 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
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 448 lehte
...all when reading " The Cottar's Saturday Night ;" and we entirely go along with Burns when he says, " And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ;" but there, we think, he ought to have stopped, or illustrated the truth in a milder manner than... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 466 lehte
...all when reading " The Cottar's Saturday Night ;" and we entirely go along with Burns when he says, " And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ;" but there, we think, he ought to have stopped, or illustrated the truth in a milder manner than... | |
 | Lucius Osgood - 1858 - 494 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...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 ! LESSON CLXXV.... | |
 | 1858 - 460 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...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 White - 1858 - 316 lehte
...breath of kings, " An honest man's the noblest work of GrOD ;" 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 refin'd ! 0 Scotia... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1859 - 736 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...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 ! Oh Scotia... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1859 - 284 lehte
...abroad* Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, "An honest man 's the noblest work of God :"2 And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage...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 White - 1859 - 108 lehte
...breath of kings, " An honest man's 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 refin'd ! O Scotia... | |
 | Evenings - 1860 - 386 lehte
...breath of kings, " An honest man's 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 refin'd 1 0 Scotia... | |
 | Choice poems - 1862 - 368 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...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... | |
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