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 my... Annual Burns Chronicle and Club Directory - Strana 1601893Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| 1846 - Počet stránok 484
...he tells us in what spirit he wrote, speaking of his boyhood in those familiar lines : " E'en then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest boor, Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book... | |
| Peter Livingston - 1847 - Počet stránok 172
...And flowery $lens. and rocky dens. . HLATIKG TO SCOTTISH MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. By PETER LIVINGSTON, DUNDEE, "A wish — I mind its power; A wish that...auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could nmke, Or sing a sang at least." .ifourlfi DUNDEE: PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR, TO BE HAD OF WILLIAM LIVINGSTON,... | |
| 1847 - Počet stránok 486
...touched this thought — touched it with the wand of his genius, and bodied as follows : " E'en then a wish, I mind its power — A wish that to my latest...heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake t Some useful plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at least." It is nothing remarkable then, that... | |
| Samuel Tyler - 1848 - Počet stránok 232
...country. And this destiny he seems to have felt in early youth. " Ev'n then, a wish (I mind its pow'r), A wish, that to my latest hour, Shall strongly heave...breast,— That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan or bcuk could make, Or sing a sang at least." Burns consecrated the peasant's cottage as... | |
| Martyn Paine - 1848 - Počet stránok 428
...Leipsic ; of the Montteal .Natural History Society, and other learned Association*. " E'en then a wish tI mind its power), A wish, that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast, That I for poot auld Scotland's «aku Home useful plan, ot book could make, Or aing a sang at least."— Bums.... | |
| Robert Burns - 1849 - Počet stránok 906
...shearing and clearing The tither stookit raw, Wi' claivcrs and haivera Wearing the day awn — E'en then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest...my breast : That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Borne useful plan or book could make, Or sing a sang, at least : The rough bur-thistle spreading wide... | |
| Allan Ramsay - 1851 - Počet stránok 484
...the claims of his country and of the old national language to consideration and respect. " Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest...for poor auld Scotland's sake. Some useful plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least." Accordingly we find that although edition after edition... | |
| Robert Burns - 1851 - Počet stránok 332
...and clearing, The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, and haivers, talk Wearing the day awa. E'en then, a wish, I mind its power — A wish that to my latest...breast — That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least. The rough burr-thissle, spreading wide Amang... | |
| Edward Hughes - 1851 - Počet stránok 362
...him, as if he could do so little for his country, and yet would so gladly have done all." — Carlyle. A WISH (I mind its power), A wish, that to my latest hour Will strongly heave my breast ; That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1851 - Počet stránok 606
...patriotic enthusiasm which is the initial feeling of almost all Scotchmen ? Here it is : — " Even then, a wish (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour 414 WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS. 415 Shall strongly heave my breast — That I for poor auld Scotland's... | |
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