 | 1858 - 460 Seiten
...breath of kings, " An honest man 's the noblest work of God " ; And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! O Scotia... | |
 | James White - 1859 - 118 Seiten
...home, rever'd abroad: Princes and lords are hut the hreath of kings, " An honest man's the noblest work of GOD ;" And certes, in fair virtue's heav'nly...behind; What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of Hell, in wickedness refin'd! O Scotia;... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1859 - 736 Seiten
...breath of kings, " An honest man's the noblest work of God ;" And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! Oh Scotia... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1859 - 284 Seiten
...breath of kings, "An honest man 's the noblest work of God :"2 And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind : What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human-kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! O Scotia... | |
 | Evenings - 1860 - 386 Seiten
...home, revered abroad : Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, " An honest man's the noblest work of God : " And certes, in fair virtue's heav'nly...behind: What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd 1 0 Scotia... | |
 | John Wilson - 1861 - 236 Seiten
...illustrated the truth in a milder manner than " What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined." Our moral nature revolts with a sense of injustice from the comparison of the... | |
 | Choice poems - 1862 - 368 Seiten
...breath of kings ; " An honest man 's the noblest work of God : " And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! O Scotia... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 Seiten
...breath of kings, — "An honest man 's the noblest work of God;" And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind. What is a lordling's pomp?- — a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human-kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wicksdness refined ! O Scotia... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 Seiten
...home, revered abroad : Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, " An honest man's the noblest work of God :" And certes, in fair Virtue's heav'nly...behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kiud, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! 0 Scotia... | |
 | 1863 - 392 Seiten
...breath of kings, " An honest man 's the noblest work of God : '' And certes, in fair Virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ( a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind. Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! O Scotia!... | |
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An honest man's the noblest work of God;' And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind; What is a lordling's pomp? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness... 
