 | George Washington Doane (bp. of New Jersey.) - 1861 - 652 pages
...in the heartless round of fashionable folly and frivolity, still recognize and feel and own a man. " Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that 1 The coward slave, we pass him by ; We dare be poor, for a' that." " The rank is but the guinea-stamp... | |
 | William Landels - Conduct of life - 1861 - 280 pages
...these things can add sught to a true man's worth. Eight truly and nobly does the poet sing — * la there for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that? The coward slave, we pass him by; We dare be poor for a' that. For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure,... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1863 - 178 pages
...'tis little joy To know I'm further off from heaven, Than when I was a boy. HONEST POVERTY.— Burns. Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head,...be poor for a' that. For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What... | |
 | James Fleming - 1863 - 404 pages
...his wife, " Well, my love, I thought we should kill him at last." Miss BREWSTER. "A MAN'S A MAN FOE A' THAT.' Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that ! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure,... | |
 | George Harley Kirk - 1863 - 240 pages
...the rest is leather or prunello", than that striking song which opens with the immortal stanza : " Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that, The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 356 pages
...or three pretty good prose thoughts inverted into rhyme." — Burns to Mr. Thomson, January, 1795. Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 360 pages
...or three pretty good prose thoughts inverted into rhyme." — Burns to Mr. Thomson, January, 1795. Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure,... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1863 - 340 pages
...forgiven ; For sure, 'twere impious to despair So much in sight of heaven. FOR A' THAT AND A' THAT. S there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1864 - 252 pages
...Burns to G. Thomson.] Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, an' a' that ? The coward slave we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, an' a' that, Our toils obscure, an' a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man 's the gowd... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1865 - 466 pages
...hope may be forgiven ; For sure, 'twere impious to despair So much in sight in heaven. FOR A' THAT AND A' THAT. Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs...be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea stamp ; The man's the gowd for a' that. What... | |
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