| Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 356 pagine
...pluck the flower Safety." There was no hypocrisy or cant in his composition. XLIX. THE SELKIRK GRACE. Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it. But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket. On a visit to St. Mary's Isle, the Earl of Selkirk requested Burns to... | |
| Robert Burns - 1839 - 352 pagine
...Mary's Isle, on being requested to say grace by the Earl of Selkirk, repeated the following lines : SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF PEG NICHOLSON.' PEG Nicholson was a gude bay mare, As ever trode on aim ; But... | |
| Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 pagine
...„M no hypocrisy or cant in his composition. J 0 That is threaten him. LXII. Ojt gtlJurh «SSract . How royal George, the Lord leuk o'er him ! Was managing St. Stephen's quorum ; If sleekit Cha And sae the Lord be thankit.* LXIII. fnnocmct. Innocence Looks gaily-smiling on ; while rosy pleasure... | |
| Robert Burns - 1841 - 354 pagine
...more. A GRACE, SPOKEN AT THE TABLE OF THE EARL OF SELKIRK. SOME hae meat that canna eat, And some would eat that want it ; But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit EPIGRAM ON A HENPECKED COUNTRY SQCIRE. O DEATH, hadst thou but spar'd his... | |
| Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pagine
...Mary'» lile, the Earl of Selkirk requeued Burn« to say grace at dinner; he complied in Шеи words. SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat. And sae the Lord be thank et. ON A SUICIDE. EARTH'D up here lies an imp o' hell, Planted by Satan's... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 372 pagine
...fineless,' quo' Aunty Matty ; ' Chap away,' quo' Watty. THE COVENANTER'S GRACE. Some hae meat that canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat, and we can eat, For which the Lord be thankit ! When Burns dined with the Earl of Selkirk, at St Mary's Isle, he repeated... | |
| Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 pagine
...Lord ! a louse, Sir, is still but a louse, Though it crawl on the curls of a queen. THE SELKIRK GRACE. SOME hae meat and canna eat. And some wad eat that want it. But we hae meat and we can cat, And sae the Lord be thanket. ON THE POET'S DAUGHTER. HERE lies a rose, a budding rose, Blasted... | |
| John Fraser - 1852 - 200 pagine
...name, ye'll maybe guess, When ance ye read. " There's some hae meat that canna eat, And some could eat that want it, But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit." The Ambros'a, we sat anent it, When dry, the nectar drank it. Then each... | |
| 1854 - 542 pagine
...cream; so to it we went, like men who could enter most heartily into the stanza of Robert Burns: — ' Some ha'e meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat, that want it; Now we ha'e meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit.' Having had a delicious repast, the... | |
| Robert Burns - 1854 - 356 pagine
...taste, And spare the golden bindings. GRACES BEFORE MEAT. Some hae meat and canna cat, And some would eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit. 0 Thou, who kindly dost provide For every creature's want ! We bless Thee,... | |
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