 From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her lov'd 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 road, The cottage leaves...  The poetical works of Robert Burns - Page 94by Robert Burns - 1814 - 604 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 pages
...them and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly, in their hearts with grace divine preside. XIX. From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs,...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... | |
 | Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...provide ; But chiefly in their hearts with grace liii-iin- preside. From scenes like these old Scotia'$ grandeur springs, That makes her lov'd at home, rever'd...kings, " An honest man's the noblest work of God :" And ccrtcs, in fair virtue's heav'nly road, The cottage leaves the palate far behind : - What is lordling's... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - American literature - 1824 - 292 pages
...ploughman-poet, when he exclaimed — " From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs, Which makes her lov'd at home, rever'd abroad — Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, An honest m<m'» the noblest work of God." As she came forward from the apartment, where she had remained unobserved,... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - American literature - 1824 - 294 pages
...ploughman-poet, when he exclaimed— " From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs, Which makes her lov'd at home, rever'd abroad— Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, .In honest man's the noblest work of God." As she came forward from the apartment, where she had remained... | |
 | 1824 - 486 pages
...Would, in the way his wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly in their hearts with grace divine preside. From scenes like these old Scoiia's grandeur springs, That makes her lov'd at home, revery abroad : Princes and lords are but... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1825 - 490 pages
...I'KIM J i.. MECHANICS' MAGAZINE, CONDUCTED BY A Committee of Civil Engineers and Practical Mechanic*. 1 From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs...rever'd abroad : Princes and lords are but the breath of klngi, * An honest man '• the noblest work of God.' "— . No. L1II. Saturday, 1st January, 1825.... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...Would, in the way his wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly in their hearts with grace divine preside. From scenes like these old Scotia's grandenr springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad : Princes and lords are but the breath... | |
 | 1825 - 604 pages
...of Scotch education is developed by Burns in his 'Cotter's Saturday Night.' ' From scenes like those old Scotia's grandeur springs ; That makes her lov'd at home, rever'd abroad.' We do not mean to intimate that the moral state of the lower orders in this country has upon the whole... | |
 | English literature - 1825 - 624 pages
...Scotch education is developed by Burns in his • Cotter's Saturday Night.' ' From scenes like those old Scotia's grandeur springs ; That makes her lov'd at home, rever'd abroad.' We do not mean to intimate that the moral state of the lower orders in this country has upon the whole... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1826 - 272 pages
...them and for their little ones provide, But chiefly in their hearts with grace divine preside. XIX. From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs...man's the noblest work of God ;" And certes, in fair virtue's heav'nly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ta cumbrous... | |
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