 | Robert Burns - 1808 - 496 pages
...Curse orr ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd, And yet can starve the author of the pleasure. O thou my elder brother in misfortune, By far my elder brother in the muses, With tears I pity thy unhappy fate ! Why is the bard unpitied by the world, Yet has so keen... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1809 - 328 pages
...Curse on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd, And yet can starve the author of the pleasure. O thou my elder brother in misfortune, By far my elder brother in the muses, With tears I pity thy unhappy fate ! Why is the bard unpitied by the world, Yet has so keen... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1822 - 440 pages
...CUBSE on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd, And yet can starve the author of the pleasure, O thou my elder brother in misfortune, By far my elder brother in the muses, With tears I pity thy unhappy fate ! Why is the bard unpitied by the world, Yet has so keen... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 pages
...CURSE on ungrateful man, that can be plcas'd, And yet can starve the author of the pleasure ! 0 thou my elder brother in misfortune, By far my elder brother in the muses, With tears I pity thy unhappy fate ! Why is the bard"^ unpitied by the world, Yet has so keen... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 356 pages
...CURSE on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd, And yet can starve the author of the pleasure ! O thou my elder brother in misfortune, By far my elder brother in the muses, With tears I pity thy unhappy fate ! Why is the bard unpitied by the world, Yet has so keen... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1839 - 352 pages
...CURSE on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd, And yet can starve the author of the pleasure ! O thou, my elder brother in misfortune, By far my elder brother in the Muses, With tears I pity thy unhappy fate ! Why is the Bard unpitied by the world, Yet has so keen... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 pages
...CURSE on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd, And yet can starve the author of the pleasure ! O thou, his relief were eitremcly trifling. "I remember, on this occa muses, With tears I pity thy unhappy fate ! Why is the bard unpitied by the world, Yet has so keen... | |
 | Robert Fergusson - 1840 - 56 pages
...never loses an opportunity of speaking of with respect and regret, calling him on one occasion ' ' — "my elder brother in misfortune, By far my elder brother in the muses." It can never, moreover, be forgot that the sayer of these words proved the sincerity of his... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pages
...CUHSE on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd, And yet can starve the author of the pleasure ! 0 thou my elder brother in misfortune, By far my elder brother in the muses, With tears I pity thy unhappy fate ! Why is the bard unpitied by the world, Yet has so keen... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1851 - 332 pages
...Curse on ungrateful man, that can be pleased, And yet can starve the author of the pleasure ! Oh thou, my elder brother in misfortune, By far my elder brother in the muses, With tears I pity thy unhappy fate ! Why is the bard unpitied by the world, Yet has so keen... | |
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CURSE on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd, And yet can starve the author of the pleasure ! O thou, my elder brother in misfortune, By far my elder brother in the Muses... 
