Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it ; And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows... The Works of Robert Burns: Containing His Life - Page xciby Robert Burns - 1849 - 425 pagesFull view - About this book
| Robert Burns - Poets, Scottish - 1840 - 368 pages
...Then gently scan your brother man. Still gentler sister woman ; Tho' they may gang a kennin wrung, To step aside is human ; One point must still be greatly...as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord — its various tone, Each... | |
| Phrenology - 1840 - 610 pages
...painful struggles of this nature, that the lollowing lines fell from the pen of Burns:— Oh, gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Tho...wrang, To step aside is human: One point must still be greally dark, The reason vhy they do it, And just as lamely can ye mark, How far, perhaps, they rue... | |
| 1840 - 598 pages
...of Burns : — ^ Oh, gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Tho1 they may gana; a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The reason why they do it, And just as lamely can ye mark, How far, perhaps, they rue it. Who made the... | |
| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - Italy - 1841 - 456 pages
...of his kind, in language which, for touching simplicity, has never been equalled. , Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Tho'...as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Wha made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord — iu various tone, Each... | |
| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - American literature - 1841 - 988 pages
...of his kind, in language which, for touching simplicity, has never been equalled. Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Tho'...as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Wha made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord — its various tone, Each... | |
| 1841 - 908 pages
...of his kind, in language which, for touching simplicity, has never been equalled. Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Tho'...still be greatly dark, The moving why they do it : And juat as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Wha made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly... | |
| Henry Theodore Tuckerman - Italy - 1841 - 564 pages
...touching simplicity, has never been equalled. Then gently scan your brother man, Still geniler sistfcr woman ; Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang; To step...: One point must still be greatly dark, The moving wliy they do it : And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Wha made the heart,... | |
| United States - 1842 - 620 pages
...strings of the same lyre : " Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler, sister woman ; Though they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human...moving why they do it : And just as lamely can ye marli, How far perhaps they rue it." The writer of the American preface expresses his regret that he... | |
| Margaret Prior, Sarah R. I. Bennett - Christian biography - 1844 - 342 pages
...Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman, Tho' they may gang sae gronsome wrong, To step aside is human. One point must still be greatly...lamely can ye mark, How far, perhaps, they rue it." — BURNS 24th. Being in the vicinity of Church street WALKS OF USEFULNESS. 293 this afternoon, I was... | |
| Literature - 1895 - 862 pages
...to pen the noble lines at the end of his " Address to the Rigidly Righteous : " — Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Tho'...may gang a kennin' wrang, To step aside is human. Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done, we partly may compute, But... | |
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