 O ! 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 while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd isle. 180 O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic...  English Prose and Verse from Beowulf to Stevenson - Page 462redigeeritud poolt - 1915 - 816 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 lehte
...cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd ! O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest...Be blest 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... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 lehte
...cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Stndied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd ! O Scotia! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest...Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, O ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile 1 Then, howe'er... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 lehte
...load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of Hell, in wickedness refined ! XX. O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest...Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, O ! may Heav'n, their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er... | |
 | 1814 - 310 lehte
...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 From...rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much loved isle XXI. Who dated to nobly stem tyrannic pride, Or nobly die, the second glorious part,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 290 lehte
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 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 406 lehte
...hardy sons of rustic toil, Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, O ! may Heav'n their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion,...stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd Isle, XXL O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd thro' Wallace's undaunted heart ; Who dar'd... | |
 | 1844 - 826 lehte
...Poet, and the sentiments of which every one here present, I am sure, will cordially sympathize — " O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil, For whom my warmest...blest with health, and peace, and sweet content." Sir JAMES CAMPRELL of Glasgow said — In proposing the toast with which I have been entrusted, I shall... | |
 | 1821 - 614 lehte
...old England's grandeur springs, That makes her lov'd at home, rever'd abroad i ***** Oh, England! Oh, my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish...Be blest with health, and peace and sweet content ! And, oh ! may Hcav'n their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! * * •... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 lehte
...road, The cottage leaves the palaee far behind ; What is a lording's pomp ! a cumbrous load. * xX. O Scotia ' my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest...Be blest 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... | |
 | 1824 - 486 lehte
...cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd ! O Scotia / my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest...Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And O ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile! Then, hovte'er... | |
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