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
| Samuel Tyler - 1848 - 232 pages
...Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Though they may gang a kennin' wrong, To step aside is human: One point must still be greatly...as lamely can ye mark How far perhaps they rue it." The singular beauty of the form in which the virtue of charity is here exhibited, is owing to the application... | |
| Samuel Tyler - 1848 - 228 pages
...Still gentler sister woman ; ' Though they may gang a kennin' wrang, ' To step aside is human : ' I One point must still be greatly dark,; / The moving...why they do it : ' / And just as lamely can ye mark | I How far perhaps they rue it.'" The singular beauty of the form in which the virtue of charity is... | |
| J. D. Bell - Conduct of life - 1850 - 488 pages
...greater measure of poetic force, Burns gave to his fellow-mortals the sweet counsel : " Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler, sister woman ! Tho'...lamely can ye mark, How far, perhaps, they rue it." Many causes conspire to give rise to our aptitudes. Things and agents external to us, affect us far... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1850 - 764 pages
...point must still be greatly dark, Still gentler sister woman ; Though they may gang a kennin wring, The moving why they do it: And just as lamely can...heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord — its various toie Each spring, its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute j... | |
| Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 pages
...Tho' they may gang a kcnnin wrang; To step asitie U human : One point must still be greatly durit, The moving why they do it: And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. vm. YVho made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us. He knows each chord — ils various tone,... | |
| Margaret Prior - Christian biography - 1851 - 336 pages
...— "Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman, Tho' they may gang sae gronsome wrang, To step aside is human. One point must still...The moving why they do it, And just as lamely can ye murk, How far, perhaps, they rue it." — BURNS 24th. Being in the vicinity of Church street this afternoon,... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1852 - 792 pages
...aiblins nae temptation. VII. Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Though ' each chord — its various tone Each spring, its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute ;... | |
| Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...Plutarch. Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Tho' they may gang a kenning wrang, To step aside is human: One point must still...as lamely can ye mark How far perhaps they rue it. An accent very low In blandishment, but a most silver flow Of subtle-paced counsel in distress, Right... | |
| 1853 - 796 pages
...temptation. " Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman, Though they may gang a kennin't wrang To step aside is human : One point must still...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 touc.... | |
| H. C. Foster - English poetry - 1853 - 378 pages
...THEN gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Though they may go a trifle wrong, 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,... | |
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