 | John W. Curtis - 1846 - 180 pages
...and streams were left ; And thus I love them better still, Even in extremity of ill.— SIR W. SCOTT. From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs,...heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind. * * « * O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent ! Long may... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...For them and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly in their hearts with grace divine preside. From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs,...and lords are but the breath of kings, " An honest man 's the noblest work of God " ; And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the... | |
 | James Waddel Alexander - 1847 - 300 pages
...separate with affectionate salutations. Well says Burns, whom none will suspect of being a fanatic : " From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs,...kings, 'An honest man's the noblest work of God:' And, coirs, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind." XL. THE UNSTABLE... | |
 | Robert Turnbull - 1847 - 396 pages
...practical, ever possess a vital power, — a power to quicken and save. " From scenes like these auld Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at...breath of kings, 'An honest man's the noblest work of God.' O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent, Long may thy... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1847 - 704 pages
...breath of kings, ' An honest man 's the noblest work of God:1* And certes, in fair virtue's heav'nly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind : What...pomp'! a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human-kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd ! О Scotia! my dear, my native soil ! For... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 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 cotta9e leaves the palace far behind : What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1849 - 906 pages
...provide ; nt chiefly in their hearts with grace divine preside. XIX. From scenes like these old Scotia'e grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered...Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, " An hone«t man's the noblest work of Gon !" And eerier, ÍL tur virtue's heav'nly road, The cJttugt leaves... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 pages
...For them and for their little ones provide ; But, chiefly, in their heart with grace divine preside From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs,...The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is the lordling's pomp 1 a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 pages
...Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her lov'd at home, rever'd abroad : Princes and lords arc but tho breath of kings, " An honest man's the noblest work...God:" And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The collage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ! a cumbrous load, Disguising oft... | |
 | 1853 - 560 pages
...For them and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly in their hearts with grace divine preside. From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs,...and lords are but the breath of kings, " An honest man 's the noblest work of God !" And certes, in fair Virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the... | |
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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;' And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves... 
