 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...  Poems: Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect - Seite 136von Robert Burns - 1786 - 240 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Aikin - 1852
...abroad i Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, " An honest man's the noblest work of God i" - 9 " Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! * Pope's... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1852 - 408 Seiten
...abroad ; Princes and lords are but ihe breath of kings ; " An honest man's the noblest work of Qod ;" And certes in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace fur behind. BURNS. » t THE period at which Sidney Romilly was, for the first time in his life, to... | |
 | 1853 - 472 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 heavenly...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... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 448 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 heavenly...: What is a lordling's pomp? — a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! 0 Scotia!... | |
 | 1854 - 563 Seiten
...at home, rever'd 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 heavenly...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! 0 Scotia I... | |
 | 1854 - 563 Seiten
...at home, rever'd 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 heavenly...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!... | |
 | 1854 - 430 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 heavenly...the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp fa cumbrous load, O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent !... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 776 Seiten
...where John is supposed to have written the book of Revelation. < PrtCkUy vestment. 60 Arid eertcs,' in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves...behind : What is a lordling's pomp? a cumbrous load, Disguising nil the wretch of human-kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness reilned ! O Scotia... | |
 | George Croly (Rev., ed) - 1854
...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 heavenly...The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is the lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 222 Seiten
...all when reading the Cottar's Saturday Night : and we entirely go along with Burns when he says, " And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ;" but there, we think, he ought to have stopped, or illustrated the truth in a milder manner than... | |
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