Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! And oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise... Poemsvon Robert Burns - 1889 - 255 SeitenAuszug - Über dieses Buch
| John Aikin - 1838 - 796 Seiten
...their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets much loved isle. XXI. 0 Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd through Wallace's undaunted... | |
| George Willson - 1840 - 298 Seiten
...their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion weak and vile! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And...stand a wall of fire around their much-loved isle. 1 0 O Thou ! who poured the patriotic tide That streamed through Wallace's undaunted heart, Who dared... | |
| James Montgomery - 1840 - 340 Seiten
...their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ; Then howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And...stand, a wall of fire, around their much-loved isle. " 0 Thou, who pour'd the patriotic tide, That streamed through Wallace's undaunted heart, Who dared... | |
| 1840 - 378 Seiten
...their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, ....stand a wall of fire around their much-loved isle. Oh Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide [heart ; That stream'd through Wallace's undaunted Who dared... | |
| Robert Burns - 1840 - 368 Seiten
...their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of lire around their much-lov'd Isle. XXI. O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd thro'... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 Seiten
...their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And...stand a wall of fire around their much-loved isle." Coldstream is a thriving and beautiful little town, and thfl parish in wriip.h it stands is cultivated... | |
| James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 Seiten
...their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion weak and vile ; Then however crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And...stand, a wall of fire, around their much-loved isle." The kindness of his heart may be seen in the followmg selections : ON SCARING SOME WATER-FOWL IN LOCH... | |
| 1844 - 784 Seiten
...their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while And stand a wall of fire around their muehlov'd isle." Here are patriotic sentiments strongly engrafted on domestic sympathies, and the heart... | |
| Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 Seiten
...their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd Isle. О Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream 'd thro' Wallace's undaunted heart;... | |
| George Willson - 1844 - 300 Seiten
...their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of lire around their much-loved isle. 10 O Thou! who poured the patriotic tide That streamed through Wallace's... | |
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