 An honest man's the noblest work of God ;" And, certes,* in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind. What is a lordling's pomp ? A cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind! Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness...  Poems: Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect - Page 136by Robert Burns - 1786 - 240 lehteFull view - About this book
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 lehte
...breath of kings, " An honest man '9 the noblest work of God : " And certes, in fair virtue's heav'nly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ! a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined! O Scotia !... | |
 | James Waddel Alexander - 1847 - 300 lehte
...Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, 'An honest man's the noblest work of God:' And, coirs, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind." XL. THE UNSTABLE WORKING-MAN. " A man so various that he seem'd to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome:... | |
 | 1848 - 936 lehte
...one. The peasant who should read this description must feel the truth of what the poet expressed. " And certes in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind." Thus did Burns by his poetry fill the peasant's heart with content, and engage all in vigorous efforts... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 lehte
...An honest man's the noblest work of God :' And certes, in fair virtue's heav'nly road, The cotta9e leaves the palace far behind : What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human-kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd 1 O Scotia... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 lehte
...home, revered abroad : Princes and Lords are but the breath of Kings, ' An honest man's the noblest work of God :' And, certes, in fair Virtue's heavenly...The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is the lordling's pomp 1 a. cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1849 - 906 lehte
...breath of kings, " An honest man's the noblest work of GOD !" And ceriety in fair virtue's heav'nly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ! a cumbrous load. Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ; О Scotia... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 lehte
...home, revered abroad : Princes and Lords are but the breath of Kings, ' An honest man's the noblest work of God :' And, certes, in fair Virtue's heavenly...The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is the lordling's pomp 1 a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of... | |
 | John Aikin - 1850 - 764 lehte
...of kings, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined .' The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, * Pope's Windsor Forest xx. O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil! For whom my wannest wish to Heaven... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 lehte
..." An honest man's the noblest work of God:" And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The collage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ! a cumbrous load, Disguising oft tho wretch of human kind, Studied in arta of hell, in wickedness refin'd ! XX. О Scotia... | |
 | Robert Fergusson, Alexander Balloch Grosart - 1851 - 456 lehte
...cell. 5 1 Var. rears her pleasing shrine. 2 Var. She on the margin. 3 Var. roses twine. 4 Far. cheer. 5 Certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind. BUENS' ' Cotter's Saturday Night; Stanza xix. ' Ye who to wisdom would devote your hours, ' And far... | |
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