| 1857 - 336 páginas
...yellow corn A man I reckoned was, An" wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass. " E'en then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my...Shall strongly heave 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,... | |
| John Wilson - 1857 - 454 páginas
...in which, bethinking him of the undefined aspirations 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 puir auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at least ! The rough... | |
| John Wilson - 1857 - 466 páginas
...in which, bethinking him of the undefined aspirations 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 puir auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at least ! The rough... | |
| John Wilson - 1857 - 448 páginas
...in which, bethinking him of the undefined aspirations of his boyhood, ho 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 puir auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at least ! The rough... | |
| David Masson - 1859 - 356 páginas
...as we have seen, with Smollett; and so, in still larger proportion, it had been with Burns : " Even then a wish — I mind its power — A wish, that...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,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1859 - 738 páginas
...forfoughten sail' encugh, fatigued sore Yet unco proud to learn : very When first among the yellow corn E'en then, a wish, I mind its power — A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breastThat I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan or bcuk oould make, book Or sing a sang... | |
| James Ballantine - 1859 - 634 páginas
...draw your attention, as evincing his aspirations to be useful to his own beloved country. He says: — "A wish, — I mind its power, — A wish that to my latest hour Will strongly heave my breast, That I, for puir auld Scotland's sake. Some usefu' plan or beuk could... | |
| James Ballantine - 1859 - 630 páginas
...country's choice as the bard of Caledonia. (Cheers.) In this spirit he sung the well-known lines — " Even then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest hoar Shall strongly heave my breast, That I, for piiir auld Scotland's Bake, Some usefu' plan or book... | |
| Thomas Carlyle - 1859 - 218 páginas
...from 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... | |
| 1859 - 52 páginas
...gush forth leal longings, and hopes for his country's good. There was in him an ever present desire " 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... | |
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