But, och ! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling ! To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather gear by every wile That's justified by honour ; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant, But for the... Annual Burns Chronicle and Club Directory - Strana 761897Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| 1843 - Počet stránok 368
...her ; And gather gear by every wile That's justified by honour ; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Not for a train- attendant ; But for the glorious privilege...independent. The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip, To baud the wretch in order ; But where ye feel your honour grip, Let that aye be your border ; Its slightest... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1845 - Počet stránok 484
...her ; And gather gear by every wile That 's justified by honour ; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Not for a train attendant ; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent. The fear o' hell 'sa hangman's whip To baud? the wretch in order ; But where ye feel your honour grip, Let that... | |
| Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - Počet stránok 706
...catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her j And gather gear by ev'ry wile That 's justified by honour : Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train-attendant ; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent. The fear o' hell 'sa hangman's... | |
| John Wilson - 1845 - Počet stránok 248
...Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by every wile That's justified by honor ; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant;...FOR THE GLORIOUS PRIVILEGE OF BEING INDEPENDENT." Such was the advice he .gave to a young friend in 1780, and in 1789, in a letter to Robert Ainslie,... | |
| Clara Lucas Balfour - 1846 - Počet stránok 392
...Scotland's noble peasant bard:— " To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her, And gather gear by every wile, That's justified by honour. Not for to hide it in a hedge— Not for a train attendant, MORAL HEROISM, 361 But for the glorious privilege Of being independent."... | |
| William Howitt - 1847 - Počet stránok 524
...within, And petrifies the feeling ! " To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather gear by every wile That's justified by...independent. " The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip To baud the wretch in order ; But where ye feel your honour grip, Let that aye be your border : Its slightest... | |
| Počet stránok 430
...responsibilities of a family. The true use of money is to spend it frugally, and to save it wisely : — Not for to hide It In a hedge, Nor for a train attendant. But for the glorious privilege Of being iNDItmNDKNT ! RE-ISSUE OF ELIZA COOK'S POEHS. STANZAS. A GENTLE heart went forth one day- As many another... | |
| Maria Jane McIntosh - 1850 - Počet stránok 172
...proper use of every talent entrusted to them, if they become " workers with God," seeking wealth, " Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant — But for the glorious privilege" of opening to others a nobler life, of elevating to the dignity of men their own dependants, of sending... | |
| John Aikin - 1852 - Počet stránok 792
...within, And petrifies the feeling ! VII. To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather gear by every wile That's justified by honour ; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Not for a train-attendant ; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent. VIII. The fear o'... | |
| Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - Počet stránok 438
...feeling ! To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her : And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justified by honour; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train-attendant ; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent. The fear o' hell 'aa hangman's... | |
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