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" And, certes,* in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind. What is a lordling's pomp ? A cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind! "
Sidney Roemlee: A Tale of New England - Page 22
by Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1827
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Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott: Two Lives

James White - 1858 - 316 pages
...preside. From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her lov'd at home, rever'd abroad : Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, " An honest man's the noblest work of GrOD ;" And certes, in fair virtue's heav'nly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What...
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The poetical works and letters of Robert Burns

Robert Burns - 1859 - 736 pages
...chiefly, in their hearts with grace divine preside. From scenes like these old Scotia's grandcur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad : Princes...heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in...
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Studies in English poetry [an anthology] with biogr. sketches and notes by J ...

Joseph Payne - 1859 - 512 pages
...preside. (1) A line from Pope's "Windsor Forest." From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad : Princes...breath of kings, " An honest man's the noblest work of God :" Aud certes,1 in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind : What...
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Robert Burns: A Memoir

James White - 1859 - 108 pages
...preside. From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her lov'd at home, rever'd abroad : Princes and lords are but the breath of kings,...noblest work of GOD ;" And certes, in fair virtue's heav'nly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load,...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns: With Explanatory and Glossarial ...

Robert Burns, James Currie - 1859 - 284 pages
...chiefly in their hearts with grace divine preside. From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad* Princes...and lords are but the breath of kings, "An honest man 's the noblest work of God :"2 And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the...
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The National Edition of the Works of Robert Burns, Comprising the ..., Volume 1

Robert Burns - 1899 - 420 pages
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Chronicle of the Hundredth Birthday of Robert Burns

James Ballantine - 1859 - 630 pages
...: — " From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her lov'd at home, rever*d abroad; Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, An honest man's the noblest work of God." From pole to pole, and from Pekin to Vancouver's Island, the centenary of Burns will command...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: Including Several Pieces Not Inserted in ...

Robert Burns - 1859 - 530 pages
...preside XIX. Fi)m scenes like these old ScotiaV grandeur spring! That makes her lov'd at home, rever'd abroad ; Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, " An honest man's the noblest work of God ; n And certes in fair virtue's heav'nly road, What is a lordling's pomp ? — a cumbrous load,...
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Robert Burns: A Memoir

James White - 1859 - 118 pages
...grandeur springs, That makes her lov'd at home, rever'd abroad: Princes and lords are hut the hreath of kings, " An honest man's the noblest work of GOD ;" And certes, in fair virtue's heav'nly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind; What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load,...
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There was a Lad: An Essay on Robert Burns

Hilton Brown - 1949 - 282 pages
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