 Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! And oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise...  The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer - Page 186edited by - 1722Full view - About this book
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic...with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, O ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
 | Agriculture - 1825 - 538 pages
...says, with solemn air. О Britain ! my most dear, my native soil! For whom my wannest wish to Heav'n is sent ! Long may thy hardy Sons of rustic toil,...with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, O! may Heav'n their simple Uves prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! And from each Cot may... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd ! O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil! For whom ray warmest wish to Heaven is sent' Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweetcontent! And, O ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent A virtuous populace may rise the while,... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1826 - 272 pages
...arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd! XX. O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my wannest wish to heaven is sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, Be blest with health, and peace, and sweetcontent ! And, O ! may heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 404 pages
...arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil [tent ! Be blest with health and peace and sweet conAnd, Oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 828 pages
...the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. Rurhe. Long may the hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content '. And, oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile Burnt. Excess, the... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1831 - 484 pages
...of hell, in wickedness refin'd ! XX. * O Scotia ! my oear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, Be bless'd with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, O '. may Heaven their simple lives prevent... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! O Scotia, my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic...blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! And, oh! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 348 pages
...style of his patriotic poetry : — " O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic...with' health, and peace, and sweet content ; And O may heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ; Then howe'er crowns... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 370 pages
...of hell, in wickedness refin'd ! XX. O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic...with health, and peace, and sweet content! And, O ! may heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
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