 | Alhambra Georgia Deming - 1921 - 240 pagine
...love and care. —John Greenleaf Whittier 0 wad some power the giftie gi'e us To see oursels as ithers see us; It wad f'rae mony a blunder free us And foolish notion. —Eobert Burns It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishment the scroll, 1 am the... | |
 | Thomas William Hodgson Crosland - 1924 - 248 pagine
...boy, On's wyliecoat; But Miss's fine Lunardi ! fie! How daur ye do't? Oh ! wad some power the gifte gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us And foolish notion; What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And e'en devotion! What you might call another pretty trifle... | |
 | William Gardiner - 1927 - 328 pagine
...womanliness, she lacks everything.—Dr. Trumbull. O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie.us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae mony a blunder free us. And foolish notion: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n devotion! —Robert Burns. PART III BIOGRAPHY "The... | |
 | 1897 - 478 pagine
...little intruder, winding up with the sublime wish — "O wad some power thegiftiegie us To see ourselves as others see us! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion." Turning up a mouse's nest with his plough brought out a most affecting poem of condolence with the... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules - 1976 - 76 pagine
...of congressional debates would be balanced. The poet Robert Burns once wrote: "O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us! It...frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion." If broadcast coverage of our House proceedings can play even a small role in helping us to see ourselves... | |
 | Robert Davidson - 1983 - 180 pagine
...often blind to the faults in ourselves that stick out a mile to other people? 0 wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It...wad frae mony a blunder free us. And foolish notion. (Robert Burns, To a Louse) But it is hard to see , far less to face, the truth about ourselves. It... | |
 | William N. Parker - 1991 - 404 pagine
...the lady's hat in church, and they lead one to repeat with grudging gratitude his immortal stanza: Oh wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels...wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion: What airs in dress and gait wad lea'e us, And even devotion! "To a Louse: On seeing one on a lady's... | |
 | Mortimer R. Feinberg, John J. Tarrant - 1995 - 292 pagine
...face you are beginning to see in the window. Self-Scoping: fhrough the Window O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It...wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion. Robert Burns, "To a Louse" There can be vast differences between how we see ourselves and how others... | |
 | Gilbert Childs - 1995 - 161 pagine
...poet, in his poem 'To a Louse' put it: "Oh wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us. It wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion." Of course, the trouble is that we don't want to run the risk of telling our best friend the naked truth... | |
 | Elizabeth Towne - 1996 - 184 pagine
...and learn of them. Burns exclaims: — "0 wad some power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us And foolish notion." Our critics are answering Love's attraction to free ug from blunders and foolish notions. Why not ?... | |
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O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, And foolish notion: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n devotion ! THE WHISTLE. 
