 I AM a son of Mars who have been in many wars, And show my cuts and scars wherever I come ; This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench, When welcoming the French at the sound of the drum.  Peter's Letters to His Kinsfolk - Page 76by John Gibson Lockhart - 1820 - 575 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1801 - 110 pages
...• 1 am a fon of Mars who have been in many wars, And fhow my cuts and fcars wherever I come; This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench, When welcoming the French at the found of the drum. II. Lai de daudle, &c. My prenticefhip I paft where my leader breath'd his laft,... | |
 | Miscellanea Perthensis - 1801 - 242 pages
...many wars, And fhow my cuts and fears wherever I come ; Thi * The old Scotch name for the Bat. This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench, When welcoming the French at the found of the drum. Lai de daudle, &c. II. My prenticefhip I paft where my leader breath'd his laft,... | |
 | Scottish uses - 1808 - 228 pages
....1 am » son of Mars, who have been in many wars,. And show my cuts and scars wherever I come : This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench,...When welcoming the French at the sound of the drum. Lai de daudle, &c. My 'prenticeship I past where my leader breath'd his last, When the bloody die was... | |
 | Robert Hartley Cromek - 1810 - 286 pages
...I. I am a son of Mars, who have been in many wars, And shew my cuts and scars wherever I come ; This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench,...When welcoming the French at the sound of the drum. Lal de daudle, fyc. II. My prenticeship I past where my leader breath'd his last, When the bloody die... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pages
...I. I am a son of Mars who have been in many wars, And show my cuts and scars wherever I come ; This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench,...When welcoming the French at the sound of the ' drum. Lai de daudle, &c. II. II. My prenticeship I past where my leader breath'd his last, When the bloody... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...Joy. I am a son of Mars, who have been in many wan, And show my cuts and scars wherever I come ; This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench,...When welcoming the French, at the sound of the drum. Lai de dandle, &c. My prenticeship I past where my leader breath'dbis last, When the bloody die was... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1816 - 354 pages
...* I am a son of Mars who have been in many wars, And shew my cuts and scars wherever I come ; This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench,...When welcoming the French at the sound of the drum.' BURNS. " DON'T be too much cast down," said Serjeant Bothwell to his prisoner as they journeyed on... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 406 pages
...I. I am a son of Mars, who have been in many wars, And show my cuts and scars wherever I come; This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench, When welcoraingthe French atthesouadof the drum. Lai de daudlc, &c. II. My 'prenticeship I past where my... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1817 - 354 pages
...many wftrs, A ml shew my cuts and scars wherever I come ; This here was for a wench, and that other iu a trench, When welcoming the French at the sound of the drum. BURNS. " DON'T be too much cast down," said Serjeant Bothwell to his prisoner as they journeyed on... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 272 pages
...who have been in many wars, And shew my cuts and scars wherever I come; This here was for a weuch, and that other in a trench, When welcoming the French at the sound of the drum. Burnt. ' DON'T be too much cast down,' said Sergeant Bothwell to his prisoner as they journeyed on... | |
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