 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
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 274 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 hearts of hell, in wickedness refined! O Scotia!... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, Clarence Stratton - 1922
...home, revered abroad. Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, 165 "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! m О Scotia!... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - 1923 - 836 Seiten
...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!... | |
 | Harry Morgan Ayres - 1924 - 898 Seiten
...home, revered abroad : Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, "An honest man's the noblest and soaring ever singest. Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! O Scotia... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1144 Seiten
...at home, revered abroad. Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, "An honest man's the noblest sedge is wither 'd from the lake, And no birds sing....*— Ah, bitter, chill it was I The owl, for all his Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, '="> Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined 1 O Scotia!... | |
 | William Joseph Long - 1925 - 807 Seiten
...abroad : Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, "An honest man's the noblest work of God": 10 And certes, in fair Virtue's heavenly road, The cottage...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 I 15 O Scotia... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1925 - 1100 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...road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind : What isalordling's pomp? — a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of humankind, Studied in arts of... | |
 | 1901
...at 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! LITTLE BOY... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - 1997 - 584 Seiten
...makes her lov'd at home, rever'd abroad: Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, 'An honest man's the noble work of God:' And certes, in fair...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! Tam O'Shanter... | |
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