Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it ; And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows... Essays on Burns - Page 101by Thomas Carlyle - 1897 - 139 pagesFull view - About this book
| 494 pages
...wrong To step aside is human : One point must -nil be greatly dark, The moving why they do it ; An I just as lamely can ye mark How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis HE alone Decidedly can try us: He knows each chord, its various tone ; Each... | |
| Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 pages
...sung, A treacherous inclination — But, let me whisper i' your lug, Ye're aiblins nae temptation. Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Tho' they may gang a kenuin wrang ; To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving «•/<;/... | |
| Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...snug A treacherous inclination But, let me whisper i' your lug, Ye're aiblins nae temptation. VII. Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister...as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. VIII. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone,... | |
| William Mudford - 1811 - 278 pages
...lines : Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman i Though they may gang akennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still...greatly dark, The moving why they do it : And just as tamely can ye mark HOT? far, perhaps, they rue it. Who made the heart ? "Vis HK alone, Decidedly can... | |
| 1812 - 140 pages
...following admirable stanzas : " Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Though they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human...as lamely can ye mark How far perhaps they rue it. " Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us ; He knows each chord its various tone, Each... | |
| Robert Burns - 1813 - 444 pages
...snug, A treacherous inclination — But, let me whisper i' your lug, Ye're aiblins nae temptation. VII. Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister...as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. VIII. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone , Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord — its various... | |
| Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...convenience snug; A treach'rous inclination — But let me whisper i' your lug, Ye're ablins nae temptation. Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister...wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still he greatly dark, The moving why they do it: And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rne... | |
| Robert Burns - 1815 - 364 pages
...inelination— But, let me whisper i' your lug, Ye're aiblins uae temptation. vII. Then gently sean your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Tho' they may gang a kennin wrong", To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly slari,. The moving why they do it... | |
| William Wordsworth - 1816 - 52 pages
...on this pathetic and awful subject, the poet himself, pleading for those who have transgressed ! " One point must still be greatly dark, The moving why...lamely can ye mark How far, perhaps, they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis he alone Decidedly can try us ; He knows each chord — its various tone,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1816 - 406 pages
...whisper i' your lug, ' Ye're aiblins nae temptation. VII. Then gently scan your brother man, Stili gentler sister woman; Tho' they may gang a kennin...point must still be greatly dark, The moving why they they do it : And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. VIIL . . . Who made the heart,... | |
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