 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 - Pagina 136di Robert Burns - 1786 - 240 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 pagine
...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 wicksdness refined ! O Scotia... | |
 | 1863 - 392 pagine
...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!... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 368 pagine
...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...: 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pagine
...In UK Archipelago, where John is supposed to have written the book of < mesUy vertmcnu And certes, 1 in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves...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! 0 Scotia!... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 pagine
...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 kiud, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! 0 Scotia... | |
 | Book - 1864 - 396 pagine
...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...; 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!... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1864 - 380 pagine
...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...: 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... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pagine
...Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, " An honest man's the noblest work of God ;" And certes,82 in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves...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... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1865 - 470 pagine
...home, rever'd 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 refin'd ! O Scotia... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pagine
...' An honest man's the noblest work of God ;' And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, certainly 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 ! 0 Scotia... | |
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