 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 - 300 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, William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1922 - 600 Seiten
...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!... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1922 - 676 Seiten
...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! 17 1 О Scotia!... | |
 | Caroline Miles Hill - 1923 - 890 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, Frederick Morgan Padelford - 1924 - 942 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... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Wilson - 1925 - 372 Seiten
...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 Virtue's...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 ! XX. O SCOTIA!... | |
 | 1925 - 666 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! It is in "The... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1180 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 - 844 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 - 424 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... | |
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