 | Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1842 - 818 Seiten
...Burns so forcibly expresses, and without which his geniua would have perished with him : '* 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." We would not limit this feeling to any portion of a country such... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1845 - 484 Seiten
...stookit raw,i Wi' claivers an' haivers™ Wearing the day awa' ; — E'en 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 book could make, Or sing a sang" at least. The rough bur-thistle, spreading wide Among... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 Seiten
...tither stocked raw/ Wi* claversm an' haivers,n Wearing the day awa Ev'n then, a wish (I mind its pow'r), A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave...— • 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... | |
 | 1856 - 924 Seiten
...of his songs, which are peculiarly domestic and national. He speaks of himself as ever cherishing " 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 Wilson - 1845 - 236 Seiten
...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...poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book would make, Or sing a sang at least! " The rough bur-thistle spreading wide Amang the bearded bear,... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1845 - 594 Seiten
...mind its power,) A wkh, that to my latest hour Will strongly heave my breast ; That I, for poor autd Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at least. The rough bur Thistle spreading wide Aniang the bearded bear, I turn'd my weeding-clips aside, J And spared the... | |
 | John Walker Ord - 1845 - 434 Seiten
...sprang. His own words are, "I had a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my dying hour Shall Jstrongly heave my breast, That I for poor Auld Scotland's sake Some useful plan, or book should make, And sing a sang at least." And when the Muse found him at the plough, and laid on his... | |
 | John Todd - 1845 - 402 Seiten
...Nature when he spake of his own native Scotland. He has one strong wish for ever in his heart — — " 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... | |
 | 1846 - 472 Seiten
...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...plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at least." There is much said in derision of " cui bono" men. As some sublimely express it, they are the rabble,... | |
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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... 
