subjects: Scottish poetry Fables, Scottish Scots language English poetry Foreign Language Study / Miscellaneous Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Literary Cri... more »ticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / American / General Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: ON THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, April 1715. Now do I prefs among the learned throng, To tell a great eclipfe in little fong. At me nor fcheme nor demonftration afk, That is our Gregory's or fam'd Halley's t tafk; 'Tis they who are converfant with each ftar, We know how planets planets' rays debar; This to pretend, my mufe is not fo bold, She only echoes what me has been told. Our rolling globe J will fcarce have made the fun Seem half-way up Olympus to have run, When night's pale queen, in her oft changed way, Will intercept in direft line his ray, And make black night ufurp the throne of day. The curious will attend that hour with care, And wifli no clouds may hover in the air, To dark the medium, and obftruft from fight The gradual motion and decay of light; Whilft Mr. Gregory, profeflbr of mathematics in Edinburgh. f Fellow of the Royal Society, London. J According to the Copernican fyftem. Whilft thoughtlefs fools will view the water-pail, To fee which of the planets will prevail; For then they think the fun and moon make war, Thus nurfes' tales oft-times the judgment mar. When this ftrange darknefs overfliades the plains, 'Twill give an odd furprife t' unwarned fwains; Plain honeft hinds, who do not know the caufe, ...« less