 | 1828 - 722 pages
...the oblivion that was covering it ! These were early feelings, and they abode with him to the end. ' a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish, that to my latest hour Will strongly heave ray breast ; That I, for poor aiild Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1808 - 496 pages
...first could thresh the barn, Or haud a yokin at the pleugh, An* tho' fu' foughten sair eneugh, Yet unco proud to learn. Ev'n then a wish (I mind its power)...wish, that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a song... | |
 | Scottish uses - 1808 - 228 pages
...and clearing, The tither stookcd raw ; With clatters and haivers Wearing the time awa' : Ev'n theft a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish, that to my latest hour, Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor Auld Scotland's sake Some useful plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1809 - 326 pages
...could thresh the bam, Or haud a yokin at the pleugh, An' tho' fu' foughten sair eneugh, • Yet unco proud to learn. Ev'n then a wish (I mind its power) A wish, that to my latest how must be, though no young poet, nor young soldier's heart, ever l>eat more fondly for fame than... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1809 - 328 pages
...could thresh the barn, Or baud a yokin at the plcugh, An' tho' fii' foughten sair eneugh, Yet unco proud to learn. Ev'n then a wish (I mind its power) A wish, that to mv latest hour must be, though no young poet, nor young soldier's heart, ever beat more fondly for... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1817 - 502 pages
...pleugh, An' tho' fu' foughten sair eneugh, Yet unco proud to learn. .'...'... •. Ev'n then a wish (L mind its power) A wish, that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a song... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1822 - 440 pages
...first could thresh the barn, Or haud a yokin at the pleugh, An' tho' fu' foughten sair eneugh, Yet unco proud to learn. Ev'n then a wish (I mind its power)...wish, that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a song... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 pages
...Still shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa. Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour, Shall strongly heave my breast; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pages
...shearing and clearing The tither stookit raw, Wl' claivers and haivers Wearing the day awa— E'en then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast: That I for poor auld Scotland"* sake, Some useful plan or book could make, Or sing a sang,... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1828 - 324 pages
...shearing and clearing The tither stookit raw, Wi' claivers and haivers Wearing the day awa — E'en then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast : That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could make, Or sing a sang,... | |
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And wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass, Still shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa : Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave... 
