 | Robert Burns - 1859 - 530 pages
...load, Disguising of the Wretch of human-kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd ! xx. O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent, Long may the hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content... | |
 | Evenings - 1860 - 386 pages
...: " 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, Disguising oft...kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd 1 0 Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent! Long may thy hardy... | |
 | John Wilson - 1861 - 236 pages
...there, we think, he ought to have stopped, or illustrated the truth in a milder manner than " What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft...human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined." Our moral nature revolts with a sense of injustice from the comparison of the wickedness... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 pages
...cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human-kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wicksdness refined ! O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest...is sent! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blessed with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent... | |
 | Choice poems - 1862 - 368 pages
..." 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...human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent ! Long may... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1862 - 366 pages
...from his " Coc ter's Saturday Night :" • " O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my wannest wish to Heaven is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be bless'd with health, and peace, and sweet content And oh, may Heaven their simple lives prevent From... | |
 | Alexander Wallace - 1862 - 230 pages
...of our own country's peasant bard : — " 0 Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my wannest wish to Heaven is sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blessed with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, O ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 pages
...cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kiud, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! 0 Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent ! Long may thy hardy sous of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, Oh, may Heaven their... | |
 | 1863 - 392 pages
...'' 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...human kind. Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! O Scotia! my dear, my native soil; For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent ! Long may... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Wilson - 1925 - 372 pages
...GOD': 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...kind, Studied in arts of Hell, in wickedness refin'd ! XX. O SCOTIA! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent ! Long may thy... | |
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An honest man's the noblest .work of God:" 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, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness... 
