 | George Lillie Craik - 1861 - 580 Seiten
...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 - 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 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 - 150 Seiten
...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 - 260 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1912 - 154 Seiten
...they abode with him to the end: 15 ... a wish (I mind its pow'r), A wish, that to my latest hour Will strongly heave my breast, — That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan or book could make, 20 Or sing a sang at least. The rough burr-thistle spreading wide Amang... | |
 | Robert Collyer - 1913 - 364 Seiten
...a yokin' at the pleugh, An' theugh forfoughten sair eneugh, Yet unco proud to learn — Even then, a wish — I mind its power, — A wish that to my...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 Among... | |
 | George Angier Gordon - 1913 - 454 Seiten
...million in the lines in which he reveals his young soul, — " 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 nsefu' plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at least." He toiled, he suffered, that he might sing;... | |
 | 1913 - 572 Seiten
...wide-reaching fertile plains of plenty that Robert Burns wrote : "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. " "Should Auld acquaintance be forgot And... | |
 | Burns Club of St. Louis - 1913 - 116 Seiten
...was, An' wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass, E'en then a wish, I mind its power, O wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast, That I for puir auld Scotland's sake Some useful plan or buik might make, Or sing a sang at least." He wrote for... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1914 - 724 Seiten
...hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu* plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least. The rough bur-thistle, spreading wide Amang the bearded bear, I vurn'd the weeder-clips aside, An' spar'd the symbol dear : No nation, no station, My envy e'er could... | |
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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... 
