 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 1581893Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Robert Burns - 1859 - Počet stránok 530
...claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa. Ev'n then, a wish, I mind \t's pow'r, A wish that to rny latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast, That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan or book cou'd make, Or sing a sang at least. The rough burr-thistle, spreading wide 1 turn'd... | |
 | 1859 - Počet stránok 52
...gush forth leal longings, and hopes for his country's good. There was in him an ever present desire " 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... | |
 | James Ballantine - 1859 - Počet stránok 634
...draw your attention, as evincing his aspirations to be useful to his own beloved country. He says: — "A wish, — I mind its power, — A wish that to my latest hour Will strongly heave my breast, That I, for puir auld Scotland's sake. Some usefu' plan or beuk could... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1859 - Počet stránok 216
...from 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 my breast; That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could... | |
 | James Ballantine - 1859 - Počet stránok 630
...choice as the bard of Caledonia. (Cheers.) In this spirit he sung the well-known lines — " Even then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest hoar Shall strongly heave my breast, That I, for piiir auld Scotland's Bake, Some usefu' plan or book... | |
 | Henry Reed - 1860 - Počet stránok 312
...yellow corn A man I reckoned was, An' wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass. "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 book could make, Or sing a sang at least. The rough burr-thistle, spreading wide Amang... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - Počet stránok 580
...Reaping. i4 T'other row of shocks. " With idle stories and nonsense. 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 hook could make, Or sing a sang l at least. The rough hur-thistle, spreading wide Among... | |
 | John Wilson - 1861 - Počet stránok 236
...which, bethinking him of the undefined asoirations of his boyhood he said to himself — " Even 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 would make, Or sing... | |
 | Peter Livingston - 1862 - Počet stránok 150
...THK REY. GEO. GILFILLAN, AID etter on §fa AND THE ARCTIC REGIONS. BIZ" IP:ET:E:R, DUNDEE. r — " A wish — I mind its power, A wish that to my latest...plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at least." ittnif; (Edition. DUNDEE ' PRINTED BY J. FELLOW, 10 TOP OF 1862. -•- ; PUBLIC L.3RARY R 1 857A 'OR,... | |
 | C N. Bovee - 1862 - Počet stránok 260
...and, certainly, the character of Burns never appears so amiable as when he tells us — "E'en then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest...poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book might make, Or sing a sang at least." WIT AND HUMOR. WE take life too seriously: the office of wit... | |
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