 My lov'd, my honour'd, much respected friend! No mercenary bard his homage pays; With honest pride, I scorn each selfish end, My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise: To you I sing, in simple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's sequester'd...  Specimens of the British poets - Page 316by British poets - 1809Full view - About this book
 | 1853 - 560 lehte
...with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. GnAY. MY loved, my honoured, much respected friend ! No mercenary Bard his homage pays...in simple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's sequestered scene ; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways ; What Aiken in a cottage would... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 lehte
...a disdainful smile, The short but simple annals of the poor. — GRAY I. Mr lov'd, my honorM, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage pays...scene; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways ; November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; The short'ning winter-day is near a close; The miry beasts... | |
 | 1854 - 606 lehte
...-with a disdainful smile, The short, and simple annals of the poor. — MY lov'd, my honor'd, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage pays;...in simple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's sequestered scene ; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways, What Aiken in a cottage would have... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 lehte
...of Nithside.1 THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. Inscribed to Robert Mken, Esq. My loved, my honor'd, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage pays...in simple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's seqiiester'd scene; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways ; What Aikcn in a cottage would... | |
 | 1854 - 456 lehte
...THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. — Burns. INSCRIBED TO ROBERT AIKEN, ESQ. MY loved, my honored, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage pays...in simple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's sequestered scene ; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways ; What Aiken in a cottage would... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 lehte
...friend Aiken, in the dedicator} stanza of the Cottar's Saturday Night : " My loved, my honored, most respected friend ' No mercenary bard his homage pays...end, My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise " / fever. At Edinburgh fortune hand in hand with fame descended on the bard in a shower of gold ;... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 lehte
...n disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. — GRAT. MY loved, my honour'd, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage pays...— My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise. T To you I sing, in Bimple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's sequestcr'd scene, The native feelings... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 lehte
...friend Aiken, in the dedicator} - stanza of the Cottar's Saturday Night: " My loved, my honored, most respected friend ' No mercenary bard his homage pays;...end, My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise " / All that he hoped to make by the Kilmarnock edition was twenty pounds to carr - him to the West... | |
 | George Croly - 1854 - 426 lehte
...grave. '. BURN THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. MY loved, my honoured, much respected friend, No mercenaiy bard his homage pays ; With honest pride, I scorn...dearest meed a friend's esteem and praise : To you I sinir, in simple Scotish lays, The lowly train in life's sequestered scene ; The native feelings strong,... | |
 | 1854 - 608 lehte
...amile, The short and simple annala o)' the poor. — MY lov'd, my honor'd, much respected friend I No mercenary bard his homage pays; With honest pride,...end, My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways, What Aiken in a cottage would have been : Ah I though... | |
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